442 CHILOSCYPHUS. 
XXIII. CHILOSCYPHUS, Corda. 
In Opiz. Beitr. (1829); Dum. Sylloge Jung. (1831). 
Genus quoad organa vegetativa Lophocolew omnino fere conforme ; 
folia autem rarius apice bifida, plerumque rotundata integerrimaque, 
vel truncata et 2-3-spina. Foliola sepe ad Lophocolee instar 
laciniata, in aliis speciebus autem orbiculata reniformiave, margine 
dentata, apice vix bifila. Rami folios’ perseepe ex angulo postico 
foliorum lateralium oriundi, idem ac in Lophocolea ; feminei autem 
constanter postic?, foliolis axillares, brevissima atque simplicissime. 
Bractew 1-2-jugee, exteriores minute, interiores semper foliis sat 
minores, vario modo fisse. Pistellidia 5-30, sterilia libera. Perz- 
anthium parvum, obconicum vel campanulatum, solum superne 
trigonum, nunquam alatum, ore trilobum, lobis plerumque spinosis, 
postico sxpe bifido. Calyptra carnosa, inferne 4—8-strata, aut 
subglobosa et perianthio inclusa, aut clavata et alteemersa, Capsula 
in pedicello longo exserta, oblongo-globosa, sub 4-strata, 4-valvis. 
Andrecia iis Lophocolee subconformia ; in speciebus oppositifoltis 
semper amentis posticis minutifoliis constantia; in alternifoliis 
autem—se. in Ch. polyantho et ejus var. pallescente—caulis ramive 
partem mediam vel apicalem sistunt; bractee ¢ foliis consecutive 
et vix breviores, basi antica lobulo antheridium magnum velante 
auctze. 
Hab. et Distr.—In zona temperata australi, necnon in terris calidis 
Capricorni tropici vicinis majore copia crescunt Chiloseyphi ; in 
zona temperata boreali paucas species cognovimus ; in America sub 
Equatore speciem solitariam in Andium devexis orientalibus invenire 
potui. In terra rupibusque humidis et ad arborum truncos vetustos 
vigere solent. 
1, CHILOSCYPHUS POLYPLEPHARIS, Spruce. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, in spelunca ad Antombos (alt. 1500™); var. 6 ad 
arborum truncos cum Plagiochilis in monte Tunguragua, et in 
scopulis humidis montis Pichincha, alt. 2700™™. 
F15x°8, e973 f% °8x°8; br 1:25; br’ 16x°8; per 25x 1-0™™. 
Tenuis flaccida albido-flavicans depresso-ccespitosa. Caules prostrati ramos 
paucos 1—14 poll. longos ascendentes simplices, vel ramulis ¢ et ? 
pinnulatos, proferentes. 
Folia opposita subimbricata subplana, vel margine recurvula, caulina 
subtriangulari-ovata, ramea ovato-oblonga, apice truncato 1—3- 
cuspidata, a medio ad apicem spinoso-ciliata, ciliis omnibus sub 8, 
plerumque rectis ; cellule majuscule subcequilatercee leptodermes, 
endochromio annulari opaco excepto, pellucida. 
Foliola foliis duplo minora subdissita late cuneata, vel cuneato-reni- 
