234 OS A.NOMOC^ADA. 



SvzvGiELLA, Spruce, nov. geii. 



riantce elatce speciosas csespitosae, eflavo-viridi rosea?, nirius purpureo- 

 sanpfuinea). Caules validi assurpentesparum ramosi, subLus radi- 

 cellifcri, flagellis nullis. Folia maxima 3-4 mm. longa, opposita, 

 antice posticeque basi contigua subconnatave, oblique inserta, 

 Buccuba, PcPpius ovato-triangularia raro suborbiculata, margine 

 antico recurva, basi postica ampliata, apice jyro more inccqualiter 

 lidentata, in aliis speciebus tamen integra, vol alia integra, alia 

 oblique unidentata, alia bidentella, in una eademque stirpe. 

 Cellula mediocres ajquilatcra? incrassata?, trigonis magnis Hctpe 

 intensius coloratis. Foliola (nisi ad iuvohicrum). Fiort-s dioici : 

 9 terminales, fertiles sine ulla ifinovatione ; hractece Ibliis sajpe 

 subbreviores, 2-jugae, mediante bracteola bifida, in involucrum 

 10- V. pluri- laciniatum, laciniis integerrimis spiuulosisve, connataj. 

 [Fo/m siiljloralia 3-4-juga, ca^teris caulinis basi latiora, basi 

 antica latiora altiusque connata sinuata v. obsolete lobulata — 

 — anne olim antheridiifera ?J Pistillidia sub 20. Perianthia 

 maxima, ovata, turgida, solum apieera versus 4-5-8- v. 10- plicata. 

 Calyptra parvula, dimidio inferiore suhincrasaata, supcriore tenuis. 

 Cajmda maxima 3 mm. longa, oblongo-globosu, ad basin usque 

 4-valvis ; castcra Ftfjnngcrmannia. Andrcecia medio caule posita ; 

 hractece f. caulinis coiisecutiva), subminores, paucijuga: ; anthcridia 

 solitaria (?) imperfecta sola visa. 

 Hahitatio persaepe arborea, raro terrcstris. Disfribiitio : in montibus 

 excelsis Americoe tropicte, a Mexico et Antillis ad Chili usque. — 

 Species sunt sequentes : 



S. perfoliata, Swartz, Prodr., 143 ; G. L. et IS". Syn. Hep., 

 85. 



S. macrocahjx, Mont. Ann. Sc, 1843; Syn. Hep., 102. 



S. plagiochiloides, Spruce, n.sp. 



,, var. siibintegra, Spruce. 



S. pcctinifonnis, Spruce, n.sp. 



S. coticreia, Gotts. Mex. Leverm., 82. 

 etc., etc. 



Another group of large handsome species, deserving at least the 

 rank of a subgenus, is the " Jungermanniic Heteromalla3 " of " Syn. 

 Hep.," with two or three added on that have not hitherto found their 

 right place. We have one European species, /. Doniana, Hook., 

 found in Scotland and the Danubian provinces ; the others belong to 

 the tropics and the south temperate zone. This group, which I call 

 AnastrophyUum, is remarkable for the way the somewhat rigid, rufous 

 leaves turn upwards ; they are usually canaliculato-concave, more or 

 less deeply bifid, with acute and often white hair-like points. 

 Folioles none. Perianths large, rose-purple, with a long pyramidal 

 and more or less canescent point. Capsules large, elongate. — J. 

 monodon, Tayl., is an aberrant member of this group, having the cane- 

 scenti-cuspidate leaves entire at the point, and the capsule nearly 

 globose. — Some of the species, and especially /. schismoides, Mont , 

 liave a curious habit of turning lace downwards when dry, so that the 

 leaves seem incubous, and simulate those of Isotachis. I gathered 

 fertile specimens of J. 2)iligcra, Kees, in the Peruvian Andes, quite 



