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62. Pirea Hariae Card. (sp. nov.). — Caulis primarius 

 repens, tenuis, filiformis, radicosus, secundarius 

 erectus, dendroideus, rubellus, 2-4 cent, longus, 

 inferne simplex, foliis squamiformibus appressis, 

 arete imbricatis obtectus, superne in frondem 

 oblongam lutescenti-viridem, pinnatam et bipin- 

 natam divisus, ramis confertis, distiche patentibus 

 aut subbomoniallis, obtusis vel vix altenuatis. 

 Folia caulina inferiora (in parte stipitiformi) 

 squamaeformia, undique appressa, arete imbri- 

 cala, ovata,subitocuspidata, integerrima, enervia; 

 folia caulina superiora subdisticha, erecto-patentia, 

 e basi cordaia ovato-lanceolata, longe acuminata, 

 acuta, marginibus planis et integris, solo summo 

 apice obsoletissime denticulatis, costa tenui, basi 

 paululum dilatata, sub apice evanida. Cellulae 

 incrassalae, pellucidae, basilares lutescentes, in 

 auriculis rotundatis parvae, subrotundae vel 

 subquadratae, in acumineoblongo-ovatae, mediae 

 oblongae, inferiores lineares, obtusae. Folia 

 ramea multo minora, undique aequalia, erecto- 

 imbricata, concava, ovato-lanceolata, acuta, apice 

 crenulata vel subserrulata, costa sub apice desi- 

 nente aut subpercurrente, cellulis inferioribus 

 linearibus, mediis ovato-rotundis, seriatim dispo- 

 siiis, superioribus oblongis vel subrhombeis, 

 omnibus pellucidis incrassatis. Folia perichaelialia 

 erecta, ovato vel oblongo-lanceolata, longe acu- 

 minata, acumine saepe lorto, integerrima, tenui- 

 coslata, auriculis brunneis excavatis praedita. 

 Capsula in pedicello rubente, inferne laevi, 

 superne asperulo, erecto vel arcuato-reflexo, 6-7 



