SYMPHYOMITRA. 503 
a apice caulis rotundato, pistillidiis sub 20 onusto, con- 
stans, 
Andreecia ovata juliformia, rami apice—raro medio basive—posita; 
bracteze pauci- (2-6-) jugs, arcte imbricata, foliis sensim minores, 
valde ventricose, apice lato brevi recurvulo 2-3-dentate ; antheridia 
2-4-na majuscula subglobosa stipitata. 
Stirps Husnotiana elatior est, tripollicaris; foliis sparsioribus, apice 
toto, ad postico supra medium, inzequaliter serrulatis. Csetera con- 
veniunt. 
XXIX. SYMPHYOMITRA, Spruce, 
in tract. “de Cephalozia,” (1876: nomen solum). 
Genus a Tylimantho egrius dignoscendum, calyptraque eodem 
modo in marsupio terminali adnata. Plante autem habitu Lio- 
chlenam potius quam Plagiochilam referunt, caudice repente nullo; 
caule prostrato radicelloso subflagellifere ; foliis lingueeformibus inte- 
gerrimis, margine antico subplano. Marsupiwm subcylindricum, 
ore squamulis minutis foliaceis biseriatis im annulum duplicem 
coroniformem connatis cireumdatum. Calyptra apice libero pistil- 
lidiis sub 20 obsita. Cupsula breviuscule pedicellata, subcylindrica, 
4-valvis vel sepius, duabus valvulis in unam connatis, 3-valvis. 
Bractee ¢ foliis caulinis consecutive, ventricose diandre. 
Hab. et Distr. Unicam speciem mihi hucusque cognitam in An- 
dium subalpinis ad rupes humidas inter muscos legi, m. Aug. 
1858. 
1. SYMPHYOMITRA GLOSSOPHYLLA, Spruce. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, in rupibus montis Pichincha umbrosis humectatis 
supra pagum Nono, alt. 3000™. 
F 18x°8, 1:25x°9, 10x "75; cj;-gy; marsupium 2°0x1:0; br °5; cal 
1°5; capsule valvule 1°5™™. 
Pallide viridis, tenui strato repens. Caules }—1-pollicares, tota longi- 
tudine foliosi, subtus radicellosi basinque versus flagella radicantia 
deferentes, czeterum vel simplicissimi vel ramos perpaucos foliosos 
semiposticos edentes. 
Folia succuba alterna, raro per paria subapproximata, patula subplana 
recurvulayve, ovato-lingueformia, subobliqua vix subfalcata, integer- 
rima, caulium fertilium conferta longiora apice rotundata, sterilium 
breviora sepe retusa vel obcordato-emarginata; cellule majusculze 
pellucidx, oblongo-hexagone, trigonis angularibus fulcite, minut 
verruculose, parum chlorophyllosee, folii dimidio postico fere vacu 
majoresque, marginem versus minores rectang ulares, marginales ips 
quadrate. Foliola 0. 
Flores dioici: @ terminales, fertiles innovatione nulla, steriles tamen 
innovatione postica, suffulti. Folia subfloralia 2-3-juga transversa 
conferta appressa, czeteris foliis subconformia. 
