530 NOTEROCLADA. 
arcte repente. Folia magna, succuba, fere longitudinalia, plano- 
disticha, matrici adpressa, subrotunda integerrima, dimidio infero 
bistrata ; cellulis magnis subequilatero-hexagonis. oliola mulla. 
Flores utriusque sexus in eodem et in diverso individuo: @ ter- 
minales. Bractee foliis 2 subfloralibus, ovalibus ligulatisve, foliis 
proximis szepe absconditis, constantes. Perianthiwm (melius involu- 
cerum) apice caulis cavo cum phyllis duobus in cyathum a latere 
compressum, ore alte bilabiatum concreto, constans. Pastillidia 
plurima, alia intra involucrum recepta, alia minora externa super 
caulem subseriatim ordinata. Calyptra inclusa bistrata, ad apicem 
usque pistillidiis sterilibus (paucis) conspersa. Pedicellus longissi- 
mus. Capsula globosa, valvulis 4 subzqualibus (interdum minus 
regulariter) dehiscens, bistrata; cellule interiores fibris annularibus 
vel subspiralibus farctee. Sporw magne leves. Antheridiu in caulis 
facie supera, margines versus, sparsa, solitaria, in alveolis strato 
caulis corticali (demum disrupto) velatis immersa, ovali-globosa, 
subsessilia. 
Hab. et Distr. Species 3 adhue descripte, in terra humida um- 
brosa Andium, Brasiliz, Fuegize et Australasize vigent. 
1. NorEROCLADA LEUCORHIZA, Spruce. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, in monte Altar, alt. 3000™, supra alias hepaticas 
foliaque emortua repens. 
Caules 1°7 lati, 0°5 erassi; folia 3°8 x 3:0; ¢ s4—-2 ; bractew 2°6 x 1°5, 6 x °35; 
per 6X gm (et minora); ped 50-80™™, 
Caules 1-2-pollicares preelati plano-convexi carnosi pluristrati, radicellis 
prelongis albidis arcte repentes, simplices vel subramosi. 
Folia magua, e pallide viridi purpurascentia, carnosula, siccando fusca, 
tenera flaccidaque, succuba, sublongitudinaliter inserta, late imbri- 
cata, perfecte explanata, apicalia sola assurgentia, suboblique ovato- 
rotunda inte gerrima, a basi ad medium usque, dimidiaque latitudine, 
e cellularum serie duplici conflata (quasi late costata), marginibus 
apiceque cellulis unistratis constantia ; cellule magne leptodermes 
parce chlorophyllose, subeequilatero-hexagonve, inferiores solee elon- 
gates. Foliola 0. 
Flores monoici et dioici: Q terminales ; bractece nullee nisi folia suprema 
—2-juga, cwteris foliis paulo (raro multo) minora ct angustiora. 
Perianthia assurgentia, apice caulis excavato cum foliis 2 floralibus in 
eyathum bilabiatum patulum connatis constantia, demum seepe irre- 
culariter 4—loba, tubo hine cristato vel non ; interdum tamen magis 
elongata, folia subduplo superantia, tubeeformia, valde compressa, 
apice sinuato-truncato breviter bilabiata, antice crista longitudinali 
percursa. Calyptra inclusa oblongo-globosa basi ipsa caulis orificio 
accreta, ad apicem fere usque pistillidiis sterilibus sparsa, eellularum 
serie duplici conflata. Pedunculus longissimus 2-3-pollicaris pel- 
lucidus fragilis. Capsula majuscula flavida globosa, fere ad basin 
