446 LEIOSCYPHUS. 
retusa, raro breviter bifida, cellulis quadratis marginata; cztere 
cellule parvulee subconformes eequilatero-hexagonz subpellucide. 
Foliola dissita patentia, foliis duplo breviora, ovato-lanceolata, vix ad 
dimidium usque bilida, segmentis subulatis incurvo-conniventibus, 
integerrima vel rarius hine vel utrinque dente suprabasali aucta. 
Flores dioici: 2 terminales, seepius sine innovatione.  Bractez foliis 
longiores subeonformes tlaccidee ; bracteola ovali-rotunda undulato- 
crispa, apice brevissime bilida, infra apicem vel angulata vel utrinque 
parvilobulata, 
Perianthia foliis duplo et ultra longiora, campanulato-oblonga valde 
compressa, ore bilabiata et in lobulos 5 obtusos crispatos fissa. 
3. LEIOSCYPHUS SCHIZOSTOMUS, Spruce. 
Hab. In monte Campana Andium Peruvianorum, supra folia emortua 
repens. 
F 9x °65, 6x4; ¢ 5; f@ ‘25x ‘15, “5x '4; br 110K 105 5 br “8x75; 
per A Ax gun: 
Rufo-badia prostrata; caules 1-2-pollicares flexuosi eequaliter foliosi 
radicellosi, fere simplices v. ramos perpaucos necnon innovationem 
subfloralem posticos (ex angulo—vix ex media axilla—folioli ori- 
undos) edentes. 
Folia contigua vel subimbricata, opposita, angulo axiali 90° divergentia, 
basi breviuscula diagonali inserta, dimidiato-oblonga-ovaliave rotun- 
data repanda, raro oblique retusula, margine antico convexo basin 
versus recurvo-constricta, ceeterum subplana ; cellulz parvulee omnes 
fere equimagnee, subeequilateree, trigonis majusculis, endochromio 
parco, subpellucidee. 
Foliola subcontigua, sursum crescentia, inferiora foliis fere 4plo, superiora 
vix duplo, minora, lineari-oblonga v. cuneata, ultra medium bifida, 
laciniis subulatis acutis suberectis, basin versus utrinque spina laci- 
nulave divergente, foliolorum superiorum longiore inferiorum bre- 
viore obsoletave. 
Flores dioici: Q terminales, innovatione (raro iterum florifera) suffulti. 
sractee foliis majores, oblique subrotundee concavee repande ; brac- 
teola forma foliolorum, subduplo major, laciniis ineequaliter bifidis, 
prope basin utrinque seepius unispina, (Pistillidia fl. juniorum ad 
16 vidi.) 
Perianthia (vix perfecta) parum emersa campanulata vel campanulato- 
oblonga compressa ore truncato sinuoso-incisa-lobulatave. 
L. Liebmannianus folia habet latiora, semicordato-ovata ; foliola laci- 
niis tenui-acuminatis, basi utrinque 3-spinosa; bracteolam utrinque longe 
5-spinam; denique perianthium ore truncato omnino integerrimum. JL, 
Chamissonis foliis latioribus, obovatis vel subrotundis; foliolis et pre- 
cipue bracteola magna brevius bifidis, certe distincta videtur. 
4, LEIOSCYPHUS OBCORDATUS, Spruce. 
Hab. M. Pichincha, ad rupes: planta € sola. 
F10x ‘95; cay; f™ 6x 4mm, 
Rufo-badia procumbens subradicellosa. Caules 1}-pollicares parum 
ramosi. 
