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magis pellucidae, interdum fere vacuee. Flagella crebra breviuscula 

 albido-radicellosa, apliylla vel ex parte foliosa. Folia majtiscula assur- 

 genti-subsecunda distantia, raro subimbricata, oblique inserta, subob- 

 liqiie ovali-ovatove-oblonga, interdum basi subcuneata, parum concava, 

 ab apice ad \, raro ad \ fere usque biloba — -subinde (inferiora praecipue) 

 triloba — sinu acuto angusto, lobis subinsequalibus, postico majore, lan- 

 ceolatis, apice subcucullato obtusatis, raro subacutis, margine repandis ; 

 cellules majuscule liexagonpe leptodermes vix coiivexulae leevissimae, 

 clilorophyllo copioso subopacse, inferior es paulo majores subelongatse, 

 marginales subquadratse. FoUola distantia, cauli appressa eodemque 

 celata, foliis triplo fere breviora, 6-plo longiora quam lata, linearia, in- 

 terdum lineari-lanceolata-subulatavebifidula, laciniis ssepein^quilongis, 

 altera 3 cellulas, altera 5 — 6c. longa, raro in unam coalitis, margine 

 utrinque 1 — 2. dentata. Flores dioici : ramulo postico brevi, sub 3 ^n^ 

 longo, basi radicelloso constantes. BracteiB laxse 3-jug£e 3-stichge, in- 

 timae foliis vix minores erectse ovato-oblongae canaliculate, ad medium 

 fere bilobse, lobis acixtis subacuminatisve ; laterales bine, media (i.e. 

 bracteola) utrinque, basin versus 1 — 2-dentat8e, cellulis elongatis sub- 

 pellucidis conflate. Bractee extime triplo minoves insequaliter bi- 

 dentatse, vel falcatse et integree; medie intimis paulo minores subcon- 

 fornies. PeriantJiium involucrum 2 — 3-plo superans ovali-cylindra- 

 ceum, apice solo trigonum, ore truncato-subconstricto fere edentulo, 

 viride, interdum apice rubescens, cellulis unistratis conflatum. Calyptra 

 2-8 plo brevior, vix angustior, longe pyriformis tenuis, basi sola cell. 2v. 

 3 crassa. Capsula in pedicello pellucido basi ovali-bulboso alte exserta 

 purpurea (sporis repletis nigra) oblonga vel oblongo-cylindrica 4-valvis ; 

 valvults lineari-lanceolatse, alternse latiores, cellulis bistratis lineari- 

 rectangulis, internis ad parietem lateralem nodosis (fibra semiannulari 

 obsoleta vel absorpta^ conflatae. Elateres mediocres subobtusi bispiri, 

 tubulo byalino cito dissoluto. Spons elateribus paulo latiores sub- 

 globosas minu.te tuberculosse. — Amenta cf ramulis posticis, foemineis 

 eequilongis, constantia, assurgentia, basi radicellis et foliis minutis vacuis 

 vestita ; bractese proprise pauci-(8 — 4-) jugae, confertae subcapitatae, f. 

 caulinis triplo minores, orbiculatse, concavse breviter acutilobse, lobulo 

 tertio antico brevi incurvo auctse ; antheridia solitaria majuscula globosa 

 pedicellata ; hracteoloi lineares vel ovali-lanceolatse integrse bifidseve 

 ssepius integerrimse, pro bractearum ratione sat magnse. Earo adveniunt 

 andrsecia in ipso caule ; bractese paucae, foliis consecutivae et vix minores, 



