362 LEPIDOZIA, 
4, LEPIDOZIA CHSPITOSA, Spruce. 
Hab, Ad arborum vetustarum truncos in monte Tunguragua, alt. 2500™, 
et in sylva Canelos. 
Fx °45 5 ¢ ge 3 f* 35x35; br 8-10; per 45x 5m, 
Virescens humilis dense czespitosa. Caules pollicares tenues suberecti 
pinnati; rami decurvo-secundi, breviusculi, alii apice tenui flagel- 
lari ; stolones postici (perrari) foliosi ramosique, nullo aphyllo. 
Folia confertiuscula, basi late patentia, supra medium incurvo-erecta, 
cuneato-subquadrata, basin anticam versus rotundato-dilatata, mar- 
gine repandula, paulo ultra 3 quadrifida, laciniis subeequimagnis 
subulatis acutis subacuminatisve ; cellule parvee subopace, limitibus 
pellucidis haud incrassatis, cuticula minute tuberculosa. 
Foliola perpaulo minora 4- (raro solum 3-) fida, laciniis iis foliorum sub- 
minoribus. 
Flores dioici: foem. postici. Bracteze perianthio arcte appresse, tristichee, 
suborbiculate concave, apice breviter 2-3-fidule, margine hic illic 
spinulose, 4-5-juge, extime minute, sequuntur 3 vel 6 foliis majores, 
intimee paulo minores sunt, omnes bractec firmz pellucidee rectangu- 
lari-areolate. 
Perianthia maxima anguste fusiformi-tubulosa (9plo longiora quam lata) 
incurva subteretia, apice constricto solo leniter trisulca, denique 
breviter trifida, substantia firma, 3-4 cellulas crassa. 
Pl. mase. tenuior. Amenta ramulum posticum incurvum sistentia, laxe 
julacea albida. Bractez foliis rameis equimagnee late orbiculatee 
concave apice breviter bidentata, margine hic illic repande; brac- 
teolee duplo angustiores ovales apice bidentate. 
Species heecce in m. Tunguragua sat frequens facie aliquantum varia- 
bilis est, nune viridissima brevis rigidula arcte pinnata; nunc pallida 
tenera; in sylva Canelos longior et tenuior, muscis seepe consociata, in- 
venitur. 
A L. reptante certe diversa florescentia dioica, habitu firmiore ; caule 
magis plumoso, flagellis posticis nullis; foliis minoribus ultra 4 fissis, 
laciniis angustioribus, cellulis duplo fere minoribus ; perianthiis elongatis 
perangustis crassioribus. 
5, LEPIDOZIA DENDRITICA, Spruce. 
Hab. In monte Tunguragua, ad arborum pedem, alt. 2500", sterilis; 
etiam in sylva Canelos, alt. 1500™. 
F. caulina ‘8x7, ramea 6x'4; € ay; f caulina 6x45, ramen 
45 x 35mm, 
Mediocris czespitosa viridis. Caules bipollicares suberecti tripinnati 
dendroidei, rammis omnibus decurvulis, aliis breviusculis crassis, aliis 
attenuatis et valde parvifoliis. 
Folia caulina subcontigua cucullato-concava valde oblique ovato-triangu- 
laria, margine antico plus duplo longiore rotundato basi integerrimo 
vel 1-3-spinuloso, postico recto basi spinis 1 vel 2 aucto, vix “ultra 4 
quadrifida, laciniis subulatis acutis incur vis; cellule parve. F. 
ramea imbricata minus asymmetrica, ad 4 quadrifida, laciniis acu- 
minatis porrectis, hine vel utrinque basi subbispina. 
Foliola subminora subquadrata, ad 4 quadrifida, laciniis anguste subulatis 
vix acutis, basi hine vel utringue paucispina. 
