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L. tncurvata Ldnb. certe distat caule simpliciore, foliis distantibus sub- 
quadratis fere symmetricis, basi integerrimis; L. truncatella Nees. (ex 
Africa Australi) csule elongato laxe bipinnato, foliis omnibus imbricatis 
magis profunde fissis hine solum basi subspinosis, foliolis multo minoribus ; 
L. cespitosa (nobis) statura duplo minore, foliis minus obliquis, et preecipue 
foliolis ultra $ fissis basi inermibus. 
6. LEPIDOZIA MACROCOLEA, Spruce. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, ad terram et arborum truncos m** Tunguragua. 
F 6x °6, °4%°4; cas; f™ 6x6, 4x °4; br 15x13; per 65x10; 
caps 1°6 x *5™™, 
Elata saturate viridis late czespitosa, Caules erecti tenues 14-6 poll. 
apice circinati incrassati, laxe bipinnati, pinnis breviusculis pinnu- 
lisque (paucis, 1-4) pendulis. 
Folia parvula, incurvo-concava, caulina dissita, ramea subimbricata, sub- 
_quadrato-ovata ultra medium 4-fida, laciniis subulato-acuminatis 
repandis, sinubus obtusis, basi utrinque subhastatim dilatata, 
anticeque (raro etiam postice) spinis 1-8, seepe hamatis, aucta, vel 
interdum quasi 5-6-fida; cellule parvee subincrassate pellucide 
fere vacuze. 
Foliola foliis vix minora quadrata, magis profunde 4-fida, basi utrinque 
1-3-spinosa. ; 
Flores dioici: 2 postici; bracteze 3-4-jugse, concave appresse, intime 
foliis 3-plo majores ovato-orbiculares apice obsolete 4-spinz, czetero 
margine hic illic denticulate vel subspinulose. 
Perianthia maxima, } pollicis longa, f. caulina 12plo excedentia, ovato- 
subulata incurva, superne profunde 3-sulea obtuse 3-gona, ore sub- 
integerrima, substantia valida, e cellularum stratis 4 conflata, apicem 
versus ipsaque basi tenuiora solum 1-2 cell. crassa. 
L. truncatella Nees, L. et G. Sp. Hep. no. 23, t. 8, Cap. Bone Spei 
indigena, quoad folia basi antica subspinosa nostre aflinis, minus regu- 
lariter ramosa est; foliis imbricatis ad 4-4 solum fissis, laciniis latioribus; 
foliolis duplo minoribus solum ad 4 usque fissis. 
7. LEPIDOZIA TENUICULA, Spruce. 
Hab. In M. Tunguragua, ad arborum truncos. 
Hose ees f "4X30, “aX “2m, 
Ceespitosa suberecta flaccida pallide viridis. Caules 3-pollicares tenues 
laxe pinnati et subbipinnati, ramis brevibus decurvulis distichis vel 
subsecundis. 
Folia caulina dissita, oblique ovata, margine antico posticum duplo 
excedente basique semicordato-dilatato spina longa armato vel bi- 
spinuloso, ultra dimidium 4-fida, laciniis subulatis acuminatis acutis 
basi 3 (raro 4) cellulas latis; cellule parvule pellucide subquadrate 
v. parum oblongatze, pariete subincrassato, 
Foliola foliis minora incurvula 4-fida, laciniis lineari-subulatis obtusis, 
utraque basi obtuse 1—2-dentata. 
Folia axillaria ovata acuminata breviter bifida, segmentis subulatis 
conniventibus, basi utrinque bispinosa. Folia foliolaque ramea minora 
magis profunde fissa, laciniis solum tribus. 
Huic affinis est L. chordulifera Tayl., longe tamen tenuior. 
