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500 SYZYGIELLA. 
[ Folia subfloralia 3-4-juga, ceteris caulinis basi antica latiora altius- 
que connata, margine sinuata vel obsolete lobulata—anne olim antheri- 
diifera?] Pésti/lidia 20-30.  Perianthia maxima, ovata, turgida, 
apicem constrictum versus 4—5—8-vel 10-plicata. Calyptra parvula, 
dimidio infero subincrassata, supero tenuis. Capsula alte exserta, 
maxima, oblongo-globosa, valida, ad basin usque 4-valvis ; cetera 
Eujungermanie. Andrecia medio caule posita; bractee 3 foliis 
caulinis consecutive, subminores, paucijugee ; antheridia.... .« 
Hab. perseepe arborea, raro terrestris, Dzst7. in montibus Americ 
tropice, a Mexico et Antillis ad Chil usque; etiam in insula 
Java. 
Syzygiella, habitu, foliis margine antico valide recurvis, basi postica 
dilatata seepe recurvo-cristatis, Plagiochilas oppositifolias valde refert. 
Differt caule radicelloso ; perianthiis turgidis apice constricto 4-pluri- 
plicatis (neque compressis ancipitibus macrostomis eplicatis ad Plagio- 
chile instar). Alize species pro Jungermaniis, alive pro Plagiochilis, jam- 
pridem habende fuerunt; sc. J. J. perfoliata Sw., macrocalyx Mont., 
concreta G. Mex. Leverm. t. 19, Play. varvegata Lindenb. Sp. Hep. t. 33, 
&e. 
1. SYZYGIELLA PLAGIOCHILOIDES, Spruce. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, ad rivuli saxa humectata, in monte Pichincha 
(pl. Q fertilis); etiam in monte Tunguragua et in sylva Canelos, ad 
truncos vetustos necnon in ipsa terra inter Ericeas; alt. 1500- 
SDU0m: 
F 38x30, 3°3x2°3 3 cays; per 6x4; cal 25x16; caps 3 x 2mm, 
Elata caespitosa arcuato-ascendens pendulave, e flavo-viridi rosea purpura- 
scensve ; caules 2-4-pollicares, ubique foliosi, ad foliorum bases 
posticas albido-radicellosi, parce ramosi; rami e foliorum axilla 
angulum posticum versus orti, fastigiati. 
Folia imbricata, distiche patentia vel seepius decurvo-secunda, opposita, 
antice posticeque basi brevissime connata, late oblique semicordato- 
triangularia, apice truncato-bidentata, sinu obtuso acutove, dentibus 
spini-ciliiformibusve subinequalibus, ceeterum integerrima repan- 
dula, margine antico recurvo basi subdecurrente, auriculé postic& 
caulem late transeunte seepeque recurvo-cristata ; cellule mediocres 
cequilateree pellucidee fere vacuse, pariete incrassato, trigonis con- 
spicuis. 
Flores dioici: Q terminales, fertiles innovatione nulla suffulti. Bracteze 
bijugee, foliis breviores latioresque, mediante bracteola parvula in 
involucrum duplicem, utrumque 10-vel pluri-laciniatum-plicatumque, 
laciniis integerrimis vel spinoso-subdentatis, alte connate, antice 
tamen liberee. [Vidi imo bracteam utramque 10-fidam, mediante 
bracteola 4-fida, in involucrum 24-fidum connatas.]  Pistillidia 
plura, 20-30.—Folia subfloralia 3-juga, ceteris caulinis sensim 
latiora basique altius connata, conferta, margine antico basin versus 
precipue sinuato-denticulata-spinulosave crispatula, postico repanda 
aliquando basin versus paucidenticulata. 
Perianthia alte emersa pallida ovata turgida, apicem obtusatum trunca- 
