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liberi, patuli pendulive, distanter pinnati, ramis brevibus semel vel 
iteratim prolifero-dichotomis. 
Folia paulo (vix ad }) imbricata, subdivergentia, late suboblique semicor- 
dato-ovata, subtriangularia, apice decurvo apiculato-acuta ibidemque 
pauei-serrulata vel integerrima, supra basin posticam valde sinuato- 
complicata; lobulus 5-plo brevior, decurrens saccatus oblique com- 
presso-obconicus, margine transverso subplano sinum versus grosse 
bidenticulatus; cellulz subpellucidie, chlorophyllo in annulum con- 
gesto, subconformes, mediocres, folii apicem et marginem anticum 
versus minores, subbasales laxiores. 
Foliola imbricata dimidium folium parum excedentia, orbiculata, paulo 
latiora quam longa, alis a media basi (ubi radicelle affixee sunt) 
longé supra caulem decurrentibus, basi ipsa rotundatis cordatisve, 
mnargine supero recurvula. 
Flores monoici: 2 in dichotomia terminales; bracteze foliis subbreviores 
appressze, sese late imbricantes, ovales (fere symmetrice) acute su- 
perne plus minus serrulate subspinuloszeve [lobulo ad processum 
minutum subulatum, 4 cellulas longum 1-2-cell. latum, lobo basi 
intra marginem adnatum, redactu]; bracteola orbiculata subspathulata 
medio concaya alis plus minus recurvula, integerrima. 
Perianthia alté emersa, foliis canlinis multo longiora, obcordato-pyriformi- 
oblonga rostellata, antice profunde unisulca, postice alte obtuse 1- 
carinata, margine al&é supra medium (raro feré ab ipsa basi) crebre 
breviuscule ciliata cincta, carina postica levi. (Ala sine cilis 3 cell. 
lata; cilia 3-6 ¢. longa, basi 2 c. superne 1 c. lata). 
Flores autoici et paroici; andreecia vel in ramulo subflorali terminalia, 
vel infra bracteas floris 2 posita; bracteze ¢ paucijugze, foliis vix diverse, 
solum lobulo turgidiore. Antheridia solitaria magna. 
Pulchra species! a L. Cipaconea Gottsche (in N. Granata lecta) diversis- 
sima. L. Mexicana Lindenb. Syn. H. 325, subsimilis folia habet acumi- 
nata semper integerrima, et perianthia parum armata. 
4, DIcRANO-LEJEUNEA CIRCINNATA, Spruce. 
Hab. Tunguragua, ad terram inter Ericeas, alt. 2500™. 
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Cespites elati densissimi, pallidi badiive, siccando fuscescentes; caules 
3-6-pollicares, suberecti, flexuosi, arcte fastigiati, parce pinnati, ramis 
brevibus alternis dissitis, fertilibus furcatis. 
Folia tenuia tenera imbricata, e basi semierecta, angulo recto’ diver- 
gentia, valde devoluta, circinnatave, semicordato-ovato-oblonga, sub- 
triangularia, acuta, superiora acuminulata, sepe apiculata v. apiee 
denticulis 3-5 serrulata, infra medium sinuato-complicata; lobulus 
folio plus duplo brevior, ovalis, compresso-saccatus, subplanus, basi 
longitudinali cauli incurrens, margine obliquo integerrimo y. seepius 
(sinum versus) denticulo cellulam unicam opacam sistente auctus; 
cellule mediocres pellucidz intus annulo chlorophylli tenui cincte, 
membrana secundaria conspicua, trigonis majusculis. 
Foliola foliis subzequimagna imbricata reniformi-orbiculata, media basi 
altiuscule excavata (decurrentia), ad latera valde incurva caulem 
