1966] 



LEAFY HEPATICAE OF LATIN AMERICA — PART II 



191 



8. Lepidozia caespitosa Spruce, Trans. Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinb. 15: 362. 

 1885. 



Lepidozia obcuneata Stephani, Spec. Hep. 6 : 336. 1922; Icon. Hep., Lepidozia No. 73. 

 Lepidozia subtilis Stephani, Spec. Hep. 6: 342. 1922; Icon. Hep., Lepidozia No. 34. 



Plants very slender, small, in yellowish, dark green or brownish mats, or 

 scattered among other bryophytes; stems to 6 cm or more long, with leaves 

 0.64-0.8 mm wide, distantly pinnate to bipinnate, the branches often becoming 

 attenuate flagelliform in the outer part, ventral flagelliform branches occasional. 

 Rhizoids from the scales of the flagelliform branches. Line of leaf insertion 

 oblique. Stem leaves distant to imbricate, apprcssed when dry, spreading when 

 moist, cuneate, the dorsal base curved, quadrifid to one-half of their length; 

 segments spreading, narrow, unequal, triangular from a 4- 6-celled base and 

 ending in a 2- 3-cclled tip; leaf-cells rectangular, averaging 27x18 fi, the walls 

 thickened, the lumina rounded, the cuticle verruculose. Underleaves little broader 

 than the stem, squarrose-spreading, quadrifid to two-thirds of their length, the 

 triangular segments two cells broad at the base, the uniseriate tip of two to 

 four cells, the lamina often with a marginal tooth near the base. Sexual branches 

 and sporophytes not seen. PI. 41. Fig. 8, a, b. 



Habitat: On soil, rock faces, and trunks of trees. 



GUATEMALA: El Progreso: near Volcan Santa Louisa. Sleyermark 43527 p.p. (F). 



HONDURAS: near El Achote, Yuncker 6615 p.p. (DPU) ; Morazan, 1600-1800 m, 

 Standley 8023 p.p. (F). 



SALVADOR: above Hacienda Los Pianos, Carlson 961b (Hb Carlson). 



COSTA RICA: Cerro Central de Zurqui, Dodge 6074 p.p. (?) (NY); s.l., Endres, 

 ex Hb Kew (G-144). 



COLOMBIA: Cauca: Macizo Colombiano, 3200-3510 m, Bischler 889 p.p., 891 p.p. 

 (COL); Meta: Cordillera La Macarena, 1700 m. Schultes 11215 (FH) ; Pico Renjifo. Cano 

 Tiranas, 1700 in, Schidtes 11215 (FH) ; Huila-Cauca : Macizo Colombiano, Paramo de Las 

 Papas, 3200-3510 m, Bischler 889 p.p., 891 p.p. (COL); Norte de Santander: Alto de 

 Santa Ines 2150-2250 m, Cuatrecasas, Schultes & Smith 12448K (US). 



VENEZUELA: Anzoatequi: Cerro Peonia, 2350 m, Sleyermark 61684 p.p. (F) ; Estado 

 Bolivar: Ptari-tepui, 2110 m, Sleyermark 59872 p.p., 59874 p.p., 59878 p.p. (F) ; Auyan-tepiu, 

 Rio Chimin, 1690 m, Steyermark 93301 p.p., 93313 p.p., 93332 (VEN) ; Carabobo: La Entrada, 

 L. Williams 11039 (F) ; Caracas, Pico de El Avila, 2000 m. Alston 5566, 5566 A p.p. (BM) ; 

 Las Flores, 1700 m, Fuljord & Steyermark (Hb Fulford) 1043, 1051 p.p., 1062 p.p., 1072 p.p.; 

 Merida: La Gonzales, 1220-1820 m, Steyermark 56232 (F) ; Sucre: Cerro Turumiquire, 

 2500 m, Steyermark 62603, 62604a p.p. (F) ; Estado Aragua: e of Colonia Tovar, 2000 m, 

 Steyermark 91605 p.p. (VEN). 



ECUADOR: Andes Quitenses: Tungurahua, 2500 ft, Spruce (type MANCH-K 1485; 

 isotype G), same locality, Spruce [in packet labeled L. serpens] (G) ; Azuay: s of El Pan. 

 2650-3290 m, Steyermark 53364 V P- (F). 



PERU: Azangaro, Lechler, the type of L. obcuneata (G-143) ; s.l., Weddcll, Hb 

 Montagne (PC). 



BOLIVIA : Ri'o Tocorani, Herzog 4502, the type of L. subtilis (G) . 



Plate 41 



Fig. 7. Lepidozia squarrosa. 7 a. Stem, ventral view, X 57. 7 b. Stem leaf, X 57- 

 Fig. 8. L. caespitosa. 8 a. Stem, ventral view, X45; F, branch of the Frullania type 

 8 b. Leaf, X 57. 



Fig. 9. L. Undigiana. 9 a. Stem leaves, X 57. 9 b. Underleaf, X 57. 

 Fig. 10. L. jamaicensis. 10 a. Stem, ventral view, X 45. 10 b. Stem leaf, X 57. 

 Fig. 11. L. brasiliensis. 11a. Stem, ventral view, X 45. lib. Stem leaf, X 57. 

 Fig. 12. L. coilophylla. 12 a. Stem, ventral view, X 33. 12 b. Stem leaf, X 45 12 c Branch 

 leaf, X 45. 



Fig. 13. L. cupressina. 13 a. Stem, ventral view, X 66. 13 b. Stem leaf, X 45. 13 c. Portion 

 of the perianth mouth, X 335. 



Fig. 14. L. pseud ocupressina. 14 a. Portion of the perianth mouth, X 335. 

 Drawings after J. Taylor, 1960. 



