200 ON AJfOMOCLADA. 



ramique decuniy siccando fere circinali, tcnues vero validiusculi, 

 basin versus — aliquando otiam apice attenuato — microphylli, ipsa 

 basi subradicellosi, caiterum arbizi. 



Fulia dissitiuscula, accumbentia (" verticalia " dicta), fere transverse 

 inserta, hasi antica brcvissime decurrentia, madefacta lateraliter 

 patentia plane succuba, siccando decurvo-sccuuda appressaque 

 unde incuba viderentur, ohlique ovato-rotunda (ramea subobovata), 

 margine antico rectiusculo toto fere anguste incurva integerri- 

 maque vel apioem versus 1-2-dentata, podico rolundato spimdoso- 

 serrata-dentatave, dcntibiis 15-20 suhincequalibus divergcntibiis, 

 nonnulla apice subbifida. CcUidce parvulic subtequilatcnc pellu- 

 cidse, limitibus pallide flavidis validiusculis, ad aiiffulos parum 

 incrassatiSf endocbromio pallido, v. sparso v. in annuluoi congesto ; 

 marginales (anticae pra}eique) crassiores, transverse rectangii- 

 lares ; subbasales plurimoi media eceteris duplo majores, subelonjatce, 

 discolores, vittam fingentes. 



Flores dioici : ntriusque sexus c caudice, vel caulium basi nuda, orti, 

 postici. Bractece $ sub 3-jugaj, tristicbfc ; intimaj (laterales) f, 

 caulinis subcequimagnae, suhorbiculatcc, latiores quam longa, apice 

 varie lobatce, lobis inciso-spinosis ciliatisve ; bracteola tamen saepe 

 multo longior, anguste oblonga, supcrne parce spinuloso-denticu- 

 lata apice ciliata. 



Perianthia alte emersa ovato-fusiformia (subinde breviora et sub- 

 rotunda) turgida, '[obtuse Z-o-carinata, ore constricto ciliata. 

 Cahjptra (juvenilis, ct cum capsula adhuc concreta) incrassata, e 

 cellularum stratis 4 conflata, pistillidiis sterilibus obsita. 



Amenta $ tenuia albida incurva; bractea; 3-8-juga3, julaceo-inibri- 

 , cat33 tcnerrima3 suborbiculatfe (multo latiores quam longse) 

 cochleato-concavoe, apice rotundato spinuloso-denticulatoe v. sub- 

 integcrrima), margine antico toto in lobulum apice spinosum late 

 incurva) involuta've, singula) antheridlum solitarium magnum glo- 

 bosum, vel duo pamda, foventes. Bracieolcc ubique adjectse, brac- 

 teis vix duplo breviores, cuneato-ligulatoe, apice breviter bifidae, 

 segmentis apiculato-acutis, subdenticulatoe. 



3. Adelanxhus iTNCiFOKMis (Tayl. et Hook, f.), 



Jungcnnannia tmciformis, Tayl. Lond. Journ. Bot., 1814, 457 ; J. 

 sphalera, ejusd. I.e., 458; Plagiochila unclformis, Tayl. et Hook, 

 f.. et PI. spliahra eoruud., G. L. et ^N". Syn. Hep., 653. 



Folia 2 X 1-2 ; cell. ^-:r'j, basales -j'^- j'^; per 2-0 mm. 



Hah. ad I'lctum Magcllanicum legit ill. Hook. til. 



Caudices prostrati tenucs ramosi iutertexti. Caules assurgentes sim- 

 plices vel subdivisi flagcUileriquc, ramique apice j'^"^ minus 

 dccurvo-uncinati, intordum subfastigiati. 



Folia rufo-badia rigidiuscula fragdia, fere transversa, basi antica 

 tamen subdecurrentia, decurvo-secunda, arete imbricata, siccando 

 appressa, oblique ovafa acuta subacuminatave, margine antico toto 

 valide anguste incurvo integerrima v. solum apicem versus sub- 

 • dcnticulata, 2^^^^^^'^ piano toto subspinuloao-dentata , dentibus in- 

 (equalibus. Cedula opacre guttulata) pacbydermcs, media) a)quila- 

 terae (^ mm.), submarginalcs diraidio minores (-^„ mm.), inferiores 

 axin versus, a basi fere ad folii dimidiuin u*que, rectangulares, 

 plus minus elor>gnl(t (jj-y,., mm. longfe) viffam sistcnfef:. Foliola 0. 



