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caracteribus; a L. parvistipula L. et G. (e Mexico) caule foliisque duplo 
fere minoribus, foliis subdimidiatis seepe acutis, bracteis obtusissimis. 
L. discoidea L. et L.! (ex ins. 8. Vincentis, hb. Hook.) nostra statura 
pusilla ete. sat similis, differt foliis dimidiato-ovato-oblongis, lobulo folio 
4-plo minore, cellulis solum parvis; foliolis } folium zquantibus ad 4- 
solum bifidis; demum perianthio turbinato-globoso argute 5-carinato.— 
L. myriantha N. et M. (e Guiana Gallica) folia habet orbiculata toto fere 
longitudine complicata ; foliola submajora breviter fissa, et perianthia 
obcordata acute pentagona. 
9, CHEILO-LEJEUNEA PHYLLOBOLA, Mont. 
Hab, Ad fl. Amazonum, in cortice, minus frequens quam L. duriuscula. 
F -35 x ‘25, 35 x °3, ‘38 x ‘35; lob 1; ¢ gs—gh; (f"* *15 x 125) br 6; br'* °55 
Meoe, per (x4; andr -65™™. 
Pusilla pallide rufula, dense depresso-ceespitosa. Caules subpollicares 
vage v. subpinnatim ramosi, flexuosi, seepe foliorum lobis majoribus 
deciduis subdenudati, ramulis raro microphyllis. 
Folia fragilia quasi-vitrea apice subscariosa, parum imbricata, subdiver- 
gentia seepeque assurgenti-recurvula, subsemicordata, rotunda vel 
late oblonga et rotundata, celluloso-repanda, subrecte complicata ; 
lobulus vix 4-plo brevior ovatus subsaccatus apice brevi incurvo; 
cellulee minutulz subconformes pulchre guttulate, centro ovali- 
globosee pellucide, annulo opaco eadem forma vel leniter 6- 
sinuato in peripheria, pariete pellucido ad angulos incrassato. 
Foliola dissita, foliis plus duplo breviora, late ovalia v. rhombeo-ro- 
tunda, vix ad 4 usque acute bifida, repandula, segmentis patulis 
obtusis, acutis v. subapiculatis. 
Flores dioici: fl. Q in ramo brevi, vel in ipso caule, terminales, inno- 
vatione (seepe prolifera) suffulti. Bracteze foliis multo majores late 
distiche patule, vix ad $ complicato-bilobze, lobo semiovali obtusato, 
lobulo multo angustiore lineari v. rhomboideo; bracteola oblonga 
solum ad # (in fl. sterili ad 7) emarginato-bifida, sinu segmentisque 
subacutis. 
Perianthia foliis caulinis duplo longiora assurgenti-recurva rufula late 
pyziformia valde compressa, antice l-carinulata postice bicarinata, 
carinis posticis humilibus demum fere obliteratis, fructu egresso 
bilabiata, rostellata, levissima. Calyptra rufa, perianthio sub- 
brevior. 
Amenta ¢ seepius in rami apice terminalia, quin etiam medio caule 
proveniunt, turgide spicata folio caulino subduplo longiora; bractez 
5-jugee majuscule cymbiformi-complicate ultra medium bifid, 
segmentis obtusatis erosulis. 
Var. turgidula 8., paulo robustior, foliis submajoribus vix unquam 
caducis, lobulo submajore; bracteis (altera saltem) acutis; bracteola 
ad 3 v. fere ad 4 bifida, segmentis subacuminatis; perianthio viridi 
turgescenti-pyriformi, primum compresso et humiliter 4—5-gono, 
demum inflato fere tereti, post capsulam emersam raro bilabiato, 
apice autem 3-5-valvi.—Hab. prope Para. 
10. CHEILO-LEJEUNEA DURIUSCULA, Nees. 
in Syn. Hep. p. 364. 
Hab. In sylva Amazonica, precipue versus fluminis ostia, ad Para, 
