528 FOSSOMBRONIA, 
F 15x 2°3, 20x30; ¢ 5-y& (inf), ds (sup.); per 20x18; cal 13; 
caps 1:0; elat -25; spore 3;™™. 
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Subinodora pallide viridis, strato simplice effusa. Caules 5™™ longi cras- 
siusculi fragiles, simplices v. parum ramosi, seepissime arcuati apice 
decurvi, subtus purpurascentes, radicellis longis subpallidis adfixi; 
supra processubus minutis fuscidulis linearibus, 3 cell. diametro, 
(pistillidiis rudimentariis) seepe fere tota longitudine sparsi. 
Folia confertissima late imbricata assurgentia, forma irregularia multo 
latiora quam longa (i.e. basi latissima obliqné fere longitudinal i in- 
serta), antice dilatato-rotundata, postice margine subrecta, quasi 
dimidiato-obovata, crispato-3—4-plicata, plicis in sinubus marginali- 
bus parum profundis desinentibus, ceeterum integerrima, a basi ultra 
medium incrassata, media bast 3 cellulas crassa, utroque latere sensim 
attenuata, marginibus apiceque 1 solam cellulam crassa; cellule 
subbasales apic alibus duplo majores. 
Flores monoici: @ terminales, seepe binati; bracteze foliis similes, majores 
tamen. 
Perianthia foliis subeequalia, late obconico-campanulata, ore dilatato sinu- 
ato-lobulata recurvula, plus minus carinata (i.e. obpyramidata), ad 
carinas irregulariter foliaceo-alata. Calyptra paulo brevior oblongo- 
globosa tenuis, demum apice irregulariter rupta. Capsula calyptra 
paulo minor elobosa, pedetentim rupta, tenuis, pallida, spiris en- 
dothecii valde. imperfectis fulvis. Sporee magnze (,™™) subglobosze, 
alte cristate, cristis subradiatis, interruptis, parce anostomosantibus, 
acie unisuleis, sub 24 in spore margine prominulis. Elateres 3™™ 
longi, 2-(raro 1-3-) spiri, flexuosi, obtusi. Pedicellus 4™™ longus. 
Antheridia 2-3na, foliis superioribus antice approximata, lisdem vix 
axillaria, pistillidiis sterilibus consociata. 
F. Wondraczeki Corda, huic subaftinis, differt foliis tenuibus et sporis 
creberrime cristatis. 
2. FOSSOMBRONIA TENUIFOLIA, Spruce. 
Hab, Andes Quitenses, in monte Altar, ad terram umbrosum. 
F25x20; cps; br 25x32; per 30x25; ped -5™™ 
Viridis fragilis fere inodora. Caules 4-} poll. subramosi radicellis longis 
validis purpureis repentes. 
Folia assurgentia imbricata subquadrata rhombeave, apice lato plus 
minus sinuato-lobulata crispataque, tenuissima, cellulis unistratis, v. 
nonnisi ipsa basi bistratis, majusculis subpellucidis, inferioribus sub- 
elongatis, conflata. 
Flores monoici: 9 terminales in caule seepe iteratim innovando-prolifero ; 
bracteze foliis latiores magis sinuato-lobulatee. 
Perianthia subemersa cainpanulata, pro m. exalata, ore hiante recurvulo 
lobata, lobis subacuminatis. Capsula sporaeque fere eadem ac in FF 
crassifolia, iste autem minus arcte cristatee, cristis preealtis, parum 
anostomosantibus, sub 16 in sporse margine prominulis, 
Antheridia in caulis facie superiore nuda; “subinde iisdem mixta adve- 
niunt pistillidia panca sterilia, caulis apicem versus preecipue. 
F. crassifolia differt radicellis pallidioribus; foliis latioribus quam 
longis, inferne carnosis et ad speciem laticostatis; sporis magis crebre 
cristatis. 
