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linearem acutum involuto producto; cellule minute subsequilaterse 
guttulate, subchlorophyllose, limitibus sat validis, trigonis nullis, 
inferiores submajores oblongo-hexagon, vittee cellule ceteris col- 
lateralibus 23-plo majores ovales pellucide. 
Foliola contigua v. imbricatula, foliis duplo et ultra breviora, rotundo- 
cuneata plana, lobulos vix perfecte obvelantia. 
Flores dioici: 2 in innovationum dichotomia terminales—innovationibus 
raro solitariis, vix unquam proliferis. Bracteze foliis submajores, 
eadem fere forma, lobulo tamen explanato parvo ligulato diagonali ; 
bracteola subquadrata, angulis rotundatis, v. obovata. 
Perianthia alte emersa, seepe maxima, foliis plus duplo longiora com- 
pressa, obcordato-cuneata, apice profundissime emarginata v. potius 
biloba, lobis auriculisve rectis, late oblongis rotundatis complanatis 
rudimentarie alatis, obsolete rostellata, postice bicarimata, carinis 
humilibus interrupte subalatis conniventibus et in perianthii smum 
apicalem confluentibus. 
Plantz ¢ cum 2 mixtée, tenuiores, magis ramos. Amenta v. ramulo 
cauligeno constantia v. rami apice (rarius medio) posita; bracteze 
4-6-jugee majuscule subrotund subeequaliter complicato-bilobe, 
L. catenulata, Nees. (Syn. Hep. 323) folia habet apice eroso-denticulata ; 
foliola minora (“foliis triplo saltem minora”); innovationes semper uni- 
laterales ; perianthia duplo minora (“ lin. vix longiora”), tam lata quam 
1 ; ) 1 
onga. 
Obs. At S. Carlos Lej. seminervis encircles trees of 1 to 2 feet in dia- 
meter from the ground up to a great height, so that they look as if 
wrapped in dingy brown cloth. 
Susaenus II].—PELTO-LEJEUNEA, 8. 
Omphalo-Lejeunee certe peraflinis, tenuior tamen, fere capillacea, tenerior, 
colore pallido. Rami (seepe suboppositi) magis dissitiflori. Folia 
dissita, caule valde convolutiva, oblique ovata pro more acuta; lobu- 
lus eo Omphalo-Lejeuneze haud absimilis, plicee angulo tamen acu- 
tiore; cellule 4 minores, papuloso-prominule, trigonis nullis. Foliola, 
qualia O. Lejeune, cauli semiadnata, longiora tamen, anguste ovalia, 
planioraque. Florescentia utriusque sexus fere eadem ac Omphalo-L. 
Bractezee 2 foliis duplo breviores acuminate apice denticulate; 
bracteola apice bifida. Perianthia alte acute 5-gona longirostria— 
Ultimo caractere, pree aliis, ab O. Lejewnea distinguenda. 
Habitu Taxi-Lejewnee Pyramidanthe satis accedit, caules autem ceespitoso- 
penduli; folia firmiora, cellulis subduplo minoribus subopacis papu- 
losis; foliola perfecte integra dimidio infero cauli adnata; florescentia 
dioica, et perianthia valida alte 5-carinata, caracteres subgenericos 
amplos suppetunt. 
Hab. In montibus sylvaticis e ramulis pendula. 
. Distr. In Andibus Quitensibus (Chimborazo et Guayrapata) etiam in 
Columbianis (Merida), alt. 1200-3000 m., unica species mihi cognita 
rarius occurrit. 
