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2. Prionodon pinnatus Hpe. — Caulis adscendeus, erectus, 

 basi attenuata microphyllina, superne pinnato-ramosus ; ramis 

 distichis, elongatis, aequalibus, parce ramosis vel attenuato- 

 elongatis , securiformibus. Folia caulina patentia , ramorum 

 erecto-patula, omnia dense imbricata, lseviter plicata, humida 

 squarroso-patentia, e basi paulo angustiore parce plicata, late 

 ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, apice remote sinuato-dentata, 

 nervo solido lutescente percursa, in acumine integerrimo eva- 

 nescente; cellulis lateralib us dense aggregatis angulato-rotuudis 

 hyalinis, intermediis aureis elliptico-linearibus, cseteris ellip- 

 ticis, versus apicem folii abbreviatis, in acumine laxioribus, 

 ovalibus ; tota folia flavescenti-diaphana ; theca breviseta, magis 

 exserta, oblongo-ovata, celluloso-punctata, rubra, peristomii 

 dentibus exter. flavidis, inter. cruribus albidis, caetera desunt. 



In sylv. Manzanos, 2600 m. Decemb. 1860, sub n° 2118 pauca speci- 

 mina deoperculata leg. A. Lindig. 



Prionodonti denso G. M. proximus, sed colore et structura nervi differt. 



3. Prionodon lycopodioides Hpe. — Dioicus. Caulis adscen- 

 denti-erectus, 4-5-uncialis, basi angulata micropbyllina sub- 

 nucla, superne flabellatus, distiche ramosus, ramis attenuatis 

 viridibus vel ramulis croceis brevibus obtusis adauctis, dense 

 foliatis. Folia accumbentia, humida erecto-patentia, caulina 

 plicata, in novellis parcius plicata, concava, oblongo-lanceolata, 

 acuminata, superne remote exciso-serrato-dentata, nervo lutes- 

 cente apice evanido basi margine convexo patente bisulcata, 

 cellulis marginalibus minimis subrotundis pellucidis, caeteris 

 ellipticis flavescenti-diaphanis; folia perichaetialia convoluta, 

 brevia, late ovata, obtusa, breviter cuspidata, margine subtiliter 

 crcnulata, subenervia. Theca breviseta, emersa, oblongo-ovata, 

 foveolato-punctata, rubra ; operculo conico-rostrato : calyptra 

 cucullata, apice subulata. Peristomio priorum. 



In syiv. Manzanos, 2600 m., ad truncos arbor. Decemb. 1860 leg. 

 A. Lindig. 



Pulcherrima species. primo visu Lycopodiorum œmula* 



