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perisporio pellucido elevato-reticulato. Andrecia immersa, discoidea, 
antheridiorum loculis prominulis papiilosa, in speciebus monoicis 
seepe pone florescentiam ¢ posita, vel ramulis posticis relegata. 
Apparatus gemmiparus nullus. 
Hab. e& Distr. Species per orbem terrarum disperse, in Europa 
continentali haud rare, in insulis Britannicis autem nondum in- 
vent ; semper fere monticole, in rupibus humectatis, in rivulorum 
saxis, raro.in ipsa terra vigentes. In Andibus sylvaticis 3 species, 
quarum 2 videntur novas—in planitie Amazonica nullam—legi. 
§ 1. Frondes subtus purpuree. 
1. F, elegans? Frondes lineari-oblonge, postice subramose, carnosi, 
et opace, canaliculate, supra reticulate vel grandiporose, paleis hy po- 
genis subulatis acuminatis. Capitula longiuseuwle peduneulata, 
hemispheerica, breviter 4-loba, lobis crenatis. Per. emersa 8-10-fida. 
2. F. macropoda. Frondes ovato-oblonge, ramis posticis nullis, tenui- 
culx, subplanz, supra indistincte reticulate, paleis oblique triangu- 
laribus acuminatis. Capitula in pedunculo longissimo conyexa, 
demum plana, ad $ 4-loba. Per. 12-fida. 
§ Frondes supra subtusque concolores. 
3. F. Canelensis. Frondes elongate pellucide reticulato-venose, paleis 
biseriatis lanceolato-subulatis. Pedunculus brevis. Capitula hemi- 
spheerica, ad $ fere 4-loba. Per. 16-fida. 
1. FIMBRIARIA ELEGANS, Spreng.? 
Syst. Veg. IV., 235; G. L. et N. Syn. Hep. 561.—F. Quitensis nobis 
in hb. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, in sylva Canelos, ad saxa humectata terraque 
obruta; necnon ad pontem Banos (fluvii Pastasa) in rupibus trachy- 
ticis humidis, cum Funaria Jamesont. 3 
Frondes 0°6™™ medio crasse ; ped 4:0-8:0 x 04; per 2°0x1:1™™, 
Frondes sub 2°%™ longze, 3-5™™ late, lineari-oblongie-obovateve emar- 
ginatee, canaliculate, margine elevato incurvo, sinuato-crenato, cris- 
pulo; supra albide, tesselate, poris magnis perforate ; subtus nigro- 
purpuree, strato corticali valido facile solubili; costa valida immersa, 
sectione late lanceolata, obtuse carinata, cellulis pluristratis angustis 
conformibus sectione zquilateris conflata, supra cellulis pluristratis 
duplo majoribus chlorophyllosis obtecta, subtus radicellas eompla- 
natas deferens. Palesze hypophylle paucz, rose. subulatee acumi- 
nate flexuosee. Stratum hypoporum subsuperticiale regulariter 
cavernosum. Frondes raro sub apice recte innovantes, seepe medium 
versus ramulum unum alterumve posticum, quasi-stipitatum, apice 
obcordato perseepe fructiferum, proferentes. 
Flores dioici?—? in ramulis, raro in ipsa fronde terminales, paleis 
paucis purpureis subulatis suffulti. Pedunculus fructts frondis lati- 
tudine duplo fere longior, purpurascens, apice e paleis pendulis 
albido-roseis, aliis subulatis acuminatis, aliis pluribus subfiliformibus, 
inferne e pilis patulis, subvillosus, cellulis angustis conflatus, striatus, 
