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25. Lepidozia chiloensis Stephani, Spec. Hep. 6: 322. 1922; Icon. Hep., 



Lepidozia No. 144- 



Plants large, pale green, in deep, loose tufts; stems to 6 cm long, with leaves 

 to 1.5 mm broad, regularly bipinnate, the lateral branches distant, to 2 cm long, 

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

 strongly concave, to 1.5 mm long, 1.9 mm wide quadrified to one-half, the dorsal 

 base semicordate the margin often serrate, the ventral base appendiculate, both 

 margins with several large teeth and a sharp spine at the base or at least distinctly 

 dentate, segments long triangular from a 10- to 20-celled base, the apex slender 

 to acuminate; cells of the base of the segment 18-27 p.x 18 n, the walls thick, the 

 cuticle smooth. Underleaves subquadrate to broadly oval, as broad or broader 

 than the stem, quadrifid to one-third of their length, the segments to ten cells 

 wide at the base, the margins of the lamina with one to three coarse teeth. Sexual 

 branches and sporophyte not seen. PI. 44. Fig. 25, a, b. 



Habitat: On humus, and over Sphagnum mounds, in bogs. 



PATAGONIA-TIERRA del FUEGO: Chiloe I., Skottsberg (type G) ; Halt Bay, 

 Cunningham 117 p.p. (G) ; Magellan Straits, Schubert, Hb Monkemeyer 11 (G) ; bogs 190 km 

 from Punta Arenas, near Hotel Rubens, Fulford 247 , 251, 251,, 256, (Hb Fulford) ; cerea de 

 Rio Rubens, Turberra, C. A. & G. Hassel de Menendez 557 (BA 11149) ; Riesco I., Punta 

 Leon, Fulford & Hatcher 339 p.p., 373 p.p. (Hb Fulford). Laberinto I., De Gasperi, as 

 L. hastata, (FI) ; Lago Roea, C. A. & G. Missel de Menendez 798 p.p. (BA 11391); Rio 

 Azopardo, Dusen [115] (G). 



26. Lepidozia chordulifera T. Taylor, London Jour. Bot. 5: 371. 1846. 



Mastigophora chordulifera (Taylor) Trevisan, Mem. 1st. Lomb. III. 4 : 416. 1877. 

 Lepidozia hastata Stephani, Spec. Hep. 3 : 605. 1909; Icon. Hep., Lepidozia No. 56. 

 Lepidozia effusa Stephani, Sv. Vet.-akad. Handl. 46 9 : 62. /. 23, g-h. 1911. 

 Lepidozia fernandesiensis Stephani, Sv. Vet.-akad. Handl. 46 9 : 63. /. 24, e. 1911. [In 



error, the description and figures have been interchanged with those of L. disticha, 



p. 62, /. 24, a-6.] 



Lepidozia hariotii Stephani, Spec. Hep. 6: 329. 1922; Icon. Hep., Lepidozia A T o. 155. 

 Lepidozia microscopica Stephani, Spec. Hep. 6: 334. 1922; Icon. Hep., Lepidozia 

 No. 160/161. 



Lepidozia angulata, Stephani ms. Nomen nudum. 



Lepidozia (Telaranea) fernandeziensis Herzog, Revue Bryol. Lichenol. 23 : 51. 1954. 

 [in error]. 



Lepidozia truncatella auctt. p.p. [Plants from Patagonia p.p.] 



Plants of small to medium size, pale green becoming light brownish-green, in 

 loose mats or tufts; stems to 5 cm long, with leaves 0.5-0.8 mm broad, pinnate 

 to bipinnate, the lateral branches to 5 mm long, rarely becoming flagelliform, 

 often curved downward at the tip and then to 10 mm long; ventral branches not 

 seen. Line of leaf insertion oblique. Stem leaves distant to imbricate, asym- 

 metric, ovate-truncate, to 0.4 mm long, 0.3-0.4 mm wide at the base, the dorsal 

 margins strongly convex from a cordate base, with one or two conspicuous teeth 



Plate 44 



Fig. 25. Lepidozia chiloensis. 25 a. Stem, ventral view, X 45. 25 b. Stem leaf, X 57. 

 Fig. 26. L. chordulifera. 26 a. Stem, ventral view, X 65. 26 b. Leaves, X 57. 26 c. Underleaf, 

 X57. 



Fig. 27. L. cuspidata. 27 a. Stem, ventral view, X 45. 27 b. Stem leaf, X 57. 

 Fio. 28. L. fuegiensis. 28 a. Stem, ventral view, X 65. 28 b. Stem, ventral view (L. halleana), 

 X 45. 28 c. Leaves, X 57. 28 d. Underleaf, X 57. 



Fig. 29. L. laevifolia. 29 a. Stem, ventral view, X 40. 29 b. Leaves, X 57. 

 Drawings, except 26 a and 28 a, after J. Taylor, 1960. 



