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facieque postica flagella solitaria fasciculatave, valida, albida, 

 subramosa, radicellis tenuissimis flexiiosis villosa, demittentes ; 

 postea iterum assurgentes arcuantes radicantesque, apice ple- 

 rumque liberi foliosi, raro attenuati subaphylli radicelliferi ; facie 

 antica ramos paucos assurgenti-arcuantes simplices vel ad caulis 

 instar ramosos flagelliferosque proferentes. Flagella nodulis 

 minutis conicis tristichis distantibus (tbliis rudiraentariis) basi 

 externa radicelliferis obsita ; noduli flagellorum apicem versus 

 obsoleti, radicellae copiosiores evadunt. 



Folia valida nitida succuba, alterna vel per paria subapproximata, plus 

 minus assurgentia, interdum secunda, undulato-convexa, apice 

 decurvula, ad lineam obliquam angulum 30° cum caule effor- 

 mantem lata basi inserta, late oblique ovato-ligulata, rotundato 

 truncata, s^epe retusa, raro subemarginata, medio margine 

 utrinque recurva exindeque panduriformia, basi postica semicor- 

 data ibidemque sa3pe tam gibba crispato-sinuataque ut caulis a 

 postero visus cristatus videretur (ad Plagiochilce cristatcB instar) ; 

 cellula mediocres subeonformes pellucidae, pulchre guttulatse, 

 ovali-hexagonfe, pachydermes, ad angulos insigniter incrassatas, 

 intus 6-sinuatsB, endochromio parco in sicco saepius in cellulse 

 ambitu coacervato, extus perpaulo prominulae, lawissimse. 



Foliola dissita tbliis 6-8-plo breviora, patentia, lata basi utrinque de- 

 currente inserta, late ovata, in acumen subulamve brevem pro- 

 ducta ; inferiora plerumque tota fere in mucum soluta, itaque ad 

 limbum angustum semilunatum redacta ; superiora vix unquara 

 perfecta, sed e margine apiceque plus minus dissolutis nunc irre- 

 gulariter bifida, nunc quadrifida v. digitatim multifida, saepius 

 tamen eroso-lacera videnda. Radicellce apice clavato-nodosae, 

 rarius subdivisfe, e foliolorum basi raro proferuntur. 



Flores dioici ; $ ramulo brevissimo caulis facie antica medium versus 

 oriundo constantes. Bractece trijugse, tristichge, infimse minutfe 

 subbifidae ; supremas foliis subaequilongse, perianthii basi leviter 

 adnatse, a basi oblonga vaginante recurvo-squarrosae, ad medium 

 bifidae, laciniis subacuminatis varie tortis angulatis subincisisve, 

 duae anteriores plus minus alte connataB, tertia postica (bracteolave) 

 paulo angustior libera ; bracteae mediae supremis sat minores 

 minusque incisaB ; omnes bracteae pellucidae elongate areolatae. 



Perianthia foliis fere 3-plo longiora, albida, pellucida, anguste trigono- 

 fusiformia, 8-plo longiora quam lata, superne obtuse triplicata, 

 ore constricto breviter obsoleteve incisa, laevissima, demum infra 

 medium compresso-teretia, cellulis subrectangularibus conflata. 

 Calyptra perianthio fere 4-plo brevier, pyriformis, tenuis (e cel- 

 lularum strato unico) basi ipsa pistillidiis sterilibus sub 20 cir- 

 cumdata, apice demum irregulariter bilabiatim rupta, labio altero 

 stylo persistente rostellato. Capsula magna calyptrae aequilonga, 

 nigra, cylindrico-oblonga, stratis cellularura duobus constans, 

 demum ab ipsa basi 4-valvis, pedicello valido suffulta. Elateres 

 badii, elongati, tenues, utrinque perpaulo attenuati, spira duplice 

 praediti, decidui. SporcB minutissimae laeves nucleatae. 



It is easily seen that the most important character of Anomoelada 

 is the antical insertion of the female flowers and leafy branches : it is 



