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  Williams: 
  Calymperace 
  

  

  Distribution: 
  From 
  Cuba 
  and 
  Jamaica 
  to 
  Trinidad 
  and 
  

   northern 
  South 
  America. 
  

  

  6. 
  Syrrhopodon 
  martinicensis 
  Broth. 
  Symb. 
  Ant. 
  3: 
  422. 
  1903 
  

  

  Flowers 
  and 
  fruit 
  unknown: 
  in 
  dull 
  green 
  cushions 
  with 
  stiff, 
  

   erect 
  stems 
  2-2.5 
  cm, 
  high, 
  in 
  cross-section 
  showing 
  two 
  to 
  four 
  

   rows 
  of 
  outer, 
  thick- 
  walled, 
  golden 
  brown 
  cells 
  and 
  no 
  central 
  

   strand; 
  stem-leaves 
  3.5-4 
  mm. 
  long 
  and 
  i 
  mm. 
  wide, 
  when 
  dry 
  

   obliquely 
  incurved 
  or 
  appressed-irnbricate, 
  forming 
  a 
  compact 
  

   bud 
  at 
  apex 
  of 
  stem 
  showing 
  the 
  conspicuous, 
  glossy, 
  whitish 
  

   costae, 
  the 
  leaf 
  either 
  oblong-ovate 
  or 
  slightly 
  obovate, 
  the 
  base 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  yellowish; 
  leaf-margin 
  incurved 
  when 
  dry, 
  not 
  thick- 
  

   ened, 
  papillose 
  on 
  border, 
  otherwise 
  entire 
  or 
  slightly 
  denticulate 
  

   at 
  apex; 
  costa 
  percurrent, 
  broad 
  and 
  yellowish 
  at 
  base, 
  about 
  

   300 
  M 
  wide 
  and 
  one 
  third 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  leaf, 
  tapering 
  gradually 
  to 
  

   apex, 
  in 
  cross-section 
  near 
  middle 
  showing 
  about 
  seven 
  guide- 
  

   cells 
  with 
  stereid 
  bands 
  above 
  and 
  below 
  of 
  about 
  equal 
  size 
  and 
  

   outer 
  cells 
  scarcely 
  or 
  not 
  differentiated; 
  cells 
  throughout 
  upper 
  

   part 
  of 
  leaf 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  hexagonal, 
  scarcely 
  elongate, 
  on 
  upper 
  

   side 
  mostly 
  mamillate 
  and 
  unipapillate, 
  on 
  under 
  side 
  papillate; 
  

   cancellinae 
  of 
  leaves 
  growing 
  from 
  below 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  stem 
  distinct, 
  

   broad, 
  extending 
  about 
  one 
  third 
  up 
  leaf 
  and 
  terminating 
  in 
  rather 
  

   acute 
  angles; 
  cancellinae 
  of 
  inner 
  leaves 
  at 
  apex 
  of 
  stem 
  rather 
  

   ill-defined 
  and 
  leaf-cells 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  costa 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  

   cancellinae 
  mostly 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  dense, 
  green 
  mass 
  of 
  filiform 
  

   propagula 
  up 
  to 
  0.8 
  mm. 
  long, 
  with 
  twenty-five 
  cross-walls. 
  

  

  [Fig. 
  6.1 
  

  

  Mart 
  

  

  Martinique 
  

  

  7. 
  Syrrhopodon 
  Gaudichaudii 
  Mont. 
  Ann. 
  Sci. 
  Nat. 
  II. 
  2: 
  

  

  366. 
  1845 
  

  

  Dioicous, 
  male 
  plants 
  about 
  like 
  the 
  fertile, 
  with 
  often 
  several 
  

   antheridial 
  buds 
  aggregate 
  near 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  stem, 
  the 
  antheridia 
  

   few, 
  without 
  paraphyses, 
  enclosed 
  by 
  several 
  short, 
  ovate, 
  ser- 
  

   rulate, 
  costate, 
  brownish 
  leaves: 
  in 
  compact, 
  green 
  tufts, 
  showing 
  

   the 
  conspicuously 
  white 
  leaf-bases, 
  with 
  branching 
  stems 
  1-3 
  cm. 
  

   high; 
  stem-leaves 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  twisted 
  and 
  crispate 
  when 
  dry, 
  

   from 
  an 
  obovate 
  or 
  oblanceolate, 
  nearly 
  or 
  quite 
  entire, 
  erect 
  

   base 
  narrowed 
  to 
  a 
  linear-lanceolate 
  or 
  nearly 
  linear, 
  deeply 
  

   grooved 
  point 
  from 
  mostly 
  as 
  long 
  to 
  about 
  twice 
  longer 
  than 
  basal 
  

   part, 
  with 
  a 
  hyaline 
  or 
  yellowish 
  border, 
  entire 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  

   broadly 
  acute, 
  denticulate 
  apex; 
  costa 
  not 
  quite 
  oercurrent. 
  smooth 
  

  

  