564 
Hab 
Ped 
FIMBRIARIA. 
hine anguste canaliculatus, canali filis eadem longitudine, numerosis, 
tenuibus, exarticulatis, intus hic illic nodosis, repleto. Capitulum 
hemisphzricum, insigniter bullato-rugosum, breviter 4-lobum, lobis 
crenato-2-3-lobulatis. Involucra 4, lobis intus adnata, urceolata, 
membranacea, subbiloba, hiantia. Perianthia longe emersa, ovoideo- 
conica, plus minus roseo picta, profunde 8-10-fida, laciniis apice— 
seepe tota longitudine—coherentibus, canaliculatis. Capsula.... 
2, FIMBRIARIA MACROPODA, Spruce. 
. Andes Quitenses, in rivuli ripis montis Pichincha. 
50; capitula 5:0; per 2°0x1°3™™. 
Frondes imbricate, 2-3°" longze, 4-6™™ late, subplane, oblonge vel 
ovato-oblonge, rarissime dichotome, ramis posticis nullis, seepe ex 
apice bifido innovando-continue, tenuicule, subpellucid, margine 
elevato crenulato crispatulo; supra albide, anguste nigro-purpureo 
limbatee, indistinete et anguste areolate, poris paucis; subtus pur- 
puree, radicellosee, parce paleaceee, paleis subdissitis valde oblique 
triangularibus acuminatis abrupte acutis purpureis, apice concolori 
albidove; costa tenuis. 
Flores dioici: @ terminales. Pedunculus longissimus, frondes duplo ex- 
cedens, pilis tenuissimis flexuosis parce pilosus, apiceque subbarbatus. 
Capitula convexa, demum plana, bullata tamen, ad medium 4-loba, 
lobis eavis (saceatis). _Involucra membrana tenui lobis inclusa adna- 
taque constantia, uniflora. Perianthia subemersa capituli marginem 
haud attingentia, primum oblique pendula, demum_horizontalia, 
ovato-conoidea, ad medium 12-fida, basi albida tenuia; laciniis roseo- 
purpureis subulatis canaliculatis apice convergenti-connatis. Cap- 
sula brevipes, sordide purpurea, tenuis, fragilis, apice circumscissa, 
inferne irregulariter plurifida. Sporee magni tetraedro-globose, 
sporodermio laxe celluloso pellucido. 
Ab affinibus F. venosa L. et L., et I’. leptophylla Mont., distinctissima 
videretur. 
3. FIMBRIARIA CANELENSIS, Spruce. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, in sylva Canelos, ad rupes irroratas, aliis hepaticis 
irrepens. 
Frondes 5:0™™ late, 0°3 crasse ; costa ‘05 lata; ped 5:0; capit 2°5™™ dia- 
metro; per 2°0; elat 0°3; spore ys—yy™™. 
Frondes albescentes, subtus concolores, in sicco pellucida, teners, sub- 
plane, prostrate et stratificatee, 3-5°™ longee, ligulatee, hic illic seepe 
subconstrictee, sub apice emarginato haud raro recte innovantes, 
necnon frondulas posticas, seepe oppositas, longe stipitatas, obcordato- 
spatulatas, facie supera receptacula mascula seepe gerentes, proferentes, 
subtus radicellis pralongis crebris, e costa distiche patentibus, vil- 
losie, supra e strati hypopori cavernis quasi elongato-reticulate, poris 
tamen paucis inconspicuis. Cellule paginee parvule subpellucide, 
2-4-strate, ceteris stratis versus et supra costam adjectis. Costa vera 
opaca nigrescens, sectione lineari-oblonga, cellulis angustis conflata, 
subtus paleis dissitis biseriatis suberectis lanceolato-subulatis roseis 
obsita. 
Flores monoici: @ terminales. Pedunculus cum costa continuus, brevis 
