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7. TAXI-LEJEUNEA TENAX, Spruce. 
Hab. Caripi, prope Pard, in saxis maritimis, sterilis. 
F' 11x -95; lob 2; ¢gh3 f 35 x85; br-65;. br’? “6 xem 
Late depresso-cespitosa, viridis, siccando flavescens. Caules intricati, 
2-pollicares tenaces, subcompressi, strato corticali cellularum majorum 
sectione compressarum pellucidarum, stratisque 2 v. 3 concentricis 
cellularum 3-plo angustiorum, constantes, vage ramosi, ramis valde 
inzequilongis, rarius subpinnati, pinnis interdum floriferis. 
Folia subimbricata dissitave plana v. seepius decurvula, haud raro torta, 
late semicordato-ovata, rotundata obtusave, rarius subacuta, integer- 
rima, basi minute complicata; lobulus 5-6-plo brevior involutus, 
nunquam obsoletus ; cellulase mediocres subpellucidze leptodermes, 
solum ad angulos parum incrassate, inferiores majores, submargin- 
ales plures multo minores. 
Foliola foliis plus 3-plo breviora suborbiculata, ad medium bifida, 
segmentis acutis v. obtusis, seepissime radicellifera. 
Flores monoici (steriles solum visi): 9 in ramo brevi semel bisve inno- 
vando-prolifero terminales (quasi seriatim secundi). Bractez foliis 
fere duplo minores, forma varie, plerumque altera latior oblique 
ovata obtusa, altera lanceolata acuta, lobulo angusto lineari pler- 
umque aucte; bracteola ovali-lanceolata vix ad medium usque 
bifida ; omnes bractez integerrime. 
Amenta ¢ lateralia, folio caulino breviora, oblongo-subglobosa ; bracteze 
2-3-jugee majusculz. 
L. tenera, Sw.! Prodr. Fl. Ind. Occid. (ex ipso in hb. Hook.) fragilis 
est, nostra tenuior ; foliis sparsioribus, tam latis quam longis, obsolete 
lobulatis ; foliolis dimidio majoribus ; bracteis longe minoribus ; habitu 
tamen et foliis magnis valde similis. 
8. TaxI-LEJEUNEA MACRORHYNCHA, Spruce. 
Ilab. Tavalosos Andium Peruvianorum, alt. 800", in filice. 
KF 6x°4, 6x45, ¢ gh; f™°125 «125-175 ; br 5x12; brit 4x 155 
per *65 x °35, rostellum *1™™, 
Pusilla tenuis viridis arete repens intricata. Caules $—? pollicis longi, 
inordinatim decompositi, ramis brevibus. 
Folia subimbricata contiguave, basi laté longitudinali subdecurrente 
inserta, oblique ovata abrupte acuta apiculatave—raro obtusa rotun- 
datave—integerrima vel celluloso-subcrenulata, elobulata; cellule 
mediocres parum elongate convexule pellucidissime. 
Foliola foliis 4-plo breviora distantia subrotunda, ad vel infra medium 
bifida, segmentis ovato-lanceolatis acutis. 
Flores monoici: 9crebri, in ramo brevissimo terminales, innovatione 
iteratim prolifera vel simplice suffulti. Bracteze foliis breviores sub- 
erectze anguste lanceolate acute, basi parvi-lobulatee (vel altera non) ; 
bracteola lanceolata breviter (ad +) bifida, segmentis acutis, tenuis- 
Sima. 
Perianthia foliis sublongiora clavato-oblonga vel pyriformia longirostria 
subcompressa 5-carinata, carinis apice rotundis vix prominulis 
obscure subpapulosis, demum 4-fida, lobis cuspidatis. 
Amenta @ lateralia folio collaterali saepius longe breviora; bractesw 1-3- 
(raro usque ad 5-) juge, 
