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laterales et seriatim secundi viderentur). Bracteze foliis subbreviores 
lanceolate obsolete denticulate angulateve, antice brevi spatio seepe 
connate, lobulo minuto quadrato; bracteola obovato-lanceolata vel 
subrhomboidea ad medium bifida, segmentis acutis. 
Perianthia vix emersa clavato-pyriformia retusula obscure rostellata, in- 
ferne teretia supra medium 5-carinata, leevia, post capsulam emersam 
basi seepe elongata quasi-stipitata. 
Andreecia ad ramos sparsa brevia spiceeformia recta; bractese 3-6-jugze. 
Anne inter Tazi-L. implexe varietates enumeranda? Differt autem 
foliis majoribus latioribus; foliolis praecipueque bracteolis magis profunde 
fissis. 
13. TaxI-LEJEUNEA IMPLEXA, Spruce. 
Hab. In arborum cortice ad fluvii Negro cataractas, necnon secus fl. 
Huallaga juxta Yurimaguas et Tarapoto. 
Peapeiolu x 6, € sx; f'* "3X30, “2x "2; br. “7; per “15 x30. 
Pallide viridis tenera prostrata. Caules 1-2-pollicares subpinnatim 
decompositi implexi. 
Folia subimbricata plana, oblique vel fere longitudinaliter inserta, late 
semicordato-ovata abrupte acuta vel subacuminulata—raro rotun- 
data—integerrima vel apice angulari-denticulata, basi decurrente 
angustissime inflexa, lobulo minuto inffato vel subnullo ; cellule 
parvule subconformes eequilatere pellucidee. 
Foliola sub 3-plo breviora orbiculata (suboblata) ad 4 acute bifida, seg- 
mentis acutis. 
Flores monoici: 2 ad ramulos microphyllos seriatim secundi (revera in 
innovationibus perbrevibus successivis terminales). Bractez foliis 
subeequilonge lanceolatze subacuminate subdenticulate, anguste 
lobulatee vel non; bracteola libera oblonga vel cuneato-lanceolata 
ad 4 anguste bifida, segmentis subacuminatis, utrinque uni-pauci- 
denticulata. 
Perianthia subemersa clavato-oblonga brevirostria vix compressula, 
superne altiuscule 5-carinata, carinis apice rotundo-prominulis sub- 
leevibus. 
Amenta ¢ lateralia, folio collaterali plus minus breviora—rarissime in 
ramo terminalia—tenuia deflexa; bracteze 5-8-jugz parvee. 
Var.? callistachya 8. Folia seepe latiora densiora. Foliola paulo ultra 
i fissa. Flores 9 sepius in ramis normalibus, iteratim proliferis—rarius 
in ramulis parvifoliis—positi. Bracteze undulatez parce grosse serrate. 
Perianthia fere a basi carinata, carinis superne insigniter compressis ala- 
formibus interdum papulosis. Andreecia nonnulla valde longispica, 
bracteis ad 20-jugis— Ad fl. Negro cataractas cum typo. 
Var.? retiflora S. Major albescens. Folia apice rotundata, superiora 
interdum solum obtusa—nunquam acuta. Perianthia obconica altiuscule 
5-carinata pellucido-reticulata. Bractez integerrime vel grosse subdenti- 
culatzee—Ad Yurimaguas juxta fl. Huallaga. 
14. Taxi-LEJEUNEA TAPAJOSENSIS, Spruce. 
Hab. Ad fluminum Amazonum et Tapajos confluentiam, in ramorum 
cortice. 
Hepa op, lob 1, ¢as3 7 “4x35; br. b; br 4K 25o™. 
Albescens tenuis arcte repens. Caules 2-pollicares subpinnatim ramosi, 
ramis brevibus, subparalleli, 
