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BRAZIL: Nova Friburgo [Rio de Janeiro], Bey rich, ex Hb Lehmann (type PC), the 

 same, ex Hb Hooker (NY), the same, ex Hb Rom (G) ; Rio de Janeiro, Glaziou 4523 (C, G), 

 4623 bis (G-5), 11738 (BR, G-9), 11738 as L. inaequijolia (G-l) ; Rio de Janeiro, Schiffner 

 816 p.p. (W) ; s.l., Vie 230, 372 (G) ; Sa. Orgaos, WeddeU, Hb Montagne (PC) ; Minas Gerias: 

 Caraca, Wainio, ex Hb Brotherus 65 (G-14) ; Caraca, Wainio (C); Serra Itatiaia, 2100 m, 

 Dusen 362 (G-ll), 3928 (G). Santos, Warming (G-29) ; S. Paulo: Alto da Serra, Hoehne 86 

 (G-3) ; Alto da Serra, Schiffner, 900 m, Crypt, exsic. Mus. Hist. Nat. Vindobonenses 4282 (BR), 

 4284 (C); Barra Mansa, Schiffner 495 p.p., 536 p.p. (W). Parana: Villa Velha, Dusen 4193 

 as f. minor (G-13) ; Apiahy, Puiggari 314 (G-4), 316 (G), Serra do Mun, Mt. Alegre, Dusen 

 3928 (G-8); Terra do Mar, Dusen (NY); Curitiba, Hb E. Levier 2999 bis (G-10). Santa 

 Catarina : Pto Uniao, Reitz & Klein 1359 (HBR). 



ECUADOR: Azuay: Gualiquiza, [Allioni], ex Hb E. Levier, the type of L. tenuicuspis 

 Steph. (G-404). 



PERU: Andes Peruviana: Guayrapurina, Spruce, Hep. Sprue., as L. tenuicula (G-401); 

 M. Campana, Spruce, Hep. Sprue, type of L. cupressina var. tenuicuspis = L. tenuicuspis 

 Sprue. (MANCH-K 1491), isotype (G-403). 



BOLIVIA: Cochabamba: Tablas, 3400 m, Herzog 2856a, the type of L. boliviensis (G) ; 

 Paradise, 4500 ft, Williams 2154 (NY). 



This species was also reported from Brazil by Herzog (1925a), Jack & Stephani (1892) 

 and Stephani (1893b). 



18. Lepidozia macrocolea Spruce, Trans. Proc. Bot. Soc. Eclinb. 15: 363. 



1885. 



Plants of medium size, olive-green to yellowish-brown, becoming deeply 

 pigmented, in loose tufts to dense mats, sometimes among other bryophytes; stems 

 to 5-7 cm or more long, with leaves about 0.6 mm wide, regularly pinnate to 

 bipinnate, the branches 2 mm apart, 0.5-1.0 cm long, often becoming flagelliform 

 at the tips, ventral branches not seen. Line of leaf insertion oblique. Stem leaves 

 subimbricate, squarrose, concave, curved upward in the outer part, subquadrate, 

 0.48-5.6 mm long, 0.56-0.8 mm broad at the base, the dorsal margin of the 

 lamina convex, semicordate, entire or with one or more spinose teeth, the ventral 

 margin shorter, often with one or two teeth, quadrifid to one-half of their 

 length; segments unequal, triangular to lanceolate from a 2- to 6-celled base and 

 ending in a 2- or 3-celled tip ; cells of the base of the segment 18-24 x 18 fi, with 

 strongly thickened walls and rounded lumina, the cuticle smooth. Underleaves 

 as broad as the stem, broader than long to quadrate, the lateral margins convex, 

 with usually one tooth, quadrifid to the middle or more, the segments narrowly 

 triangular, often two cells broad for much of their length and ending in a 

 uniseriate tip of two or three cells. Sexual branches and perianths not seen. 

 PI. 42. Fig. 18, a, b. 



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



COLOMBIA: Vaupes: Rio Kananari, Schultes, Cabrera & Bell 13375 (FH) ; Cauca: 

 Macizo Colombiano, Paramo de Las Papas, Bischler 937 (COL); Huila-Cauca: Paramo de 

 Las Papas, Bischler 769 p.p., 787, 816, 825 p.p. (COL). Cundinamarca : Venecia, Pandi, 

 Killip 639 p.p. (US); Santander: mesa de Los Santos, 1500 m. Killip & Smith 15304 (US). 



VENEZUELA: Amazonas: Cerro Duida, 1095-1520 m, Steyermark 58019 (F) ; Estado 

 Bolivar; Abacapa-tepui, Steyermark 75217 p.p. (NY); se Cerro Venamo, 1220-1275 m, 

 Steyermark & Dunsterville 92737 (VEN) ; Auyan-tepui, Rio Churi'm, 1600-1850 m, Steyermark 

 93313 p.p., 93338, 93354, 93436, 93848 (NY): above Maracay, 1600 m, Magdefrau 490 (Hb 

 Fulford). 



BRAZIL: s.l., Burchell 3571 (BM). 



ECUADOR: Andes Quitenses, Mt. Tungurahua, Spruce, Hep. Sprue, (type MAXCH, 

 isotypes BR, G-65). 



This species seems to be closely allied to the next. 



