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Folia comalia arcte imbricata basi impressa oblongo -lingulata 
apice retusa breviter apiculata integerrima; nervo carinato pallide 
lutescente percursa, cellulis basilaribus rectangulis, sequentibus 
ovalibus in alis convexis densius aggregatis, summis minimis, sub- 
rotundis papillatis; perichætialia exteriora caulinis conformia, interiora 
longiora <acuminata, cellulis superioribus ellipticis.  Seta 4—6'” 
alta, lateralis, flavescens.  Theca junior erecta cylindrica, operculo 
cupulato-subulato recto.  Calyptra glabriuscula. 
Prope Iguape, prov. S. Paulo, leg. Puiggari. 
Schloth. brevisetæ paulo altior, foliis densius imbricatis, coma- 
libus erectis, capitato-imbricatis, magis diaphanis et pallide coloratis, 
seta laterali paulo longiore differt. 
c. elatiores. 
8. 8. Jamesoni Brid., Fl. Brasil. I, pag. 30. 
Prope Rio de Janeiro: Beyrich; copiose a Glaziou lectå 
(4519 et 7183). 
Var. elata; ramis curvatis, seta longiore: Glaziou (5621). 
9. .S. Sprengeliit Hornsch., Fl. Brasil. I, pag. 34. 
In vicinia Rio de Janeiro: Glaziou (7148, 7899, 7938). 
10. 5. Martiana Hornsch., Fl. Brasil. I, pag. 32. 
Serra dos Orgåos: Martius; Serra d'Estrella: Bey- 
rich; prope Petropolim: Dåring. ; 
11. 5. rugifolia Brid., Fl. Brasil. I, pag. 30. Syn. S. Merkelii 
Hornsch. 
Prope Rio de Janeiro: Merkel; prope Petropolim: 
Warming. 3 
12. 5. Miilleri Hpe., Schloth. chlorophyllosa C.M. in schedulis. 
Maxime explanata, contigua, rufo-fusco-tomentosa contesta, vix 
uncialis, subconcolor, intense viridis, ramis adscendentibus, simplicibus 
julaceo-contortis, vel superne ramoso-incrassatis, fastigiatis.  Folia 
dense imbricata, humida erecto-patula, apice recurva, e basi angustiore 
impresso-concava, lingulata, obtusa, integerrima, apiculo brevi trigono, 
flavescente, interjecto, mårginibus parce recurvis, corrugata; nerve 
parce carinato percursa, cellulis basilaribus dense aggregatis, seriatis, 
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