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4, KANTIA PARALLELOGRAMMA, Spruce. 
Hab. Ad fl. Uaupés prope Panuré, in declivibus umbrosis humidis ad 
terram, rupes, truncosque semiputridos, 
PUTX 6; ¢ sho; f* 45x °4, (5 x 85mm, 
In plagas latas prostrata, e rufo olivacea nigrescensve. Caules 3-pollicares 
dense intexti flexuosi parum ramosi, ramis assurgentibus elongatis 
seepe fere arhizis, nonnullis (rarissimis tamen) descendentibus flagelli- 
formibus radicellosis et subaphyllis. 
Folia parum imbricata contiguave, decurvula v. subplana, oblique 
ligulato-oblonga fere parallelogramma, truncato-rotundata retusave, 
plus minus repanda; cellule squilateree mediocres, facie interna 
rotundze annuloque angusto opaco cincte, ad angulos trigonis aucte, 
euticula crebre et regulariter tuberculoso-asperula. 
Foliola plus duplo minora ovato-rotunda v. ovato-oblonga, angulato- 
denticulata, breviter (ad }-4) bifida, segmentis erectis v. sepius 
conniventibus cuspidato-acuminulatis, subspinulosis, tenuissima 
fragilia (vitrea) elongato-cellulosa. 
Fi. dioici: ¢ spicule minut amentiformes e folioli axilla orte: bractez 
minut arcte imbricatz obcordato-orbiculate concave monandre. 
Bracteole adjiciuntur. 
Obs. Cellule caulis 8 in diametro, 20 in ambitu, corticales  scilicet 
rectangulares ‘O6—08™ Jonge, duplo triplove longiores quam late ; 
interiores eodem fere diametro multo longiores, pariete opaculo 
(tuberculoso ?) 
5. KANTIA MASTIGOPHORA, Spruce. 
Hab. in trunco putrescente ad rivulum Cauapuna, juxta San Caros del Rio 
Negro. 
F12x'8; cay; f 25x °4; br 5am, 
Pallide viridis prostrata. Caules 14-pollicares, in genere sat ramosi, 
ramique subequifoliati, radicellis repentes et intricati ; alii rami 
autem (neque pauci) flagellares subaphylli radicantes. 
Folia paulo imbricata subplana, axi angulum 70°—-90° cum caule efficiente, 
patentia, subfalcato-oblonga, rotundata, obtuse truncata, vel retusula, 
repanda et celluloso-crenulata, basi postica decurrentia, antica 
rotundata vel semicordata ; cellule mediocres subpellucidee oblongze 
vel subzquilaterze, pariete ad angulos incrassato, marginales minores 
fragiles seepeque deciduc. 
Foliola 5-plo minora reniformi-rotunda, vix ad 4 usque bifida, segmentis 
subacutis obtusisve, tenuia fragilia repanda, interdum subdenticulata. 
Flores dioici: @ postici, solitarii binative. Bracteze bijuge erecto- 
incurve, foliis,plus duplo breviores, ovales lanceolateve bifida, 
segmentis subacuminatis, grosse subserratz, liberae vel seepius basi 
vario mode connate. Fl. ¢ haud visi. 
K. parallelogramma &., caule flagellifero similis, differt colore lurido; 
ramis assurgentibus ; foliolis multo majoribus angustioribus bicuspi- 
datis subspinulosis. 
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6. KANTIA RHOMBIFOLIA, N. sp. 
Hab. In terra umbrosa ad fl. Bombonasa ripas. 
