Leptocolea. [hainz STEPHANi. SPECIES hepaticahijm (Vol.VI, 1923) 



166. Leptocolea, Evaiis.— cf. voi. v, p. 841-856. 



32. Leptocolea appressa Evans. Torr. Bot. Cl. 1912. 

 Autoica, pallide vireiis, deiise depresso csespitans. Caulis ad 



parum irregulariter ramosus. Folia caulina imbricata, recte patula, 

 leviter falcata, ovato-oblonga (0,6 mm. longa, 0,4 mm. lata) apice 

 rotundata, margine antico arcuato, postico substricto vel leviter 

 sinuato, marginibus minute crenulatis. Lobulus inflatus, ovatus 

 0,14 mm. longus, 0,08 mm. latus, carina arcuata, stricte in folii 

 marginem excurrens, apice recte truncatus, angulo biapiculato. 

 Cellulse foliorum 7 x9 [x, basales 7 x20 (j,, marginales 5 (j, parietibus 

 validis, antice papilla solitaria armatse ; ocelli basales breviter 

 seriati 23x35fx. Perianihia obovata (0,15 mm. longa, 0,4 mm. 

 lata) apice anguste truncata breviter rosrata, rostro conico, sub 

 apice quinqueplicata, plicis posticis longe decurrentibus, lateralibus, 

 minute irregulariterque denticulatis, ceterum nuda. Androecia in 

 caule lateralia, breviter spicata, bracteis paucijugis, monandris. 

 Reliqua desunt. 

 Hab. Jamaica (Evans legit). 



33. Leptoeolea hispidissima St. n. sp. 



Sterilis exigua flavescens, flaccida, in foliis arborum repens. 

 Caulis ad 10 mm. longus, irregulariter multiramosus, stellatim 

 effusus. Folia caulina contigua, recte patula, plano distica, ovato- 

 oblonga (1,17 mm. longa, medio 0,67 mm. iata) symmetrica, basi 

 ampliata, antica, caulem superantia, apice obtusa vel rotundata, 

 in facie antica hispida. Cellulse foliorum superae 9 x 9 {x, in vitta 

 basali 18x36pL trigonis parvis. Lobulus majusculus, folio tripla 

 brevior, obovato-oblongus, carina arcuata, levi sinu in folium ex- 

 currens, apice oblique truncatus, quam basis duplo latior, umbo- 

 natus, superne planus. 



Hab. Philippinae Insulse : Los Banos (Baker legit). 



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