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mombiana consfitti(;o, infoiiore [?] cndochrom:! fovonto, ct oxto- 

 rioio liyaiino iaxiiis amhiento. {"ahrica momi)ianannn pocnliaris, 

 •ino lil nt frondes rccentes, iii acjiia dnlci dopositic, cropitanle sonn, 

 snccniu collnlarem ejicinnt, et nionjbrana) contorijiienlnr alquo col- 

 labnntnr. 



Organa frnctilieationis triplicis cencris observata, in diversis 

 planlis intra involncra, pro diversitato specieriim vaiia, inclnsa. 

 Involncra spha}rosporarnm nnnc circa p,enicii!a verticillatiin dispo- 

 sita, in ramis majoribns non mnlatis ad aiticiilos plnres obvenien- 

 tia, niinc in rainiilo laterali pyriformitor inllato solitaria, terminalia 

 et nmbellata, aiit arlicnlis sinjinlis j)ancisve siiperata et circa jToni- 

 ciilum vorlicillafa: ramnli involncrantes ex articnlis sin^inlis inciirvis 

 constant; nnnc vero sunt involiicra in ramnlo latcrali breviori 

 torminalia, nnibellatim ambientia, ramnlis involucrantibns fnrcatis et 

 articnlis plnribus conslitutis. Involucra favellaruin rainnlis snbsimi- 

 libus forraata, al diverso modo disposita; in iionniillis lateralitor 

 snbsessilia, in aliis peduncnlata, h. e. in ramulo lalerali brevissimo 

 terminalia. Sphcierosporai interiore latere involucri seriatic ant a{];- 

 olomerata^, transformatione ramelli minntissimi, simplicis aut divisi 

 ortae, intra perisporinm laxius hyalinum trianjjule divisre. Favell;e 

 plerunnjue plures intra involucrum conjunct;o, sin-jul.-c saccnlo hya- 

 lino cincta?, {jeramidia pluiima continentos. Antheridia in pluribiis 

 speciobus observata, intra iiivolucrum subsiraile ut plnrimura ohve- 

 nientia, oblongo-turbinala, gloraorulis plurirais circa axeni dispositis 

 constantia. riloraernli collulis minutissirais agpioineratis conflati. 



Genus ita quidera naturale, ut, (pio modo priinura in infantia 

 Al2oloi]i;o fnndatuin fuerit, fore lejjilime circurascriptum censea- 

 tur. Ultimo tanlura tempore spocies dua;, Wrangelia? et ILdii- 

 ri sectiones pioprias forraantes, exclusa; fuerunt. In speciebns Al- 

 j;arura C. Afyardhi genns revera pojus «piain in antcrioribus operibus 

 limitatum, Crouaniam, Dasya^ ot Diclyni i spocics complectel);itur. Col. 

 Dnby (H- Mein. Cer. p. 18) insc<|uonle, nt \idetiir in primis opori- 

 liiis, ^lontagiieo, jus proprii jjeneris infiinfjoro lontavit. Ipsc (Symb. p. 

 39) cliaracteres jjoneris. antea satis vagos, stabilire et opinionom Dii- 

 byaiiam refutare conatns sum, tnm specios nonnullas, Ceneri ra;iIo 

 adiinraeralas, expollens. lnso(jnontes Ahjologi oinnes (ieiius adopt;i- 

 rnnt, rnnitibiis conservatis intactiim, donec Kutzinj; spociem, (jiiain 

 propriam sectionem Generis antecedentes considoraverant, novi {;o- 

 neris typiim [iroclamaverat. Conlra iniiovationera, ijjnoto fructn 

 no\i generis, Iribiliiali cliaractorc imice fiiiuhiti, in Adrers. p. 17 



