: ANEURA. 549 
Calyptra magna, pinnis dimidio longior, cylindrica vel subclavata, albida, 
papillis breviusculis scabra, inferne 4-5 cell. crassa. 
Amenta ¢ binata, opposita, linearia; alveoli 8-20-jugi, ala utrinque in- 
curvulo crenulato obtecti. 
Aneura papillata G. duplo major est, calyptra papillis preelongis 
obsita, &ec., altiusque in Andes Granatenses (2100-2700™) ascendit. 
Anne autem nostra ab A. bipinnata Sw. revera diversa ? 
11, ANEURA HYMENOPHYTOIDES, Spruce. 
Hab. in cortice vetusto ad montis Campana latera, alt. 1200™. 
Frondis lacinice 2°0 x 6; cellule d5—z5 3 calyptra 2°0 x 45; capsula ‘9x4; 
elateres *25™™, 
Humilis rufula ceespitosa, Frondes }-? pollicis long, basi longe rhizo- 
matose torte et ramose ; alii rami breves radicantes, alii assurgentes 
arcuato-decurvi apice palmatipartiti (revera confertim pinnati, 
pinnis solum 1-3-jugis, simplicibus vel infimis furcatis); lacinize 
omnes solum 4 ad 6, rarissime plures, lato-lineares repandee, apice 
rotundatz emarginatzeve, costa tenui limbo utrinque subzequilato vel 
paulo angustiore alaté. Cellulee rhizomatis compresso-teretis (sec- 
tione elliptica, cellulis 12 et 8 in diametris) parvule subequilate, 
nisi superficiales subangustiores ; laciniarum costales 1—2-(basi 3-) 
strate majuscule oblongo-hexagon sub 6-seriatz, alares 6-seriate 
vel pauciores, oblique hexagonze, a costa ad marginem sensim dimi- 
nutee, marginales parvule: omnes subpellucidee. 
Flores dioici: @ in ramis (pinnisve) infimis spicati; spice fertiles 
breves, steriles sepe elongati multiflori (pistillidiis ad 20-jugis usque, 
biseriatis brevi-cylindricis opacis). Involucrum limbo utrinque 
duplice, incurvo, lineari ad costam fere usque in lacinias plurimas 
subulatas seepeque hamatas fisso, constans. 
Calyptra clavata, haud valde carnosa, ubique papillis brevibus obsessa, 
apice crasse mammillata. Capsula duplo brevior (exserta haud visa) 
ovato-cylindrica; cellule bistratee lineares acute, pariete laterali 
columnis brevi-subulatis crebre obsesso. Elateres ™™ longi, utrinque 
valde attenuati, helice lata laxe torta, folliculo obsoleto. Spore 
minutee, helici vix zequilatee, leves. 
Andreecia linearia, limbo involucri suberecto crenato, alveolis 6-14- 
jugis. 
A. andina distincta videtur statura duplo majore; fronde bi-tripin- 
nata; florescentiis 9 haud polygynis, &. Nostra habitu Hymenophyti 
Jlabellate &e. insignis. 
12, ANEURA LEPIDOMITRA, Spruce. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, in monte Guayrapata, alt. 2800™, ad truncos 
putrescentes. 
Pinne 3:0-45™™ longa; laciniew 1:2-2°5 x °2; cellule limbt jy-s 3 calyp- 
tra 3:0 x 1°0™™, 
Frondes siccando rufescentes, 3-4°™ long, erectee procumbentesve, 
tenelle stratificatee, ambitu lineares vel superne paulo latiores, 
plan, bipinnatze. Caulis, sive costa primaria, ab ipsa basi hic illic 
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