PLATY-LEJEUNEA. Lay 
3. Praty-LEJEUNEA Hopsontana, Lindenb. 
Syn. Hep. 313; Gottsche, Mex. Leverm. 181. 
Hab. Chimborazo, in sylvis ad 1200™ alt., e ramulis foliisque pendula ; 
etiam in Mexico et ins. 8. Vincentii. 
PF U9x 1:3; lob -075, ¢ oy 5 f 125x123 br 9% °75 brs 9x55 per 
IG} Xe SAS 
Elata flaccida olivacea badiave, primum repens dein pendula. Caules 
4-6-pollicares, flexuosi, inzequaliter pinnati. 
Flora basi sola imbricata, superne dissita, subplana, divergentia, oblique 
ovato-ligulata ex obtuso apiculata, margine postico infra medium 
recurvulo longiuscule decurrente basique ipsa minutissime lobulata; 
lobulus plus 20-plobrevior, margine plerumque incurvus; cellule pel- 
lucidze majuscule. Folia interdum basi antica anguste semicordata. 
Foliola foliis paulo minora, imbricata, orbiculata, ob alas longe decurren- 
tes subspathulata, repanda, apice rotundata vel subretusa, medio haud 
profunde canaliculata, caterum fere planissima, vel margine leviter 
incurvo foliis appressa, basi ipsa hinc longius sensimque decurrentia. 
Flores dioici. Ramuli 9, cum suo perianthio, folium caulinum proxi- 
mum vix zquantes, basi foliis unijugis minutis ovalibus, foliolo 
interposito rotundo, stipati. Bracteze toliis duplo breviores—alteri 
innovationi minuta microphylla basi adnata—complicatee parum 
inzequilobe, lobis abrupte acutis, postico subminore; bracteola ligu- 
lato-oblonga, a medio recurva, apice breviter bifida, segmentis acutis 
obtusisve. 
Perianthia foliis breviora obcordato-obovata-ellipticave valde compressa 
rostellata, fere ab ipsa basi ala profunde ciliato-laciniata cireumeincta, 
facie antica convexula levia nisi marginem versus spinulis paucis 
obsita, postica convexo-carinata medium versus spinis setisve plurimis 
armata.—Cilia marginalia ad semimillimetrum longa, 12 vel etiam 
16 cellulas longa, basi 2 v. 3 cell. lata. 
L. Hobsoniana typica (Syn. Hep. 1. c.) vix differt nisi foliolis margine 
recurvulis et bracteola solum emarginata. 
A L. Vincentina et L. pogonoptera certe diversa videtur: caule 4-plo 
elatiore; foliis vix imbricatis longioribus (lingulatis) longe decurrentibus 
planis minutissime lobulatis; foliolis planis orbiculatis decurrentibus; 
floribus dioicis ; bracteis majoribus acutilobis ; bracteola bifida; peri- 
anthiis margine longissime laciniato-ciliatis. 
Obs. The perianth is rather thickly and widely set with hair-like pro- 
cesses about the middle of the back, but smooth near the top and bottom, 
and there is a thin crest of cilia on each side of the medial group, on a 
raised line (carinula) parallel to and near the margin. 
4, PLaty-LEJEUNEA VINCENTINA, Gottsche. 
Hab. Prope Guayaquil, in cortice Theobromatis Cacao preecipue: rarius. 
Ex ins. 8. Vincentii primum alata. 
F 1:25 x1:0; lob 3; ¢ 35; fl “75 x ‘95; br (explan.) ‘6 x °45; br °55 x °3; 
fet Koo 
Pusilla, prostrata rufo-fusca. Caules pollicares subramosi flaccidi. 
Folia ad 4 imbricata horizontalia, apice deflexa, ceeterum plana, oblique 
