412 KCANTIA. 
have never seen in the Andine plant. If it should prove to be the same, 
and to be not distinct from K. cyclostipa, then that name must give place 
to the prior K. cellulosa (Spreng.). 
2. KANTIA CHSPITOSA, Spruce. 
Hab. In sylva Canelos Andium Quitensium, alt. 1000™, ad arborum 
radices lignaque. 
FSX 75; f@ 6x6, 65x°7 3 ¢ ayes br 5™™ 
Ceespites lati olivaceo-virides, intus flavescentes ; caules erecti fastigiatim 
ramosi-—interdum ad speciem dichotomi, ramis autem omnibus 
hypogenis, parce radicellosis. 
Folia incuba majuscula, contigua vel subimbricata, plana sat valida, 
rhomboidea—duplo longiora quam lata—apice rotundata subretusave, 
basi postica longiuscule decurrentia, toto ambitu marginata ; cellule 
majuscule oblongo-hexegonze leptodermes chlorophyllose, margin- 
ales uniseriatee multo angustiores transversales subincrassate pel- 
lucidee. 
Foliola foliis plus duplo minora, dissita, ovato-orbiculata integra vel apice 
brevissime angusteque emarginata, cellulis pellucidis vacuis sub- 
rectangularibus, marginem versus flexuosis, areolata. 
Flores dioici: 2 hypogeni; bracte foliolis fere conformes, subminores, 
valde concave, apice integra vel leniter fisse. 
Obs. Grows around the base of trees and extends for a foot or two up 
the trunk in a continuous tufted olive-green mat. This habit gives it an 
aspect distinct from that of every other Kantia, and assimilates it, at first 
sight, to Lejeunea. The East Indian K. alternifolia (Nees) S.—figured 
=F ‘Species Hepaticarum’ t. 2 as a Mastigobrywm—must be a very near 
ally. 
3. KANTIA NEPHROSTIPA, Spruce. 
Hab. Ad truncos putridos, etiam ad terram in rivulorum ripis, in sylvis 
fl. Negro Venezuele, locis San Carlos, Javita, &e. 
Pl2%'°7 5 ¢ dys; f@ 3x °453 br 9 5 x.25, 5 x -4mm, 
Prostrata, e pallide viridi badia rufescensve. Caules 1-2-pollicares vage 
subramosi implexi arcte repentes. 
Folia per paria approximata, superiora subopposita, subplana, angulo fere 
recto divergentia, basi ad } lat. imbricata, suboblique oblongo- 
ovatove-ligulata, basi subdecurrentia, apice lato retuso-truncata, 
(angulis rotundatis), margine repanda vel celluloso-crenulata ; 
cellule majuseule oblonge leptodermes, ex endochromio parco 
annulari pellucida, marginales minores. 
Foliola foliis 4-plo breviora, dissita, plana, reniformia, apice acute 
emarginata obcordatave, angulis rotundatis, e basi radicellas plurimas 
longas albidas flexuososas subdivergentes edentia. 
Flores dioici: 9 solitarii binive. Bractee suberecta 3-stiche 3-juge, 
angulatee denticulateve, inequaliter breviterque bifid, anguste, 
forma varie. Marsupia.... 
Amenta ¢ folio proximo sublongiora ineurva; bractes 10-jugee secunde 
ovato-rotundae concave breviter bifida ; bracteola minores sub- 
quadrate emarginatze. 
