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GUADELOUPE: Bois de la riviere Moire, 450 700 m, Dusa 156 (NY) j s.L, Duss 1041 

 (NY) ; foret du Galion, V. # P. Allorge, Crypt. I'Empire Col. Fr. Bryo. II. 2 (Hb. Fulford.) 



DOMINICA: Laudat, Lloyd 98 (NY). 



MARTINIQUE: La Proprett, 400-700 m, Duss 267 (G). 



PERU : Monte Pingulu, 1500 m, Spruce, Repat. Sprue, (isotype NY). 

 The species has also been reported in the following: Guadeloupe (Jovet-Ast, 1947; Pagan, 

 1942; Stephani, 1904); Martinique (Stephani, 1904); and Ecuador (Spruce, 1885). 



blepharostomaceae K. Miiller, Rab. Krypt.-Fl. 6 4 : 591. 1954. 



This monogeneric family apparently does not occur in Latin America. The 

 species which in the past were assigned to the genus Blepharo stoma Dumortier, 

 are more closely related to genera in other families. The genus Blepharostoma 

 with three or four species is widespread in Europe, Asia, and North America. 



pseudolepicoleaceae Fulford & J. Taylor, Nova Hedwigia 1: 411. 1960. 



Plants erect, radial, irregularly branched, the branches both terminal, 

 (Frullania and Microlepidozia types) and axillary-intercalary. Leaves bisbifid 

 (some may be trifid or bifid) ; underleaves as large, similar. Male inflorescence 

 terminal, becoming intercalary on the branch or stem, the bracts pouched, bear- 

 ing antheridia, the bracteoles plane, like the leaves or underleaves. Female 

 inflorescence terminal on the stem or a branch, the bracts and bracteoles similar 

 to the leaves and underleaves. Perianth present, five-plicate. 



Type genus : Pseudolepicolea Fulford & J. Taylor. 



Pseudolepicolea Fulford & J. Taylor, Nova IIed\vi»ia 1: 412. 1960. 



Lrpicolea auctt. p.p. 

 Blepharostoma auctt. p.p. 



Leafy stems erect, radial, deeply pigmented with brown, irregularly branched, 

 the terminal branches both of the Frullania type, with the half -leaf at the dorsal 

 base, and more rarely, of the Microlepidozia type, with the bifid half -leaf at the 

 ventral base, the intercalary branches axillary, rare, from leaves and under- 

 leaves; stem in transverse section with a unistratose cortical layer of smaller 

 cells and a medulla of numerous, distinctly larger cells. Rhizoids dark brown, 

 infrequent, from the bases of leaves and underleaves. Line of leaf insertion 

 transverse. Leaves bisbifid (occasional leaves trifid), unistratose, the lamina 

 at the base of the sinus with a few additional enlarged, bulging superficial cells. 

 Underleaves similar to the leaves. Male inflorescence terminal, soon becoming 

 intercalary on the stem or branch, the bracts pouched, with segments shorter 

 than those of the leaves, the bracteoles plane, similar to the leaves or under- 

 leaves, the segments shorter ; antheridia in the axils of bracts. Female inflores- 

 cence terminal on a stem or branch, the bracts and bracteoles similar to the 

 leaves and underleaves. Perianth inflated, obtusely five-plicate, the mouth 

 denticulate-ciliate. Sporophyte not seen. 



Type species: Scndtncra qiiadrilaciniata Sullivant. 



This genus, with two species, is of interest because of the radial symmetry 

 of the leafy stem, and the occurrence of lateral branches of both the Frullania 

 and Microlepidozia types. The presence of branches of the Microlepidozia type 

 suggests a close relationship to the Lepidoziaceae. However, the structure of the 

 stem is different from the patterns found in that family, and the leaves are 

 bisbifid with a modified cell structure at each sinus, so that there would be little 



