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HYPNOIDEAE.  NECKERA. ri 
fescentibus ; folia caulina late ovata, longe. et tenuiter 
plerumque oblique acuminata, apice parum denticulata, 
magis chlorophyllosa mollia, cellulis alaribus. ventricosis 
tenerrimis pellucidis v. granulosis; perich. multo tene- 
riora. laxius reticulata;  pedunculus brevior; perist. d. 
ext. distincte trabeculati breves, int. irregulares, exter- 
nis adglutinati. 
Patria. America sept., Ohio: Sullivanti Muse. 
Allegh. No. 79.; prope St. Louis ad flum. Missisippi: 
Drummond primus legit. 
59. N. Abyssinica C. Müll.; monoica; dense cespi- 
tosa, ramis crassiuscule julaceis parum compressis luteis 
rectis v. curvatis, saepe valde radicantibus, intertextis 
brevibus irregulariter divisa; folia caulina densissime con- 
ferta, humore patula, late ovata, in acumen plus minus 
longum tenue obsoletissime denticulatum subobliquum 
producta, cocAleariformi - concava , margine. ubique valde 
revoluto, nervis brevissimis, cellulis angustissime lineari- 
bus pallidis v. luteolis, alaribus laxe quadratis pachyder- 
mibus multis pellucidis granulosis; perich. longiora, an- 
guste lanceolato -acuminata, basi subenervi laxe reticu- 
lata vaginante, sírica, superne valde denticulata , ex- 
terna multo minora, magis ovata, apice reflexiuscula ; 
theca in ped. elongato purpureo flexuosomerecta , cylin- 
draceo - elliptica longiuseula, microstoma, fusca haud ni- 
tida, glabra erannulata, operc. conico oblique subulato ; 
perist. brevissimi ext. d. lanceolati densissime indistincte 
trabeculati rubiginosi carnosi, linea longitudinali obso- 
leta, ad latera. pallidiora, interni cilia fugacissima soli- 
taria brevia. latiuseula carinata irregulariter. articulata 
flavida laevissima. 
Entodon Schimperi Hmp. Linn. XX. p. 83. — Leptohymenium 
julaceum Br. et Sch. in Musc. Abyss. No. 423. 
Patria. Abyssinia, in arborum truncis prope Ade- 
sulam: W. Schimper, 4. Sept. 1838. 
N. seductrix proxima; ab haece species Abyssinica 
peristomio jam longe refugit. Flos masc. turgide ovalis, 
fol. late ovatis breviter acuminatis. * 
