_ Lepro- LEJEUNEA, 197 
eollectee, marginales autem mediis 4 minores opacee; omnes parum 
prominule. 
Foliola bipartita: crura divaricata, fere horizontalia, setacea, cellulas 4-6 
uniseriatas (basi sola biseriatas) longa, ramorum breviora minus 
divergentia. Radicellee in discum radiate, seepe in mucum solute. 
Flores monoici: ? in ramo brevi, foliis 1-2-jugis vestito, raro longiore, 
terminales, innovatione brevi (foliis 2-3-jugis stipatis) suffulti. 
Foliolum inftraflorale ovale, ultra $ bifidum, segmentis acuminatis. 
Bractez foliis equilong serrulate, cum bracteola zquilonga lanceo- 
lata, ad 4 bifida, segmentis acuminatis, alte connate, bilobze sub- 
complicate, lobo ovali obtuso acutove, lobulo paulo breviore duplo 
angustiore apice bidentulo. 
Perianthia paulo emersa late obpyramidato-urceolata vix compressa 5- 
carinata, carinis superne aleeformi-dilatatis truncatis apiceque triangu- 
lari acuto v. subacuminato papillosis spinulosisve, apice ipsius peri- 
anthii conum humillimum sistente. : 
Andreecia ramos terminantia; bracteze sub 3-jugze laxiusculz foliis sensim 
minores cymbiformes inzequaliter bilobe. 
Ad 8. Gabriel advenit altera forma foliis minus conspicue ocellatis, 
margine pellucente vix recurvulo celluloso-erosulo, androeciis lateralibus. 
5. Lepto-LEJEUNEA CRUCIANELLA, Tay]. 
In Lond, Journ. Bot. (1846), p. 293. G. L. et N. Syn. Nep. 757. 
Hab. Mandos, ad fl. Negro ostia, in arborum foliis et filicibus repens. 
Demerara, in Redule sp. repens (fide Taylor). 
F “18 x “08, Joh -07™™, 
Minuta viridis, siccando fuscidula. Caules 4-pollicares arcte repentes 
laxe subpinnati. 
Folia dissita rhomboidea vel rectangulari-oblonga, apice plerumque 3- 
cuspidata, dente medio triangulari-acuminato vel late subulato, 
antico seepe obsoleto, recte complicata (vel non); lobulus vix triplo 
brevior rhomboideus planus vel convoluto-subinflatus, persepe 
_ _ nullus; cellulz parvulze subconformes subelongate. 
Foliola bi-(raro uni-) crura, interdum obsoleta; cruribus subulato- 
setaceis 4 cell. longis. 
Flores dioici: 2 non aderant. Andreecia in ramis terminalia subju- 
lacea; bracteze 3-5-jugee, foliis paulo breviores oyoidez mutica, 
6. Lepro-LEJEUNEA TRIGONOSTIPA, Spruce. 
Hab. Chimborazo, in arboris folio, aliis Lejewneis immixta, 
F 55 x ‘25, lob -18; ¢ 3™™. 
Pusilla tenuis flaccida, pallida, siccando fuscidula, Caules 4-pollicares 
prostrati laxe pinnati. 
Folia dissita patula fere plana lanceolata acuta hie illic cellula exstante 
erenulata denticulatave, recte complicata; lobulus 3-plo brevior, 
solum ad plicam inflatus, ovalis truncatus apiculato-acutus; cellule 
leptodermes, vix chlorophylliferee, paucee (sub 8) basin versus ezeteris 
longiores, vacuze, szepe in series 2 contiguas lineares congeste, 
Folicla minuta obtriangularia apice prelate truncato utrinque cellula 
unica parva apiculata, radicellifere—seepe tam foliola quam radi- 
cellz in mucum soluta. 
