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29. Lepidozia laxkpinnata. Spruce, in Trans. Edinb. Bot. Soc. xv. (1885), p. 360. 

 Roraima at 3500 ft., McConnell §r Quelch, 552. 



An A inline species not found anywhere else before. 



30. Schisma junipekinum. Xees, lie]). Eur. iii. p. 575. Jimgermatmia juniperina, Sw. 

 Veg. Ind. Occ. iii. p. 1855. 



Summit of Borairua, McConnell A - Quelch, 522. 528, 5.">K. r ) : , ,<) ; in (he hist associated 

 to Jo mesoniella colorata, Spruce. 

 Very common in Tropical America. 



31. Schisma pensilis, Steph., n. nomen. Sendtnera pensilis, Taylor, in Hook. Lond. 

 Journ. Bot, v. (18 ±6), p. 372. 



Boraima, Ledge, 7500-8000 ft.. McConnell fy Quelch, 334 2 in part. 

 A pretty rare Andine species. 



32. Schisma Duranjdii, 8teph., n. sp. Sterilis longissima, gracilis, lurida, lon°-e 

 lateque stratificata et dense caespitosa. Caulis ad 20 cm. longus, fragilis, simplex, 

 superne ssepe fasciculatim raruosus, apice breviter circinatus, postice flao-ellifer, 

 flagellis brevibus approximatis parvifoliis. Folia pro planta parva, triplo longiora 

 quarn lata, ad f bifida, laciniis lanceolatis apice longe setaceis valde bamatis 

 valdeque divergentibus. Cuticulo grosse verrucosa. Cellules foliorum subapicales 

 17 X 25 n, parietibus longioribus et marginalibus trabeculatim incrassatis. Cellube 

 basales 25 X 70 fx, oblongo-hexagonoe, trigonis magnis saepe trabeculatim contiuen- 

 tibus. Flagellorum folia multoties minora, ovato-oblonga, laxe accumbentia. 

 porrecta, ad § bifida, laciniis late lanceolatis vix setaceis. 



Boraima, Ledge, 7500-8000 ft., McConnell 8f Quelch, 334/2, 334/11 & 334/14, all 

 in part. 



This plant has been found before by Pittier in the higher mountains of Costa Bica. 



33. Schisma subdentatum. Steph., n. sp. Sterilis, mediocris, fusco-purpurascens. 

 optime nitens, densissime depresso-caespitosa. Caulis ad 6 cm. longus, simplex vel 

 furcatus, furcis divergentibus. Folia confertissima, maxime decurvo-hamata. 

 angusta, plus 3-plo longiora quam lata, ad | bifida, laciniis parum divergentibus, 

 longe acuminatis, acutis. Cellullm foliorum subapicales 17x25 p, parietibus 

 longioribus valde incrassatis ; incrassatio marginalis, praecipue ad augulos cellularwn, 

 grosse nodulose- vel mbdentatim prominula. Cel/uhe basales folii longe hexa"ona\ 

 25x08 /i, parietibus longioribus maxime trabeculatim incrassatis. 



Boraima, Ledge, 7500-8000 ft.. McConnell 8f Quelch, 3341. 



34. Trichocolea sphagnoides, Steph., n. nomen. Leiomitra sphagnoides, Spruce, in 

 Trans. Edinb. Bot. Soc. xv. (1885), p. 350. 



Boraima, Ledge, 7500-8000 It.. MeCormell 8f Quelch, 334 in part, 11 in part. 

 and 13. 



Andes of Quito. 



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