AcrRo-LEJEUNEA. Ley 
turgida obtuse 5~6-carinata.—Ins. Malayanis. Sub nom. Phragmi- 
coma ciliaris Nees in herb. Lindbergii visa a qua tamen valde 
diversa. } 
1, Acro-LEJEUNEA TORULOSA (L. et L. !). 
Phragmicoma torulosa L. et L.! in Syn. Hep. 294. 
Hab. In arborum cortice sylvee Amazonice, prope Pard; ad fl. Negro, 
locis Punta de Paricatuba et Cerro de Cawapuna (Venezuele); ad 
cataractas Maypures fluminis Orinoco. 
Bisse) 7x5; lob “4x15; ¢ aay 3 [4x 5; br. lob 12%°8; 
be at-05'x.-7 ; per 1°25 x 6 ™™. 
Late depresso-czespitosa, pusilla concinna rufo-badia tenera. Caules 1- 
2-pollicares vage ramosi—interdum subdecompositi—ramiqué sic- 
cando julacei, vel inferne foliis squarrosis exasperati; alii rami de- 
curvi apice subaphyllo sepe radicantes. 
Folia densissime imbricata late patula accumbentia, oblique semicordato- 
rotundo-ovata, apice: vel brevi-triangulari obtuso vel rotundato ; 
margine postico toto late incurva, medium versus subrecte compli- 
cata; lobulus duplo brevior, oblique ovatus oblongusve, ad plicam 
inflatus parum saccatus, margine transverso rotundato 3—4-denticu- 
lato (dentibus v. concoloribus v. opacis), medio supero lobo appressus, 
sinu in lobum sensim transiens—raro apice brevi acuto prominens; 
cellulee subconformes parvulze pellucidee incrassatee. 
Foliola foliis eequilata, subduplo breviora, orbiculato-reniformia retusula, 
planiuscula tenuia, basi exciso-amplexante haustorium e radicellis 
pluribus patulis validis simplicibus ferentia. 
Flores dioici et monoici: ¢ in ramo brevi longioreve terminales, inno- 
vatione nulla suffulti. Bracteze foliis fere duplo majores, patule, 
coneavee ad } alt. bilobee, laxe complicate, lobo obovato rotundato, 
lobulo fere equilongo duplo angustiore ligulato sepius retuso ; 
bracteola oblonga, ob apicem truncatum fere rectangularis. Folia 
subfloralia 3-4-juga ceteris caulinis sensim majora, bracteisque 
propriis subconformia. 
Perianthia vix emergentia oblonga rotundato-truncata brevi-rostellata, 
compressa, antice 2~4-carinulata, postice 3-carinata, carinis fere 
leevissimis v. scaberulis. Capsula vix exserta, depresso-globosa, pro- 
funde 4-fida. 
Andreecia szepissime in planta propria, (adveniunt etiam in eadem ac 
gyncecia), v. ramum totum tenentia v. medio caule posita; bractec 
plurijuge foliis parum breviores, lobulo eo foliorum vix majore 
sed turgidiore. 
Folia vetustiora seepe margine supero recurvo-squarrosa, novella tamen 
(siceando preecipue) julaceo-convolutiva. 
Phragmicoma torulosa L. et L.! Guiana: (Hb. Hooker). Statura pusilla, 
foliis confertis, lobulo 3—4-denticulato, textura tenera laxe cellulosa, 
perianthio plicato, etc., cum nostra bene convenit; differt solum foliis 
submajoribus rotundioribus, in sicco magis convolutivis.* 
* This is the original specimen on which ‘Lindenberg founded the species 
*torulosa.” The lobule is as distinctly denticulate as in my own plant, 
whereas in Syn. Hep. it is said to be quite entire, which prevented me (at 
first) from recognising the species. 
