930 bullktiN DK l'hkrbiku boissihir (2 raB séu.)- ^Oo Plagiochila. 



744. Plagiocliila azuayensis Spruce. Hep. Amaz. el Ândineé 



exsicc. 



Dioica, major, grandifolia, flaccida, pallide-olivacea, corticola. Caulis ad 

 10 cm. longus, validissimus, fuscus, tenax, pauciramosus, ramis longis 

 divergentibus sub flore geminatim innovatis. Folia caulina 4 mm. longa, 

 imbricata, apicibus liberis, subrecle palula, plano-dislicha, postice valde 

 ampliata, caulem superantia vel lato replicala, utrinque vix decurrentia, 

 in piano late trigona i. e. basi amplissima, apice 3-plo angustiora, margine 

 antico subslricto nudo sub apice remote tridentato, postico e basi semi- 

 circulari stricto nudo vel sub apice paucidentato, apice ipso rotundato 

 quinquedentato, dentibus ubique parvis validis acutis subsequimagnis 

 recte patulis. Folia ramulina simillima, paru m minora. Cellulae apicales 

 45 ^ trigonis maximis angulatim nodulosis, basales 36 X 76 ji trigonis 

 magnis nodulosis. Folia flor. caulinis parum majora vix validius denlata. 

 Perianthia maxima late obconica, ore rotundato regulariter spinuloso. 



Hab. Andes quitenses (Jameson, Spruce) Ecuador (P. G. Lehmann). 



745. P. fusco-lutea Tayl. J. of Bot. 1846, p. 263. 

 Syn. : P. gymnostoma Jack et Steph. Hedwigia 1892 p. 25. 



Dioica magna robusla rigida fusco-lutea profunde csespitosa. Caulis ad 

 15 cm. longus pro planta tenuis, fuscus et tenax parum longeque ramosus. 

 Folia caulina 4 mm. longa conferla apicibus liberis oblique patula angulo 

 68° postice ampliata alteque crisiata ceterum plano-disticha antice longe 

 decurrentia, postice brevissime inserta, in piano late triangularia, apice 

 quam basis quadruplo angusliore, margine antico stricto, postico e basi 

 semicirculari leniter arcuato, apice oblusalo vel truncato-bidenlulo vel 

 retuso, ceterum omnino integerrima. Folia ramulina valde aberrantia, 

 minora, apice oblusalo integerrimo, postice multo minus ampliata superne 

 ovata remota. Cellulae apicales 27 pi trigonis magnis angulatis, basales 

 27 X 72 [a trigonis maximis ovali- nodulosis. Folia floralia caulinis 

 similia, majora integerrima. Perianthia maxima cupulato-campanulala, 

 ore compresso laie truncato integerrimo. Andrœcia in planta simplici 

 multolies graciliore et parvifolia, spicis numerosis serialis vel lerminali- 

 bus alque ex ipsa basi geminatis vel pluriramosis longissimis (ad 4 cm.) 

 bracteis 12-jugis confertis apice breviter recurvis oblusalis integerrimis. 



Hab. Peruvia (Jameson, Spruce) Nova Granada (Wallis). 



746. P. axillaris Jack et St. Hedwigia 1892. 



Syn. : P. Notarisii Mill. in Spruce Hep. Amaz. et And. 1885 p. 477. 

 (non Lehmann). 



Dioica major grandifolia flaccida, pallide-olivacea. rupicola. Caulis ad 



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