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minores confertee ovoideo-cymbiformes subinequilobe, ad carinam 
obtusam pellucide tubercnlose, diandree. 
Var. subintegerrima: tenuis laxifolia; foliis seepe elobulatis, e cellulis 
obtusioribus margine solum crenulatis vel integerrimis; perianthiis 
apice minus conspicue emarginatis. 
L. decora Tayl. ! in hb. Hook., ex insula Dominica, vix differt nisi 
bracteis spinulosis, perianthiisque superne pauci-longispinis. 
5. PRIoNO-LEJEUNEA TEMNANTHA, Spruce. 
Hab. M. Guayrapurina, in cortice vetusto, cum Lophocolea muricata, 
F 35 x -25, lob 13, c ay; f 08x 08, 06x06; br lob 5x °25: br’ -4x 
per GO xa 
Pusilla, albida, dein rufescens. Caules 6° longi, subfasciculatim ramosi, 
ramique spe arcuati. 
Folia subimbricata fornicato-decurva, basi ad lobuli altitudem usque 
insigniter constricta, deinde abrupte antice dilatata, late oblique 
ovata (subdimidiata), sensim abrupteve acuta, margine toto, basi 
constricta excepta, e cellulis prominulis argute muriculata; lobulus 
triplo fere brevior; cellule parvulz subconformes subincrassate 
pellucidz, marginales superioresque conico-prominule. 
Foliola distantia 4—6-plo breviora, subrotunda, paulo ultra medium bifida, 
segmentis acutis. 
Flores monoici; 2 ramulo brevi, sine ulla innovatione, constantes. 
Bractez interne foliis sublongiores, profunde bifidee, subcomplicate, 
lobo faleato-lanceolato acuto muriculato-serrato, lobulo multo minore 
lineari; bracteola cuneato-lanceolata ad 4 bifida, segmentis acutis, 
serrulata. 
Perianthia f. caulina fere 2-plo excedentia viridia rufave cuneata, apice 
fere recte truncata, v. subretusa, raro subobcordata, erostria, margine 
supra medium muricata setulosave, facie postica alte obtuse unica- 
rinata. Calyptra paulo minor tenuis apice inequaliter 4-fida. 
Andreecia ramulo folium axillare sublongiore constantia; bracteze medi- 
ocres sub 4-jugze. 
Statura humiliore, foliis solum acutis, margine muriculatis—nec 
acuminatis subserratis ; foliolis duplo minoribus ; perianthiisque angus- 
tioribus, haud apice profunde emarginato-bilobis, a L. denticulata certe 
differt. 
6. Priono-LEJEUNEA MICRODONTA, Gottsche. 
in Syn. Hep. 337. 
Hab. In sylvis flum. Amazonum primum legit cel. Martius ; ipse ad 
fl. Negro superiorem in filicibus (in T’richomane elegante et trichoideo 
preecipue), ad fl. Uaupés in formicarnm nidis, prope Pard supra alias 
hepaticas in truncis prostratis repentem. Fide cl. auctorum “Syn. 
Hepat.” etiam insule §. Vincentis et Hawaii incola est. 
F ‘6x °5, °5 x °42, lob 15-125, c. medie 34, marginales J;; f'* 125-1; 
br °55; br’* 4x ‘25; per “8x ‘5; amenta g1°3, br g 08™™, 
Pallide viridis prostrata intricata. Caules 1-1}-pollicares teneri yage 
vel subpinnatim ramosi. 
