388 bulletin de l'herbier boissier (2 me sÉR.). 1906 Gongylanthus. 



7. Gongylanthus Liebmannianus (L. et G.) St. 

 Syn. : Gymnanthe Liebmanniana L. et G. Syn. Hep. p. 712. 



Lindigia Liebmanniana G. Hep. Mex. p. 216. 

 Lindigina Liebmanniana G. Ann. sc. nat. 1864, p. 138. 



Dioicus minor pallide olivaceus vel brunneolus tener, dense gregaria 

 crescens. Caulis ad 10 mm. longus simplex sub flore geminatim innovatus 

 crassus radicellis longis fasciculatis repens. Folia caulina ovato-rotundata 

 integerrima oblique inserta- anlice breviler coalita vel contigua postice 

 libéra concava erecto-conniventia. Cellulae apicales 36 X 45 ja basales 

 27 X 54 jj. trigonis majusculis basi nullis. Cuticula lsevis. Folia floralia 

 plurijuga caulinis majora,, intima ovalo-oblonga margine angulata hie 

 illic dente vel lacinula angusta armala apice obtusata saepe incurva vel 

 crispa tula. Squamœ florales intiniae parvae pistilla arcle cingentes ereclse 

 cellulis digitiformibus crenalae vel dentatae. Marsupia ad 3 mm. longa 

 oblique sub caule descendentia, late cylindrica radicellifera, intus cellulis 

 magnis cylindricis liberis inducla; pistilla numerosa in fundo saeculi, 

 involucello nullo. Andrœcia ignota. 



Hab. Mexico (Liebman); Brasilia in Serra Itatiaja (Ule). 



8. G. Pringlei (Underwood) St. 



Syn. : Calypogeia Pringlei Und. Hepat. Exsicc. 



Dioicus medioeris robustus intense viridis vel olivaceus, gregarie 

 crescens. Caulis ad 15 mm. longus crassus radicellis purpureis villosus 

 simplex sub flore simpliciter innovatus. Folia canlina conferta et confer- 

 tissima plano-disticha antice breviter coalita ambilu ovala vel ovato- 

 subtrigona integerrima. Cellulae apicales 27 fi basales 36 X 45 ji trigonis 

 magnis acutis basi nodulosis. Cuticula laevis. Folia floralia caulinis valde 

 majora erecto-conniventia ceterum similia. Squamœ florales intimas 

 cupulatim conniventes apice irregulariter setulosae. Marsupia 2 mm. 

 longa anguste cylindrica radicellifera. Calyptra in fundo saeculi tenera 

 pistillis sterilibus obsita involucellum setae longum irregulariter multi- 

 fidum et piliferum includens. Capsula submatura cylindrica. Andrœcia 

 mediana parva, bracteis paueijugis inflalis apice breviter recurvis, dian- 

 dris. Antheridia parva sphaerica breviter pedicellala. 



Hab. Mexico Michoacan (Pringle). 



9. G. Mülleri (G.) St. 



Syn. : Lindigia Mülleri G. Hep. Mexic, p. 217. 



Dioicus minor fragilis tener glaueo-virens nitidus, in solo hunioso 

 gregarius. Caulis ad 15 mm. longus pallidus carnosus et validus dense 

 longeque radicellosus, simplex sub flore simpliciter innovatus. Folia 



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