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6, ANEURA TRICHOMANOIDES, Spruce. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, in sylva Canelos, ad truncos vetustos. 
Caulis ‘75™™ latus; costa 5x ‘2; pinne 3°0™™ longe ; pinnule 1:0-1'8 
x5; cellule 4—™™. 
Tenella pallide viridis subprostrata dense stratificata. Frondes 23-3 
longee, ambitu lineares, bipinnatipartite ; caulis alte biconvexus, 
medio 8 cellulas crassus, sectione lanceolata, late alatus, ala inter- 
rupta—quasi in folia bina inter duas pinnas consecutivas divisa— 
interdum margine muricato-spinulosa. Pinnulz subcontiguee line- 
ares lineari-lanceolatzve pellucide, costa medio 3-4 cellulas crassa, 
limbo utrinque coste subsequilatus, cellulis 7—-8-seriatis majusculis 
oblongo-hexagonis (ad angulum 60°-70° cum costa ordinatis) con- 
stante, margine eroso-crenulato superne apiceque serrulato. Pinne 
pinnuleeque opposite, hee plerumque simplices, raro furcate. 
Amenta ¢ piunula cujusque pinne infima superiore abbreviata con- 
stantia, utrinque limbo incurvo profunde laciniato (laciniis lanceo- 
lato-subulatis) involucrata; alveoli sub 6-jugi. 
Aneura fucoides Gottsche in Husnot Pl. Antill. no. 205 (1868) duplo 
major est, minus confertim ramosa, caule omnino exalato, laciniis, apice 
precipue, magis argute serrulatis. 
7. ANEURA CILIOLATA, Spruce. (Tab. XIX.) 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, in monte Mulmul, ad terram inter muscos sub 
fruticum umbra. 
Caulis 15™™ latus, 0-4™™ crassus ; pinne 4:0" longe ; lacinie 15 x 0°5, 
earum limbus 1-125, cellule ay™™. 
Elata, laxe czespitosa e viridi fulva badiave. Frondes 10-12™ alte, 
erect, semel bisve dichotome, ramis fastigiatis bipinnatis. Caulis 
dimidio inferiore exalatus, superiore anguste alatus. ala interrupta, 
velut in folia linearia semilanceolatave ciliata incisa ; costa lata 
subplano-convexa (sectione lanceolata 4plo fere longiore quam lata); 
cellule cost pluristratz, stratorum 3 vel 4 externorum pachydermes, 
rufo-badiz, interne pallidz tenues, triplo longiores quam late, sub- 
inde, pariete utroque fine dissoluto, in tubulum elongatum con- 
fluentes. 
Pinne dissite, opposite vel superiores dislocate et alternz, breves, sub- 
equimagne pinnatipartite, ambitu deltoidee; pinnule sub 3. -jugee 
suboppositz, infimze iterum divisee; omnes pinnulze lacinizeve lato- 
lineares, costa prelata tenuiuscula (medio 6 cellulas crassa), limbo 
angusto ineequilato pellucido ciliolato, ciliis 1-3 cellulas longis, sur- 
sum vel varie directis. Cellule limbi majusculee, oblique directze 
(angulo 50°) subelongatz, rectangulari-hexagone rhombeeyve, lepto- 
dermes, fere vacue. 
Flores dioici: ¢ amenta pinnulis duabus oppositis (cujusque pinne 
plerumque infimis) constantia; loculi antheridiaque biseriata 3—4- 
paria; limbus incurvus margine setosus ciliolatusve. 
8. ANEURA PALLIDA, Spruce. 
Hab. in monte Chimborazo, ad arborum ramos. 
Pinne 60x °5; pinnule 25 x:25-4; ¢. limbi 35; cal 3:06; caps 1:25 
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