196 Lrepro-LEJEUNEA. 
Forsan pro var. L, elliptice habenda, differt autem statura submajore, 
foliis interdum basi angustatis (i.e. obovato-lanceolatis), constanter exo-= 
eellatis, cellulis obscurioribus subpachydermibus, jfoiiole infraflorala con- 
spicuo pentagono bicuspidato, perianthio majore, bracteis perangustis, 
3. Lepto-LEJEUNEA LIGULATA, Spruce. 
Hab. In sylva Amazonica haud infrequens, circa 8. Gabriel fluvii Negro 
preecipue, raro fertilis. 
f’-4x +15, lob ‘1, o g™™; fi 3-4 cellulas longa; br 353; per 8x ‘*35™™. 
Pusilla arcte repens viridis, siccando fusca nigrescensve, haud facile emol- 
lienda. Caules in orbem diametro pollicarem radiati, subbipinnati, 
ramis sparsis, raro intricatis, 
Folia distantia patentia plana, siccando recurvo-crispula, ligulato-oblonga- 
lanceolatave, triplo fere longiora quam lata, obtusata, subrecte com- 
plicata; lobulus 4-plo brevior ovato-fusiformis inflatus; cellulee par- 
vulz subconformes 4-6-gonee, parum elongate pellucids (fuscidule 
tamen), chlorophyllo parco, pariete ad angulos et media latera sub- 
incrassato, 
Foliola distantia minuta bipartita, eruribus divaricatis subulato-setaceis 
3-4 cellulas longis, basi 2 cell. latis. 
Flores dicici: .2 in ramo perbrevi, foliis minutis unijugis (vel unico) 
cum foliolo magne diftormi, stipato, terminales, innovatione nulla. 
Bractez foliis caulinis subbreviores, obovate ad 4 bilobe, lobis 
obtusatis, postico paulo angustiore; bracteola utrinque cum bracteis 
altiuscule connata lanceolata ad } bifida, segmentis acuminulatis. 
Foliolum infraflorale (sive bracteola exterior) caulinis valde diversum, 
dimidium folium excedens, orbiculari-pentagonum, apice truncato- 
biapiculatum, textura firma subopaca. 
Perianthia alte emersa clavato-pyriformia, superne 5-carinata, carinis in 
cornua breviuscule subulato-acuminata patentia protractis, 
A L. polyrhize floribus dioicis, ramo 9 haud innovato, foliis lohulatis 
exocellatis, cornibus perianthii patentibus, bene distincta, 
4, Lepro-LEJEUNEA POLYRHIZA, Nees, 
In G. L, et N. Syn. Hep. 403, 
Hab. In sylva Amazonica, precipue ad fl, Negro superiorem, frequens, 
foliicola; etiam in Guiana Gallica., 
f 35 x "2, 23x15; ¢ Bh—dg; fi ‘15; br. lob. 35; br -35 x°13; per “4x 
Boman, 
Pusilla, viridis, siccando flavida, sat facile emotlitura, arcte repens. 
Caules 4-4 poilicares, pinnati et bipinnati, rami crebri—szepe eodem 
numero ac folia caulina—ramulique paucifolii, foliis ad singulum 
rainulum 8-5-juvis, 
Folia contigua patula (angulo axiali 70°) swbassurgentia, rhomboideo- 
eblonga subacuta v. seepius obtusata, plana, margine autem recurvulo 
repando opaco, ocellata; lobulus seepissime 0, ramorum rariu 
praesens, 4 folio paulo brevior, Hineari-rhomboideus apiculato-acutua 
subplanus; cellulase medize parvule pellucidee vix incrassatee, 2-1¢ 
inferioves duplo rmajores v sparse y. seepius in lineam maculamoO 
