86  ACROCARPI, EPISTOMI, CALYMPERES. 
areolata. 'Theca erecta, eria rica, EES, mediocri 
vaginulae oblique striatae inserto. edes in saxis et ar- 
oribus, rarius in terra. Patria aequinoxialis i in utroque 
terrarum orbe aut in iropicorum viciniis calidis. Humida 
aestuanlia amant. Perennant. 
1 Te i Afzelii (Avzzn. Swartz.) caule erecto simplici, 
foliis oblongis. obtusis poipoia ,; thecae erectae cylindri- 
cae operculo convexo - mucronato. 
C. Afzelii foliis "mer patentibus siccitate incurvis 
tortilibusve, nervo dorsali exserto.  Swanrzz, ef SPRENG: 
loc. cit. p.3. t. I. Steun. Nom. Crypt. p. 9 
C. Palisoti, foliis oblongis obtusis bored SCHWAEGR. 
Suppl. I. P. II. p. 333. Brin. Mant. Musc. p. 4193.. Hook. 
C. lonchophyllum. Scmwazon. ibid. t. XCVIII. 
Cryphium vaginans. Par. Beauv. mst, 
GERM. ene rapiat qud Hüllenbrecher. Garr. Per- 
cevoile à feuilles entiere 
Ad saxa humentia para et in arboribus Africae 
torridae in Sierra Leone ubi Arzrnus detexit et in 
regno O ware unde Bzrvisivs retulit, praeterea in Guianà, 
insula Sancti Thomae, ubi Ricuanp legit, in Guadelupá 
unde Berrero misit in cortice Pisoniae subcordatae vulgare, 
tandem in Archipelago Moluccensi caespitose habitat. Hyeme 
viget. 2}. 
Caulis basi radiculoso- -tomentosus, erectus, simpliciuscu- 
ginantia, linearia vel oblongo -lanceolata, ligulatave, cari- 
nata, nervo crasso continuo tandem ]latissimo instructa, 
inferiora breviora obtusa, superiora e nervo subexcurrente 
subacuminata, margine undulato, unde subdenticulata vi- 
terminalis , solitarius interdum ärm foliis paulo lon- 
gior, tri-quadrilinearis, vix tortilis, subscaber, fuscus. 
Theca elliptico - - cylindracea cylindri icave , tics eebe 
siccitate parum rugoso - sulcata, brunnea exannu 
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