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verso ; cellulee parvulee incrassate, intus sinuatz, annulo chloro- 
phylli angusto circumdatee, ceeterum pellucide, convexule. 
Folia ramulorum 2—4-plo minora, magis concava, foliolis seepe pro ratione 
majoribus. 
Foliola foliis vix minora, subcontigua orbiculato-reniformia, basi pro- 
funde cordata, apice ad 4 solum acute bifida, celluloso-crenulata, 
lateribus incurvis. 
Flores nullos invenire potui. 
8. HyGro-LEJEUNEA PENTOTANTHA, Spruce. 
Hab. In montis Chimborazo devexis occidentalibus sylvaticis, alt. 1500", 
ad ramulos foliaque viva. 
F ‘75x ‘6, lob 25, cAj—ps ; f 65 x °65; br 9; br 85x "75; per 11 x4 
(infra auricilas) x 1:0™™ (auriculis inclusis). 
Repens flaccida e viridi fusca. Caules 3-4° longi, tenues flexuosi 
simplices vel parum ramosi, ramis brevibus suboppositis. 
Folia contigua, basi cum lobulo in sacculum semiconicum, folio triplo 
breviorem, connata, supra lobulum patentia, suboblique cordato- 
ovata, apice valde decurvo tenui-acuminulata, margine insigniter 
celluloso-crenulata ; cellule parvulze subconformes convexule, 
pariete ad angulos subincrassato, annulo chlorophylli angustiusculo. 
Foliola foliis vix minora, imbricata orbiculata, concava, basi profunde 
cordata, apice ad 4 bifida, rima angusta, segmentis acutis apicula- 
tisve, margine celluloso-crenulata. 
Flores dioici: 2 in ramo terminales, innovatione unilaterali, vel duabus 
oppositis, suffulti. Bracteze foliis longiores, ab apice ultra 4 bilobe, 
subcomplicatee, lobis oblique ovalibus, subacuminatis undulatis sub- 
laciniatis, postico plus minus minore; bracteola fere orbiculata, basi 
breviter angustata, ad } bifida, valde undulato-crispa, parce laciniata 
spinosave. 
Perianthia emersa obconica, supra medium obtuse 5-gona, angulis apice 
in auriculas maximas ovales compressas subdivaricatas dilatatis. 
Calyptra valida rufula, perianthium (sine auriculis) perfecte replens, 
apice varie lobata. Capsula in pedicello brevi articulato exserta, 
albida, globosa, ad basin fere usque quadrifida; elateres pauci prope 
valvularum apicem inserti, conniventes. 
A L. Dominicensi Mont. et L. cuspidata G. (Syn. Hep. 351) differt 
foliolis profunde cordatis, segmentis apiculatis (nec transverse rotundis, 
segmentis obtusis vel subacutis); praecipue autem perianthio apice insig- 
niter 5-auriculato, Nota.—Auriculee perianthii clausze sunt, bilamellate 
—nec lamella singula constantes, ac in Oligonio-Lejeunew speciebus. 
9. HyGro-LEJEUNEA PRIONOIDES, Spruce. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, ad Rio Verde, fl. Pastasa affluentem, alt. 1300™, 
supra alias Lejewncas et Krullanias repens. 
F °75x°35; lob 1-15, c de; f'* 5 x ‘6, 55 x 65; br. lobus 8 x °5, ‘8 x "35; 
bri“ 6 x°75; foliolum wnfraflorale ‘7 x ‘9™, 
Prostrata pallide viridis tenerrima. Caules 2-pollicares inaqualiter 
subpinnati. 
Folia divergentia, plana vel apice torta, raro decurvo-secunda, basi sub- 
