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intime foliis } breviores, ovato-lanceolate concave, apice 2—3-cilio- 
late vel bifidule; cellule majuscule rectangulari-4—5-v. 6-gonie, 
vacuee. Ceetera haud visa, 
Cum hac congruit B. phyllobola S.quoad folia decidua, differt autem 
foliis duplo angustioribus, basi haud cordatis ; foliolis plus duplo 
minoribus ; bracteis duplo majoribus. B. tridens Nees. distincta est foliis 
subimbricatis brevidentatis et foliolis minutis. 
4. BAZZANIA DIVERSICUSPIS, Spruce. 
Hab. Tauat, prope Para, supra filices repens. 
F16x°7, 13x °65; ¢ ss; f% “4x °4, “4x 35mm, 
Viridis, prostrata, laxa; caules 2-3-pollicares nigrescentes parce dicho- 
tomi, flagelliferi. 
Folia subdecidua subimbricata decurva subfaleata oblique semiovato- 
lingulata apice abrupte acuta v. subtridenticulata, dentibus lateralibus 
subobsoletis, raro rotundata, basi antica vix semicordata caulem sub- 
obtegentia, margine postico concavo; cellule subincrassatse, sub- 
pellucidze (ambitu interno subopac), medianz a basi ad dimidium 
folium duplo majores subelongatze vittam indistinctam efformantes. 
Foliola 3-4-plo breviora, quadrata, vel quadrato-oblonga, retusa v. obsolete 
3—4-crenulata, basi hine cum folii basi contigua (vix connata). 
B. tenera L. et G., quoad foliorum apicem diversiformem nostrze similis, 
certe diversa erit foliis multo minoribus brevioribusque. Cf. Spec. Hep. 
Way ts 1: 
5. BAZZANIA BRASILIENSIS (Nees). 
Mastigobrywm brasiliense G. et Lindenb. Sp. Hep. 85 t. 15. 
Hab. in Brasilia media et australi (Martius). In sylva Amazonica 
haud infrequens, secus fluvios Negro et Uaupés pracipue (R.s. 1849- 
1855) ; perianthia autem rarissima. 
F 16x °6 (x 3-35 apice); c Js; f* 5 x °4, 5K 45mm, 
Mediocris, flavida vel virescens, strato tenui procumbens. Caules 
2-3-pollicares dichotomi ; flagella creberrima, foliis minutis ovatis 
ovato-lanceolatisve integris apiceve 2—3-dentatis tristichis distantibus 
vestita, apice subaphyllo radicantia. Raro advenit ramus posticus 
furcatus normaliter foliosus. 
Folia subimbricata decurvula oblique ovato-ligulata subfalcata, utroque 
margine (basi anticd rotundaté dimidium caulem obtegente excepta) 
fere recta, repandula, evittata, apice oblique truncato profunde 
3-(raro 4-) dentata, dentibus acutis subacuminatis, sinubus acutis 
obtusisve ; cellulee mediocres pellucidee incrassatze, medianze perpaulo 
sensimque majores subelongate. 
Foliola triplo minora, contigua vel subimbricata, quadrata vel oblongo- 
quadrata, apice truncato vel mutica, vel 4-crenata-denticulatave, vel 
6-denticulata, denticulis alternis minoribus. 
Flores dioici: @ ramulo brevi postico sistentes. Bractezee 4—5-jugse 
appressee ovatee 2-3-fidee, laciniis subulatis, subciliolatee; bracteola 
intima bis bifida vel plurilaciniata, laciniis ciliiformibus. 
Perianthium emersum ovato-subulatum, subfusiforme, trigonum (apice 
in specimine jam disruptum). Calyptra inferne 2 v. 3 cellulas 
crassa, apice tenuis. 
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