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9. Lepidozia lindigiana Stcphani, Spec. Hep. 3: 573. 1909; Icon. Hep., 



Lepidozia No. 69. 



Plants small, pale yellowish-green; stems pinnate, becoming bipinnate, the 

 lateral branches becoming flagelliform, ventral flagelliform branches frequent. 

 Line of leaf insertion oblique. Stem leaves distant, concave with the apices curved, 

 cuneate, the dorsal base cordate, the margins convex, usually with one or two 

 teeth, quadrifid to one-half or one-third of their length; the segments divergent, 

 unequal, triangular from a 4- to 8-celled base, the apex a uniseriate row of two 

 or three cells; leaf-cells averaging 18x18 the walls thickened, the cuticle 

 verruculose. Underleaves rectangular, squarrose spreading, quadrifid to two-thirds 

 of their length, the segments of a row of four to six cells from a 2- to 4-celled 

 base, the margins of the lamina entire or with an obscure tooth. Male and 

 female inflorescences and sporophytes not seen. PI. 41. Fig. 9, a, b. 



Habitat: Not given. 



COLOMBIA: Bogota, Lindig, the type (G); also reported by Herzog (1934). 



This species seems to be very similar to L. eaespitosa and differs primarily in 

 the presence of a few teeth on the margins of the lamina of the leaf and underleaf. 



10. Lepidozia jamaicensis Stephani, Spec. Hep. 3: 568. 1909; Icon. Hep., 



Lepidozia No. 63. 



Plants small, in dull green to brownish mats, or among other bryophytes; 

 stems to 4 cm long, with leaves to 0.8 mm wide, bipinnately branched, the lateral 

 branches 2 mm apart, becoming attenuate flagelliform in the outer part, ventral 

 branches not seen. Line of leaf insertion oblique. Stem leaves distant to imbricate, 

 cuneate with the dorsal base curved, slightly concave, averaging 0.36 mm long, 

 0.35 mm wide at the base, the margins without teeth, quadrifid to one-half of 

 their length; the segments spreading, unequal, broad-triangular from a base of 

 mostly six to eight cells, ending in an acute tip of two cells; leaf-cells quadrate to 

 rectangular, 12-18 X 18 /x at the base of a segment, the walls thickened, the trigones 

 tiny, the lumina rounded, the cuticle smooth. Underleaves as broad as the stem, 

 spreading, concave with the segments curved and parallel to the axis, quadrified 

 to one-half or more, the segments triangular from a base of three or four cells 

 and ending in a row of two or four cells. Sexual branches and sporophytes not 

 seen. PI. 41. Fig. 10, a, b. 



Habitat: On trees, and moist logs, in cloud forests. 



JAMAICA: s.l., Borgesen (type G, isotype C) ; Fairy Glade, M. Fan 787 p.p. (IJ) ; se 

 slope Mossman's Peak, 5500-6700 ft, M. Fan 721 p.p., 744, 747 (U) ; Arntully, Orcutt 3178 

 (BM; US) ; Newhaven Gap, Harris 11001 (BM). 



11. Lepidozia brasiliensis Stephani, Spec. Hep. 3: 571. 1909; Icon. Hep., 



Lepidozia No. 46. 



Lepidozia moritziana Stephani, Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. II. 23 2 : 24. 1897. (Nomen 

 nudum.); Stephani, Spec. Hep. 3: 575-576. 1909; Icon. Hep., Lepidozia No. 71. 

 Lepidozia julva Stephani, Spec. Hep. 3: 569. 1909; Icon. Hep., Lepidozia No. 58. 



Plants of small to medium size, yellow-green, fleshy, in weak tufts or 

 scattered among other bryophytes; stems to 2 cm or more long, with leaves to 

 0.6 mm wide, regularly pinnate, the lateral branches 2 mm apart, becoming 

 attenate, flagelliform, the ventral flagelliform branches occasional, long. Line of 

 leaf insertion curved around the stem, slightly oblique. Stem leaves closely 



