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ligulatis pinnatim ramosis, ramis porrectis angustissimis. Calyptra ad 

 7 mm. longa, anguste cylindrica, cellulis clavatis muciferis obtecta ubique 

 mucosa. Capsula 5 mm. longa, cylindrica, in pedicello ad 4 cm. longo. 

 Elateres validi, longe attenuati, spiris laxe tortis. Sporae 18 ^, asperse. 

 Androecia in apice plantse anguslioris fusiformia, bracteis confertis, basi 

 apiceque inflorescentise sparsis medio magis numerosis costam tegentibus 

 ceterum cucullatis dentato-spinosis. Alse plantse masculse parvi- et anguste 

 lobulatae. 



Hab. America tropica : Brasilia, Rio Grande (Lindman), Rio Janeiro 

 (Glaziou, Lindman, Ule), Caraca (Wainio), Paraguay (Balansa), Ecuador 

 (Eggers), Yenezuela (Funk et Schlim, Karsten, Goebel), Cayenne (Moen), 

 Mexico (Mohr, Goebel, G. Karsten), Costarica (Pittier), Jamaica (Swartz, 

 Hansen), Martinique (Perrottet, Hahn), Puertorico (Sintenis), Dominica 

 (Elliott), Guadeloupe (Beaupertuis, rHerminier). 



B. Dendroideae. 



32. Symphyogyna Hymenophyllum (Hool<:.) M. et N. Syn. 

 Hep., p. 480. 



Syn. : Jungermannia Hymenophyllum Hook. Musci exot., p. 17. 



Symphyogyna flavovirens. Colenso. Transact. N. Z. Inst. 1884. 



Dioica, mediocris vel parva, tenera vel subrigida, dilute viridis. Frons 

 ad 3 cm. longa (stipite ipso 15 mm. longo) triplo vel quadruplo furcata, 

 furcis sub angulo acuto divergentibus, flabellum ambitu rotundatum 

 (usque ad 30 mm. in diam.) formantibus, ceterum anguste linearibus, 

 apice parum anguslatis. Costa a basi ad apicem sensim attenuata, angusta, 

 postice bene producta, abrupte in alas excurrens. Alae unistratae sub- 

 planse, ad basin flabelli in stipite longius decurrentes, grosse spinosse, 

 spinis hamatim in plano incurvis, e lata basi attenuatis. Cellulae alarum 

 ad costam 36 X 72 [i, medio 36 X 54 [j., margine 27 X 72 \x. Squama 

 fem. late inserta, crassa, subquadrata, margine supero subtruncato plus 

 minus longe spinoso, spinis ad 4-5, late triangulatis, acuminatis vel lan- 

 ceolalis et magis numerosis. Calyptra ad 5 mm. longa. Capsula vix 3 mm. 

 longa, acuta in pedicello ad 15 mm. longo. Sporse 18 p. papillatse. Elateres 

 ad 510 [X, medio 8 jx in diam. parum attenuati, spiris dense tortis. 

 Andrcecia ad basin furcarum infimarum, anguste linearia, bracteis con- 

 fertis, costam tegentibus, cucullatis, bi- vel trispinosis. 



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