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chrysco saepius furcato vel obsoleto exarata, e cellulis angustissimc 

 linearibus subconflatis pallidis basi aureis areolata. Caetera ignota. 



Habitatio. Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, monte Tijuca, ad ramos 

 arborum sylvestrium, Oct. 1893 sterilis: E. Ule, Coll. No. 1685. 



Species tenella pulchella, ad Orthostichellam tenuem ex 

 habitu accedens, sed foliis pulchre lutescentibus denique aureo-brun- 

 nescentibus aurinervibus facile discernibilis. Ab O. auruginosa 

 similiore surculo geniculato-flexuoso primo visu differt. 



209. Orthostichella mucronatula n. sp.; cespites 1 — 2-polli- 

 cares laxi pallescentes ascendentes; caulis porotrichaceus tenellus bre- 

 viter stipitatus deinque breviter pinnatus, ramulis simplicibus strictis vel 

 curvulis tenuibus; folia caulina ramulum distincte orthostichaceum 

 sistentia dense imbricata perminuta humore laxius disposita sub- 

 patentia squarrulosa, e basi brevi ad angulos minutissime rotundata 

 angusta in laminam brevem gastro-ovalem inflatam panduraeformem 

 aperto-concavam sed margine angustissimo-involutaceam producta, 

 acumine brevissimo acuto tenero coronata, enervia vel obsoletissime 

 binervia, e cellulis angustissime linearibus subconflatis pallidissimis 

 areolata. Caetera ignota. 



Habitatio. Brasilia, Sa. Catharina, Tubarao, in sylva ad ramulos 

 arborum prope Conconhaz, Sept. 1889; E. Ule, Coll. No. 778; ad 

 rlumen Laranjeiras superius prope Orleans in Sierra Geral, Sept. 1889; 

 idem, Coll. No. 779; Nova Venezia, ad truncos arborum sylvestrium, 



Julio 1891: idem, Coll. 1169. 



210. Orthostichella auricularis n. sp.; cespites 1 — 3-polli- 

 cares viridissimi decumbentes laxe intricati teneri; caulis flaccidus 

 tenuis flexuosus, ramulis brevibus tenuibus curvulis plus minusve 

 defoliatis remotiusculis pinnatim divisus, in stolonem longiusculum 

 simplicem procurrens; folia caulina minuta distincte orthostichacea 

 plumoso-imbricata madore laxiuscule patula vel patentia, e basi pro 

 foliolo latiuscule circinnatim auriculata rotundata cellulis alaribus 

 minutis incrassatis runs orbiculari-dispositis ornata in laminam pan- 

 duraeformem gastro-ovatam brevissime acuminatam producta, margine 

 apice convolutacea integerrima, e cellulis angustissime linearibus viridi- 

 bus in membranam tenuem chartaceam subconflatis areolata, nervis 

 nullis vel subnullis brevissimis binis. Caetera ignota. 



Habitatio. Brasilia, Rio Grande do Sul, Forromecco, Majo 1888: 

 Rever. A. Kunert Ig. 



Orthostichellae subintegrae Ldbg. Hb. ex Minas Geraes 

 simillima, sed foliis majoribus basi dilatato-auriculatis raptim distincta. 

 Fructus caracteres alios certe dabit. Ex affinitate O. v e r s i c o 1 o r i s C. M . 



211. Orthostichella auruginosa n. sp.; cespites penduli 

 ca. 13 — 15 cm longi laxissime intricati firmiusculi aurescentcs ; caulis 

 nliformis ramosissimus valde distant! -flexuosus, ramulis re mot is 



