OMPHALO-LEJEUNEA. 87 
Folia subconterta erecto-patula valde decurvo-concava—interdum caule 
subconvolutiva, suborbiculata integerrima; lobulus majusculus sub- 
rhombeus caule incurrens subsaccatus, apice brevi incurvo; cellule 
parvulx plans pachydermes, trigonis maximis, centro pellucidee. 
Foliola foliis eequimagna orbiculata, “paulo latiora quam longa, dimidio 
inferiore cauli adnata, valde recurvo-concava. 
Flores dioici: ? ad ramos breves innovatos seriatim secundi, seepeve soli- 
tarii. Bractese foliis minores, lobulo parvo obsoletove; bracteola 
foliolis subangustior, emarginata. 
Perianthia paulo emersa, pyriformi-cylindrica, inflata ecarinata—juniora 
tamen obscure trigona—apice rotundato depresso demum 3—pluri- 
fida, laciniis inflexis. 
Andrecia spicam brevem cauligenam sistentia; bractece 6-juge, raro 
plures, parve, ultra medium bifidee subsequilobe. 
Hab. In saxis arborumque ramulis. 
Distr, Hujus subgeneris unica species cognita Americana est, per 
tropicos novi mundi late distributa, nullibi vulgaris; montes humiliores 
diligit, supra 2000™. vix ascendit, in planitiem rarissime descendit. 
1. OmpHaLo-LEJEUNEA FILIFORMIS (Sw. Prodr. p. 144, sub Jung.) 
Omphalanthus filiformis, N. et O. geminiflorus N. 
Hab. In saxis arborumque ramulis Andium Orientalium tam Peruvian- 
orum quam AZquatoriensium (M. Campana, Fl. Pastasa super, &c.) 
vix ad 2000 m. alt. usque; in planitie rara (caput fl. PROTO): 
Orel dab “25 5 ¢ gs 5 f'* 10173, 9x105; br. lob 8x6; br "6 
xD “per 13x 6, "75 x 6; amenta g 10-—1:'7™. 
Plante age Sokal hen pallid vy. flavidee, opacie, prostrate pendu- 
leve seepe in stratum densum protensz, in sicco interdum rufo- 
badize; caules flexuosi flaccidi parum ramosi, raro pinnati, ramis pro 
more brevibus alternis v. per paria approximatis. 
Folia late imbricata erecto-patula, basi media (ad plicam) acute decur- 
rentia—plica angulum x icordato- 
orbiculata vel-oblongo-rotunda, ex apice et margine postico valde 
decurvis cochleato-concava, a basi ad } subrecte complicata; lobulus 
eaule incurrens ovato-rhombeus subsaccatus, margine transverso in- 
flexo, raro plano,-medio unidentato (dente lobuli apicem sistente); 
cellule parvule subconformes, guttulate pachydermes, trigonis 
maximis, centro pellucide, chlorophyllo in annulum sinuosum con- 
gesto, fere planissimze, minute asperule. 
Foliola late imbricata, foliis eequimagna, oblato-orbiculata, e margine late 
recurvo convexa, ‘dimidio inferiore cauli adnata, facie interna, supra 
hilum rhiziniferum externum, profunde foveolata, rhizinis validis 
fasciatis. 
Fl. dioici: Q ad ramos perbreves, seepe oppositos, innovandos, seriatim 
secundi, 2 v. 3, v. haud raro solitarii. Bracteze foliis minores, 
dimidio inferiore complicatze, lobo obovato rotundato, lobulo angusto 
lineari-rhomboideo vy. obsoleto; bracteola longe brevior obovata 
orbiculatave, e margine infero recurvo spathulata, apice retusa v. 
triangulari- emarginata. 
Perianthia foliis breviora longiorave inflata, fere teretia parum compressa 
sordide rufa, opaca, strato cellulularam tamen unico constantia 
