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gidus ; cellule parvule pellucidee, inferiores sensim submajores, 
ocello nullo. Utriculi adsunt. 
Foliola foliis zquimagna, oblata tamen, insigniter cordato-reniformia, 
sinu baseos profundo, apice emarginato-bidentula, sinu solum 4 cel- 
lulas alto, angusto, dentibus cellula unica apiculatis, e margine toto 
incurvo concava. 
Flores dioici: 2 in ramo brevissimo terminales, innovatione simplice 
suffulti. Bracteze foliis subzequilongee suberectze profunde compli- 
cato-bilobze, spinulosz, lobo obovato-lanceolato acuto, lobulo 2-3-plo 
breviore oblongo obtuso; bracteola utrinque subconnata ovalis brevis- 
sime bifidula, basi breviter constricta quasi-stipitata. 
Periauthia emersa oblonga 4-5-gona longicornia; cornibus cztero peri- 
anthio vix brevioribus suberectis angustiuseulis. 
E foliolis con¢avis—nec convexis—apice fere integris, a plurimis Cerato- 
Lejeunets aberrat, L. hylophile et L. variabila var. saprowylophilee pro- 
xima, 
15. CeRATO-LEJEUNEA MARITIMA, Spruce. 
Hab. Caripi, prope fluvii Pardé ostia, in rupibus maritimis, rarius in 
truncis vetustis vicinis, plagas maximas densas efficiens. Planta 
mascula solum visa. 
F -65x°45; lob *1; cay; fl* 35x °5, 3x °55, -25 x 25, 15 x ‘155m, 
Rufo-badia, L. hylophile subsimilis, diversa ut videretur caracteribus 
sequentibus. #'olia semiovato-oblonga, obliqua sed vix dimidiata, 
obtusa, raro subacuta, apice serrulata v. saltem angulata; lobulo 
parvo ovato, aliorum: ramorum subgloboso turgidiore, rarissime 
obsoleto. Utriculi proprii nulli. Foliola foliis sub 2-plo minora, 
superiora szepe fere duplo latiora quam longa, breviter bifida, seg- 
mentis acuminulatis, bast rotundata nec profunde cordata (qualia in 
L. hylophila). In aliis ramis—vel etiam ‘in ejusdem rami apice 
elongato—aliquando adveniunt foliola longe minora, orbiculata, rima 
paulo profundiore. Andrecia crebra longispica, sat robusta, bracteis 
circiter 10-jugis. 
Cerato-L. platyceras certe distincta erit foliis acuminatis magis serratis, 
foliolis profunde bifidis nunquam reniformibus. 
Densely-stratified to the depth of half an inch, or even an inch, and 
absorbing moisture like a sponge. 
16. Cerato-LEJEUNEA PLATYCERAS, Spruce. 
Hab. In valle fl. Pastasa infra Banos, alt. 1500™., ad ramulos cum Frul- 
laniis, = ¢d ; in sylva ee in cortice, pl. 2 sterilis. 
FQ x ‘65, ‘7 x 55; lob 15-1 As f* 3x ‘3, 25 x ‘3, ‘2x 25; br “9x 55; 
brta 65 x: ars "per 10x 45 eu 75™™ cornibus inelusis). 
Robusta rufa prostrata. Caules 14-2-pollicares pinnati, flexuosi intricati, 
ramis brevibus inwqualibus. 
Polia subimbricata patentia late dimidiato-ovata, subsemicordata, apice 
decurvo subacuminata vel solum acuta, margine postico recto supra 
medium, antico fere toto apic eque, argute dent ito-serrata-spinulosave, 
subrecte complicata; lobulus minutus folio 6-7-plo brevior inflatus, 
aliorum Yamorum major saccatus et ad folia infima interdum in 
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