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224. Plagiochila iiova SL. n. sp. 



Sterilis magna robusla riirescens, apicibus virescentibus, in 

 cortice dense depresso-Ccespilans lateque expansa. Cauli.s ad 6 cm. 

 longus, inferne siniplex, superne sparsim longeque ramosus. Folia 

 caulina eonferla, recte patula, valde concava, postice cristam 

 altam formantia, in plano late trigona (() mm. longa, supra basin 

 4 mm. lata) asymmetrica, margine supero e basi semicirculari 

 substricto, regulariter valideque dentato-spinoso, margine infero 

 substricto, nudo, sub apice paucispinoso, apice truncato-rotundata 

 (1,5 mni. lata) similiter armata. Cellulse superse 27 x 36//., 

 parietibus validis, basales 27 x 47 //, trigonis majusculis. 



Hab. Ecuador (Allioni legit). 



225. Plagiochila Neiitiana St. n. sp. 



Sterilis minor, grandifolia, rigida, flavo-virens, in cortice laxe 

 csespitans. Caulis ad 3 cm. longus, parum longeque ramosus. 

 Folia caulina parum imbricata recte patula, leviter decurva, in 

 plano ovato-trigona, (5,5 mm. longa, supra basin 4 mm. lata) 

 asymmetrica, margine supero e basi semicirculari longe arcuato, 

 regulariter breviterque denticu-lato, margine injero e basi leviter 

 sinuata parum arcuato, apice late rotundata, marginibus ubique 

 regulariter denticulatis, supra basin nudis. Ccllulse superse 

 27 X 27 //., trigonis subnullis, basaies 27 x 54 //, trigonis parvis 

 nodulosis. 



Hab. Insula Ceijlon. (Neut legit). 



226. Placjiochila nilgherricnsis St. n. sp. 



Dioica major, rigida, dilute brunnea, aiiis hepaticis 

 corticolis consociata. Caulis ad 5 cm. longus, simplex, subilore 

 innovatis, vix aliter ramosus. Folia cauZina remota, oblique patula 

 canaliculatim concava, in plano obovato-obcuneata, symmetrica, 

 lata basi inserta, antice late decurrentia (3 mm. longa, medio 

 2,75 mm. lata) apice rotundata, ubique valide spinosa, ipso basi 

 nuda. Cellulx superee 18 x 18 /^, trigonis parvis, basales 18 x 

 45 // parietibus validis. Perianthia obovata, ore truncato, dense 

 dentato-spinoso. Folia floralia intima caulinis duplo majora,_ 

 similia, longius spinosa. Androecia desunt. 



Hab. Inclia orienialis (Fleischer legit). 



227. Plagiochila obliquetruncala St. n, sp. 



Sterilis, maxima rigida, flavo-rufescens, corticoia, effuse csespi- 



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