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frond. Arch. Ind. pag. 13. Ann. des sc. nat. 1844. pag. 510. Leskea filiformis Dz. et Mo ig 
Sched. — Dioicum; caulis secundarius longe prostratus radicans pendulusve remote 
vage pinnatus, ramulis brevibus patentibus; folia laxe disposita patenti-divergentia 
compressa flexuosa e basi subéordata ovata sensim lanceolato-acuminata margine ser. 
rulata, costa tenui pallida infra medium evanescente; cellulae lineares dense papillosae 
obscurae, basi ad alas laxae pellucidae laeves; perichaetialia interna ovata piliformi- 
acuminata; capsula in pedicello aequilongo exserta ovali-cylindrica; operculum oblique 
rostratum; calyptra sparse pilosa. i 
Habitat insulam Javae, ZirrgutUs, BruxE, KonrHALs, n& Vmizse; in montibus Gedé et Sa/ak, Tkvswww; in m. Gedé, Btoxi; in m. 
Salak, altit. 1200', Kunz; in m. Pangerango, altit. 3—5000', Buuxe; ibidem alti. 7—9000', »& Vmsx; in m. Telaga-hodas, 
KonrHALs; in valle praerupta rivuli Koenng ad pedem m. JMerapi, in m. AMerbaboe, in m. Siamat, altit, 4—6000', Juxcucm, S- 
satra occidentalis, KomrHALs, TzvswANN; prov. Padang, AwpmÉE WiwrENs. Ceram, Ternate, Halmaheira, p£ Vmiksg. Celebes, Rum- 
waupr, herb. Lugd. Bat.; prov. /Memado, pg VRIESE. 
Caulis primarius arborum cortiei adnatus tenuis; secundarii elongati repentes aut penduli flexuosi tenues 
radieantes vage vel subpinnatim ramulosi, abunde fructigeri; ramuli breves simplices subaequales patentes remo- 
tiusculi compressi versus i caulis d denique gemmiformes laxe foliosi. Folia 4—8 serialia 
subdisticha, lateralia horizontaliter patentia, reliqua oblique erecto-patentia, basi caviuscula subcordata amplexi 
caulia parum undulata sensim lanceolato-acuminata, margine ubique serrulata nitore carentia viridia vel lutes- 
centia tenera, costa tenui pellucidiore infra medium folii partem evanescente; areolatio foliorum e cellulis pallide 
viridibus sive viridi-lutescentibus linearibus dense minute papillosis obscuris, basi ad alas paucis quadratis pellu- 
eidis laevibus. Florescentibus dioica. Planta mascula femineae similis. Flores masculi majusculi globoso- 
ovati in caule secundario sessiles laterale Folia perigonii externa ovata, interna majora rotundo-orata 
brevi-acuminata apice patula integerrima laxe contexta ecostata. Antheridia et paraphyses breves filiformes 
pauca, Flores feminei gemmiformes; gemmae polyphyllae ovatae patulae in caule secundario axillares copi- 
osae. Fructus solitarius. Folia perichaetii laxe imbricata, costa destituta, exteriora erecto-appressa oyata 
acuta, interiora ovato-aeuminata , acumine filifornii reeurvo vel vario modo flexuoso apice subserrulata integerrima, 
intimum subito in acumen contractum, hinc quasi emarginatum, omnia laxe contexta pellucida laevia. Arche- 
gonia copiosa parva, paraphysibus copiosis filiformibus longissimis mixta. Pedicellus e vaginula brevi oblongi, 
pilis paraphysiformibus numerosis extra perichaetium vix exsertis obsita, erectus saepe curvatus, cauli secundario 
insertus, brevis parum modo exsertus capsulae longitudinem vix superans laevis fusco-nigricans apice incrassatus 
in apophysin spuriam. Capsula aequalis ereeta vel pedicelli curvatura inclinata, vetusta saepius nutans el urceo- 
lata ovali-oblonga infra orificium parum contracta dein subcylindrica, evacuata obconica, laevis nigrescens. €o- 
lumella persistens. Opereulum convexo-conicum rostratum , rostro subulato eurvato, dimidiam capsulae longitu- 
metn 
dinem adaequans. Calyptra conico-mitriformis latere fissa sparse pilosa, pilis flexuosis e serie simplici cellularum 
construetis. Peristomium duplex, exor *e dentibus 46 aequidistantibus longis lanceolato-acuminatis erecto 
conniventibus, siccitate to-i beculatis, linea mediana longitudinali debili notatis pallidis, apice 
papilloso-muriculatis, interius e ciliis 16 dentibus alternis eosdemque longitudine aequantibus erecto-conniven- 
tibus e duplici cellularum serie compositis carinatis foraminulis angustis pertusis punetulatis, basi membrana 
plicato-earinulata conjunctis. Sporae angulatae mediocres. 
