FOSSOMBRONIA. 529 
3. FosSOMBRONIA LOPHOCLADA, Spruce. 
Hab. ac terram purpuream in humidis umbrosis montis Campana, in 
Andibus Peruvianis: pl. ¢ sola. 
F18x1°3 (basi x 2°0); ¢ —b™™. 
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Pallide viridis albicansye in plagas latas extensa. Caules semipollicares 
subsimplices, e foliis decurrenti-crispulis supra quasi bicristati, radi- 
cellis validis compressis (fascizeformibus) pulchre purpureis matrici 
arcte adfixi. 
Folia conferta horizontaliter patula suboblique quadrato-oblonga-rhom- 
boideave, apice truncato retusa, superiora obtuse bifida raro angu- 
lato-incisa, infra medium antice valde dilatata et decurrentia, ibidem 
sinuato-crispula; cellule magne leptodermes pellucide, superiores 
eequilatere, inferiores subelongatee. 
Flores dioici. Antheridia nuda, supra caulem transverse agegregata, 
2-3na, mediocria, brevipedicellata. 
4, FOSSOMBRONIA PTYCHOPHYLLA, Spruce. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, in palude alpina montis Altar, loco Condorasto, 
alt. 3700™, ubi inter cespites Azorelle speciei pauca specimina legi, 
mense Jan. 1859. 
F 3:0-4:0™™ longa, 6:0-12°0™ lata ; c J,-3™™ longe. 
Caules pollicares simplices carnosi flexuosi, ope radicellarum purpurearum 
super czespites Azorellze erectos repentes (ad Odontoschismatis Sphagni 
supra Leucobrywm instar), apice eosdem subsuperantes et subincurvi. 
Folia magna albida tenera, siccando flaccida, late imbricata succuba, 
assurgenti-secunda, fere longitudinaliter inserta, valde oblata, 2-3-plo 
latiora quam longa, subrhomboidea, pluri-plicata, plicis angulum 70° 
cum caule efformantibus venasque fingentibus, margine ineequaliter 
lobata sinuataque ; cellule magne hexagonz parum elongate lepto- 
dermes, fere vacuze. 
F. intestinalis Tayu.! Mst. in G. L. et N. Syn. Hep., Ins. Auckland, 
Hookero fil. lecta, caracteribus sequentibus differt. 
Virescens, prostrata subramosa, 1-25-pollicaris, radicellis purpureis validis 
matrici adfixa. Folia longitudinaliter inserta imbricata succuba, 
distiche patula, nec secunda, paulo latiora quam longa (3 x 4™™) con- 
voluto-bullata, obtuse 3-plicata, plicis ad angulum 45° directis, mar- 
gine 3-5-angulato-lobata, angulis interdum apiculatis, ceeterum 
repanda ; cellule magn subpellucidee.* 
XXXV. NOTEROCLADA, Tayl. 
Hep. Antarct. in Lond, Journ. Bot. (1844). Androeryphia 
Nees in Syn. Hep. 470 (1846). 
Plante sat magne, succulents, e viridi purpurascentes, siccando 
fuscidulz flaccide ; caule prelato subsimplice radicellis longissimis 
* Corresponds with Taylor’s description—not so with Mitten’s, who calls 
the species ‘‘ minute $-} inch long”; whereas these specimens are six times 
as large, and decidedly robust. 
