364 LEPIDOZIA. 
8, LEPIDOZIA SERPENS, Spruce. 
Hab. In M. Tunguragua supra Porellam arboream repens: pl. ¢ sola 
observata. 
F -35 longa; f 15; c 2-3,™™. 
Pusilla pallida sparsa. Caules $-pollicares tenues vage laxe subbipin- 
nati, prostrati, radicelliferi, flagellis nullis. 
Folia dissita patenti-incurva incuba (fere transversa) cuneata, ad ? 
usque 3-fida (raro 2-4-fida), pagina basali 4c.alta, segmentis subulatis 
acuminatis, basi 3—-4c. latis, antico longiore. 
Foliola duplo breviora lato-cuneata, ultra medium 3-4-fida, segmentis 
subrectis basi 2c. latis. 
Amenta ¢ cauligena, oblonga, virescentia; bracteze arcte imbricate 5-jugze, 
foliis fere majores, suborbiculate, breviter acute bidentate, con- 
cavissime, monandre. 
L. capillaris (Sw.) L. et G. Spec. Hep. 69, t. 11, f 1, differt foliis 
majoribus, laciniis obtusiusculis basi solum 2 (raro 3) cellulas latis; 
foliolis folia fere squantibus; bracteis ¢ subcomplicatis, 2-3-fidis, 
grosse subdenticulatis. L. fusifera S. folia habet imbricata, lacintis 
sublinearibus haud acuminatis; foliola majora ad basin fere usque 
3-partita; cellulas minores. 
9, LEPIDOZIA FUSIFERA, Spruce. 
Hab. in declivibus umbrosis montium Campana et Guayrapurina, alt. 
1000", in Andibus Peruvianis. 
F +25 x °125; ¢ 35; f@ br. inter. 13 x “753 per 2°4 x “7mm, 
Pusilla depresso-ceespitosa viridis olivaceave. Caules pollicares pro- 
cumbentes, basi subaphylli subdivisi radicelliferique, deinde laxe 
pinnati et bipinnati, intricati. Flagella postica subaphylla radi- 
cantia in medio caule raro obvia. 
Folia transversa, imbricata, late patula tamen, oblonga concava 3-4- 
partita (limbo basali integro 2-8 cellulas alto); laciniis lineari- 
subulatis, 7-10 cell. longis, 2 cell. (apice 1 solam cellulam) latis, 
antici tamen ceteris angustiore divergenti-erectaé; cellule minutule 
quadrate, pariete validiusculo, intus ambitu opace. 
Foliola subminora, angustiora, ad basin fere usque 3-(raro 2-)partita ; 
laciniis capillaceis erectis appressis, cellulis 8 vel paucioribus uni- 
seriatis constantibus. 
Flores dioici: 9 ramulo proprio postico constantes. Bractez sub 3-juge, 
magne, intime foliis 5plo longiores, ovatee concave appressee, apice 
recurvulo subacuminato brevissime 2-3-fide, margine subdenticulatee, 
Perianthia bracteas duplo superantia, e cellulis rectangulari-oblongis 
unistratis conflata, superne obtuse trigona et tri-vel sexsulca, ore 
sensim constricto plurilaciniata, laciniis subulato-attenuatis flexuosis. 
Amenta ¢ ramulo postico incurvo constantia; bractese 5-10-juge, foliis 
paulo minores, conferte, assurgenti-secundse, ovate: concavee bilobae— 
rarius apice ineequaliter 4-dentatee—basi antica bispinose, antheridia 
magna solitaria in gremio foventes. Bracteole parvee decidue. 
L. capillaris Sw., foliis minus profunde (solum ad 4-#) fissis, laciniis 
strictionibus; foliolis 3-vel seepe 4-partitis, laciniis lanceolato-subulatis ; 
bracteis apice laciniato-ciliatis ; perianthiis minus longe ciliatis, diversa.— 
L. gronatensis, Gottsche in Hep. Novogranat. 45, subaflinis, differt 
