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ligulalis pinnatim ramosis, ramis porrecLis angustissimis. Calyptra ad 

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

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

 Elateres validi, longe attenuali, spiris laxe lortis. Sporae 18 [i, asperse. 

 Andrœcia in apice planlse anguslioris fusiformia, bracleis confertis, basi 

 apiceque inflorescentise sparsis medio magis numerosis coslam tegentibus 

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

 lobulatae. 



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

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

 (Eggers), Venezuela (Funk et Schlim, Karsten, Gœbel), Gayenne (Möen), 

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

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

 (EUiott), Guadeloupe (Beaupertuis, l'Herminier). 



B. Dendroideae. 



32. Symphyogyna Hymenophyllum (Hook.) 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) triple vel quadruplo furcala, 

 furcis sub angulo acuto divergentibus, flabellum ambitu rotundatum 

 fusque ad 30 mm. in diam.) formanlibus, ceterum anguste linearibus, 

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

 postice bene producta, abrupte in alas excurrens. Alœ unistratse sub- 

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

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

 ad Costa m 36 X 72 jj., medio 36 X ^4 {j., margine 27 X 72 jt. Squama 

 fem. la te inserta, crassa, subquadrata, margine supero subtruncato plus 

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

 ceolatis et magis numerosis. Calyptra ad 5 mm. longa. Capsîda vix 3 mm. 

 longa, acuta in pedicello ad 15 mm. longo. Sporœ 18 [x papillatse. Elateres 

 ad 510 [j,, medio 8 jj. in diam. parum atlenuati, spiris dense tortis. 

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

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



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