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nata, v. (lobulo obsoleto) cuneato-lanceolata fere ad medium usque 
bi-tridentata, dente spinave media longiore; cellule minute, ob- 
longo-5-6-gon, subplanze, subpellucidee. 
Foliola minuta, bipartita, cruribus subulatis 3-4 ¢. longis subdivergen- 
tibus. 
Fl. dioici: Q in ramo brevi terminales, innovatione simplice suffulti. 
Bractez foliis majores erectze altiuscule connate bilobee laxe compli- 
cate, ciliate v. saltem spinulose, lobo acuminato, lobulo truncato- 
bi-tri-ciliato; bracteola vix ad medium bifida, segmentis subacumin- 
atis, oblonga. 
Perianthia emersa, f. caulinis fere duplo longiora, obpyramidata late 
recte truncata brevi-rostellata, alte 5-carinata, carinis apice in cor- 
nua triangulari-acuminata ciliata—raro solum spinulosa—horizon- 
taliter dilatata. 
Andreecia terminalia, interdum longispica; bracteze subcontigua majus- 
culee rotundo-naviculares, carina celluloso-moniliatee. 
E. foliis “ singulari dente spinoso prope lobulum ad instar siee manu- 
brii armatis” certe eadem ac L. capulata Tayl., in Oware Africee a PALISOT 
lecta, videtur. De bracteis involucri ciliatis tamen cl. auctor mentionem 
haud fecit. 
5. DrepaNo-LEJEUNEA LICHENICOLA, Spruce. 
Hab. In M. Guayrapata, super lichenes (Stictas) repens. 
Facie, magnitudineque D.-L. capulate aliisque sat similis, diversa tamen 
caracteribus sequentibus.—Folia hamata, supra basin inflato-lobula- 
tam late falcato-subulata, apice tenui acuta, margine inequaliter 
spinoso-denticulata, dente supra-lobulari ceteris majore (ut in 
plurimis congeneribus) ; cellule subplanz subelongatze, ocelliformes 
pro more nullew.—Foliolorum crura latissime divaricata 3-4 c¢. 
longa.—F lores dioici.—Perianthia subimmersa rotundo-obovata-urce- 
olatave brevissime rostellata, 5-gona, angulis parum prominulis sub- 
denticulatis, apice tamen in cornua brevi-triangularia acuta parum 
assurgentia dilatata. 
6. DrRePANO-LEJEUNEA INFUNDIBULATA, Spruce. 
Hab. Chimborazo, in folio, cum aliis Lejewneis intexta. 
F 4x °25; lob 125; ¢ g4-A5; f :08; br -45; per 8 x -38™™, 
Pusilla, pallida, tenuis. Caules }-pollicares prostrati subramosi. 
Folia subdissita, fere plana, apice decurvula, a basi constricta abrupte 
dilatata, dimidiato-ovata—caulina latiora subtriangularia—subacu- 
minata v. solum acuta, hic illic muricato-serrulata, dente supra- 
lobulari interdum majore, subsinuato-complicata ; lobulus plus 3-plo 
brevior ovato-oblongus turgidus exciso-acutus; cellule minutule 
leptodermes fere vacuz parum elongate, ocelliformes nulle, 
Foliola minuta bipartita, cruribus setaceis 2-4 ¢. longis seepe valde 
divaricatis. 
Flores dioici; 2 in ramo brevi terminales, cum innovatione. Bractez 
foliis vix majores suberecte alte connate, ad } bilobe ; lobo lanceo- 
lato acuiminato, lobulo brevi truncato-bidentello, spinuloso-subser- 
rate; bracteola fere ad } bifida. 
Perianthia maxima, f. caulinis 2-plo longiora, clavata—demum (ore fisso, 
