KANTIA. rOBl 
late orbiculata, ad 4 bifida, segmentis bifidulis, margine utrinque 
1-2-denticulata. 
b. rima apicali ad 3-2 vel ad folioli basin usque fere protracta. 
8. K. leptoloma S. Paroica pallide viridis tenuis. Folia parvula rhombeo- 
oblonga subdecurrentia, celluloso-dentata, apice angusto biapiculata ; 
cellulis majusculis, marginalibus linearibus (caulis axi subparallelis) 
faleatis. Foliola 4plo breviora, profunde bifida, lobis bifidulis raro 
integris. Marsupia foliis subeequilonga villosa, pariete 6—8-strato. 
9. K. amazonicaS. Autoica albido-viridis sat robusta. Folia magna ovalia, 
subduplo longiora quam lata, emarginato-bidentata, dentibus acutis, 
rarius integra; cellulis magnis oblongo-hexagonis. Foliola foliis 
8plo breviora bifida, lobis divergentibus bifidulis. Marsupia foliis 
sat longiora cylindrico-conica villosula, pariete 2-3-strato. 
10. K. tenax S. Dioica pallide olivacea elata, radicellis validis repens. 
Folia magna ligulato-oblonga rotundata retusave, cellulis magnis 
longe hexagonis. Foliola foliis 5—7plo breviora, oblata, ad basin 
fere usque bipartita, lobis ovatis obtusis rotundatisve, raro acutis. 
1. KANnTIA CYCLOSTIPA, Spruce. 
Hab. Andes Peruvianos, alt. 1000", in terra umbrosa humida montis 
Campana. 
F. 8x ‘65, °8x ‘5, ¢ Sah 5 f °4 x 455 br 5x 3mm, 
Rufo-badia prostrata. Caules pollicares parum ramosi equifoliati, ramis 
raro subflagellaribus. 
Folia parum imbricata, subplana, rhomboideo-oblonga, basi antica sub- 
semicordata, apice truncato-rotundata-retusave, raro emarginata ; 
cellule majuscule subplanz eequilatero-hexagonz vel suboblonge, 
marginales minores quadrate, omnes facie crebre tuberculose, ad 
angulos inerassate. 
Foliola contigua } folium equantia, ovato-orbiculata, apice rotundata vel 
subemarginata, plana pellucida, cellulis tenuibus elongatis, margin- 
alibus ad angulos externos prominulis. 
Flores dioici: @ solitarii (imperfecti). Bracteze $ folium excedentes, 
oblong concavee bifidule, aliis subulatis Immixtis. 
Andreecia solitaria, spiculam posticam incurvam sistentia; bracteze 6-jugee, 
latiores quam longze, complicato-coneavie, eroso-subbifide ; bracteolee 
foliolis subconformes angulato-denticulate. 
Var. celluloso-serrata, minor, fulva vel fuscidula, caule parum ramoso, 
radicellis validis folia 2-3-plo excedentibus repente. Folia minora 
(‘5x °35™™) typicis conformia; cellulz minores (5™™), asperule, 
marginales plus minus conico-prominule (unde folia serrulata 
evadunt). Foliola plus duplo minora (.2™™) orbiculata, apice 
brevissime obtuse bidentella vel integra nisi pro cellula hic illic in 
dentem prominula.—Forsan eadem ac Jung. cellulosa Spreng. 
No valid character separates this variety from the type, and some 
approach to the marginal cells projecting as teeth is seen occasionally in 
other species of Kantia. Whether it be the Jung. cellulosa Spreng. Syst. 
Veg. (= Mastigobryum cellulosum Ldng. Syn. Hep. 217, and Spec. Hep. 
t. 3) lam unable to say. It is certainly very like the figure just quoted, 
but in the description the leaves are called “ obovato-trapezoid,” which I 
