228 OTIGONIO-LEJEUNEA. 
Pusilla pallida repens, aliis Lejewnets intricata. Caules semipollicares 
vage subramosi, apice seepe longe simplices. 
Folia subimbricata subdecurvo-concava, basi angusta inserta, late dimi- 
diato-ovata, vel cuneato-obovata, rotundata—raro abrupte acuta, 
parum celluloso-crenulata, margine postico supra lobulum recto vel 
subconcavo basin versus recte vel subsinuato-complicata; lobulus 
folio 4-plo brevior turgide ovoideus, sinu excisulo, apice seepius 
occulto; cellule parvule zquilatere pellucida. 
Foliola distantia, foliis 4-plo fere breviora, subrotunda, ultra medium 
acute bifida, sinu lato, segmentis subdivergentibus acutis acuminu- 
latisve. 
Flores dioici (?): Q in ramo brevissimo terminales, innovatione suffulti. 
Bractez foliis sublongiores, perianthium obtegentes, ad % compli- 
cato-bilobe, angulate et celluloso-crenulatee—raro etiam hic illic 
subdenticulatee, lobis lanceolatis acutis subaequalibus vel inferiore 
angustiore; bracteola ovalis vel longe obovata, vix ad medium 
anguste bifida, segmentis acuminulatis. 
Perianthia subimmersa parva pellucida, ovalia ovatave, subteretia, solum 
apicem versus 4—5-carinata, carinis apice in auriculas lanceolatas linea- 
resve, integras vel 2-3-fidas erecto-conniventes protractis; infra 
auriculas constricta, apice pertusa erostria. Calyptra pyriformis 
capsule zequilonga, stylum e perianthii orificio ultra auriculas exser- 
tui apice gerens. 
2. OTIGONIO-LEJEUNEA SCHIZOTIS, Spruce. 
Hab. In fl. Negro et Uaupés ripis, ad truncos inundatos etiam ad pro- 
stratos putrescentes. 
F7x°5, c. sh; f 1x07, 15x 1; br -5; br’? 4x °13; per 65 x 35; 
br d 1-"15™™, 
Pusilla viridis in stratum tenue effusa. Caules 3—}-pollicares, repentes, 
sat ramosi vel etiam decompositi, ramis paucifoliis. 
Folia contigua vel parum imbricata, assurgentia plana longitudinaliter 
inserta, oblique oblonga, vel (basi subdilatata) ovato-oblonga rotun- 
data elobulata, alia subfaleata; cellule mediocres, centro pellucida 
ambitu opacze, inferiores sensim majores. 
Foliola distantia, cauli appressa eodemque vix latiora, foliis 5-7-plo 
minora, ovata, ad 4 bitida, segmentis lanceolatis acutis. 
Flores monoici: @ in ramo seepe iteratim innovando-prolifero terminales. 
Bracteze f. caulinis multo minores, ab apice ad 4 solum bifide, dein 
complicate ; lobo ligulato-oblongo rotundato-truncato, lobulo lineari- 
rhomboideo apice libero triangulari-lanceolato acuto; bracteola ligu- 
lata breviter (ad 4—} alt.) acute bifida, segmentis acutis, 
Perianthia f, caulinis subeequilonga, pyriformia teretia, solum apicem 
versus 5-carinata, carinis 4 (vel omnibus) apice cristato-auriculatis, 
cornutisve, cristé in lacinias 2 vel 3 subulatas conniventes fiss4, 
rarius subulé unicé constante, vertice convexo perforata (orificio 
minuto vix tubulari), stylo fructus maturati pralongo alte protruso 
ad speciem rostellata. 
Amenta ¢ crebra ramulo tenui constantia, plerumque folio collaterali 
longiora; bractew 5-7-jugw minute (foliis 5-plo brevieres), com- 
presso-galeformes, apice acuminato-subrostrato seepius integra. 
