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subulatis, 2—4-cellulas altis, acutis; toto margine e cellularum angulis 
extimis prominulis ad speciem dentata; cellule majusculze lepto- 
dermes, intus annulo pertenui opaco cincte, superiores azquilatere, 
medize inferioresque submajores oblong, marginales elongate 
lineares faleatee (extus concave) flaventes, folii limbum sistentes. 
Foliola distantia, foliis 4plo breviora, subrotunda, profunde (ad 3-32) 
bifida, segmentis bifidulis bidentulisve, raro integris et acutis. 
Flores paroici, e foliolorum posticorum axillis orti, fasciculati, 1-4ni, 
sepius 3ni. Bractez 3—4-jugze, foliis duplo minores, ovato- 
orbiculate, concave, ad } fere usque 3—-4-fidee, segmentis ineequalibus 
acutis, tenerrime, laxe elongate areolate ; bracteolee breviores sub- 
ulate, interiores sublatiores utrinque unidentate, vel subtrifide, 
raro plurifide. Ad bractearum axillas adstant antheridia solitaria 
majuscula globosa pedicellata; ad torum terminalem pistillidia 
10-12, vel pauciora, antheridio uno alterove subinde adjecto. 
Marsupia foliis equilonga, oblonga vel subpyriformia, extus radicellis 
longis fuscidulis villosa, stratis cellularum 6-8 conflata, ore obliquo 
bracteis congestis stipata: juvenilia solum visa, quibus neque 
ealyptra nec capsula aderat. 
Obs. Cellule folii marginales longitudinales, nec transverse quales in 
C’. laxa G, et L., C. cespitosa Spruce, aliisque speciebus inveniuntur. 
9. KANTIA AMAZONICA, Spruce. 
Hab. in umbrosis ad terram, locis Tauaé prope fl. Amazonum ostia, 
Manédos et S. Gabriel fl. Negro; annis 1849-1852 legi. 
F15x°9, 15x °6, f°2x °35; ¢ 3X ak, 7 x ak; Or '25-5 longe; marsup 
2°4x °55; caps 1°2x°4™™, 
Albido-viridis, tenui strato late effusa. Caules pollicares arcte repentes 
flexuosi vage ramosi. 
Folia subimbricata, angulo lato patula, apice decurvula, suboblique ovalia 
oblongave—subduplo longiora quam lata—apice rarissime integra 
plerumque emarginato-bidentata, sinu brevi acuto obtusove, dentibus 
acutis; cellule magn oblongo-hexagonze leptodermes pellucida, 
endochromio parcissimo. 
Foliola parva, foliis 8plo fere breviora, caule vix latiora, distantia, valde 
oblata, profunde bifida, segmentis divergentibus angustis bifidulis 
subacutis. 
Flores monoici, 1-3ni (laterales masc., medii feeminei). FI. fem. bractez 
foliis 3-6plo minores profunde 2-3-fidee, segmentis inzqualibus 
subulatis incurvo-uncinatis. Pistillidia plura perbrevia. 
Marsupia pendula, foliis dimidio longiora, cylindrico-conoidea, curvula, 
radicellis longis villosula, stratis cellularum 2 v. 3 conflata; ore hine 
eauli processu brevi adfixa, et bracteis et pistillidiis abortivis cireum- 
data. Calyptra (= marsup.) alte exserta cylindrico-oblonga, 4-valvis ; 
valvulz in spiram unicam completam convolute, lineares tristriate, 
demum explanatz substrictee, basi in discum caviusculum, cellulis 
4 magnis rhombeis, paucis minoribus subtrigonis circumdatis, con- 
antem oblique coalitz. 
Amenta mascula fl. fcemineo spe collateralia, albida brevia; bracteze 
3-5-jugee minute profunde bifida, segmentis acuminatis, seepe b si 
hine vel utrinque spina aucte, monandre. Accedunt bracteolee, 
