()04 BUM.KriN DK i/hkkbikh boissier (2""' SER.). 11)08 Calypogeia, 



deciirrenlia, in plano lale ovala, apice lale Iriincalo subduplo angusliore, 

 circumcirca irregulariler spinosa, spinis basalibus remolis, superis 

 approximalis regulaiiler conseculivis longis el hamalis ciim brevibus 

 alternanlibus. in margine poslico brevioribiis minus irregularibus. Cellnlae 

 superae 27 ^ basales 27 X ^'^ ^ trigonis magnis acutis, culicula levis. 

 Hab. Tahiti (Nadeaud). 



America tropica. 



8. Marsupidium brevifolium St. n. sp. 



Dioica i mediocris brunneola rigidiuscula dense caespitosa corlicola. 

 Canlis ad 3 cm. longus simplex erecliis vel adscendens apice parvifolio 

 nulante. Folia caulina contigua vel remotiuscula disticha parum concava 

 basi antica incurva utrinque breviler decurrentia, in plano ovalo-rotun- 

 data asymmelrica margine anlico a basi ad apicem arcualo integerrimo 

 postico e basi angulatim rolundata stricto nudo, apice quam basis triplo 

 angusliore recte iriincato bidentato, dentibus validis acutis porreclis 

 Cellnlae apicales 36 {i basales 36 X 72 jx trigonis magnis nodulosis cuti- 

 cula levis. Folia floralia quadrijuga externa minuta interna sensim 

 majora sensimque armata i. e. apice dentata vel angusle spinosa vel 

 subciliata intima tenerrima longe et creberrime ciliata ciliis ssepe geni- 

 culalis, 



Hab. Guadeloupe (Perroltet.) ; Dominica (Ellioll.). 



Calypogeia Raddi 1820. 



Planlie foliifer* minores vel mediocres corlicem pulridum diligentes 

 rarius terricolae, normaliter dense depressoccespitosaesaepe late expansae, 

 pallidae vel glauco-virides in tropicis saepe rufo-brunneae. Caulis crassus 

 strictus rigidiis in seclione ovalis radicellis fasciculatis repens superne 

 saepe longe procumbens pliis miniis ramosus, ramis vulgo .simplicibus 

 posticisex angiilo amphigastrii orlis interdum flagellatim attenuatis radi- 

 cantibus vel erectis propaguliferis. Folia caulina aiterna incuba conligua 

 vel imbricata antice breviter inserta postice lateraliter decurrentia plaiio- 

 dislicha vel leiiiler concava, oblique vel recte patiila obtusa vel acuta vel 

 breviter bidentula. Cellnlse plus minus amplae in paucis maximae, vulgo 



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