46 118 



Serra d'J5strella: Baddi, Beyrich. In sylvis inter 

 Santos et S. Paulo, ad arbores (altitud 2000'): Weir Nr. 5. 



7. P. recurvifolium Hornsch. , Fl. Brasil. I, pag. 58. Syn. 

 Neckera patula Schwaegr. tab. 165. 



Serra d'Estrella: Beyrich. 



8. P. implanatum Mitten 1. c. pag. 445. 



Priori ex habitn siniillinmm. Folia canlina ramorumque e basi 

 brevi erecta, patentia, amplexicaulia, antice recurva, planiuscula; 

 nervo medio evanido, margine serrulata; cellulis ad angulos paucis 

 rotundatis , superioribus elongatis angustis ; perichsetialia erectius- 

 cula, e basi oblouga nervata, subulata, apice denticulata. Theca 

 ovalis aequalis; peristomii dentibus angustis, flavidis, noduloso- 

 articulatis, internis processibus aequilongis angustissimis pertusis, 

 minute asperulis. 



In Brasilia (ex herb. Sowerby); Serra dos Orgaos: Gardner; 

 prope Castro in sylvis ad arborum truncos: Weir Nr. 82. 



9. P. ambiguum Hornsch., Fl. Brasil. I, pag. 59. 



Prope Rio de Janeiro: Glazio u (7460, sterile); primus 

 Sello in Monte Video, etiam sterile. 



10. P. subambiguwn Hpe. 



Dioicum, caulis elongatus, attenuatus, ramosissimus, deinde 

 pendulus, lutescente nitens. Folia squarroso - patula , remotiuscula, 

 caulina late cordata, acuminata, acumine subulato - attenuata , torta, 

 subintegerrima , nervo pallido superne evanescente, cellulis alaribus 

 paucis latioribus, ovoideis, sequentibus angustioribus , ellipticis, 

 acutis, cseteris elongatis linearibus, teneris, folia diaphana; ramorum 

 folia e basi parum oblique contracta uni-vel biplicata, late ovata 

 acuminata, acumine subulato, tortuoso, fere sursum serrulata; nervo 

 debili, superne evanido, cellulis basilaribus ellipticis, ca^teris lineari- 

 bus, caulinis similibus; perichsetialia juniora e basi vaginante 

 ovato-lanceolata, longe loriformiter attenuata, subulata, apice remote 

 dentata, erecto-patula, enervia. 



In vicinia Eio de Janeiro: Glaziou (9226, 9238, 9298). 



