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Lepidozia karstenii v. hamulispina Herzog, Hedwigia 74: 93. 1934. Troll, 

 Bolivia. 



Lepidozia pallida Stephani, Spec. Hep. 3: 604. 1909. Dusen, Patagonia. No 



plants of Lepidozia in the type packet. 

 Lepidozia rufescens Stephani 6: 340. 1922; Icon. Hep., Lepidozia No. 31. 



Herzog, Bolivia. 



Lepidozia serpeyis Spruce, Trans. Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinb. 15: 364. 1885. Spruce, 



Ecuador. [The material does not agree with the description.] 

 Lepidozia sprucei Stephani. Icon. Hep., Lepidozia No. 80. Nomen nudum. 

 Lepidozia tunguraguae Stephani, Spec. Hep. 6: 345. 1922. Lindig, Columbia. 

 Lepidozia truncatella var. altirimata Spruce, Mem. Torrey Club 1 : 30. 1890. 

 Lepidozia urbani Stephani, Icon. Hep., Lepidozia No. 85/86. Nomen nudum. 

 The remainder of the Latin American species of Lepidozia have been trans- 

 ferred to other genera. 



References 



Hodgson, E. Amy. 1956. New Zealand Hepaticae (Liverworts) — IX. A review of the 

 New Zealand species of the genus Lepidozia. Trans. Roy. Soc. N. Zeal. 83 : 586-620. /. 1, 2. 



Lindenberg, J. B. G. & Gottsche, C. M. 1846. Species Hepaticarum. Fasc. VI. pp. 1-78. 

 pi. 1-12. 



Spruce, R. 1884-85. Hepaticae Amazonicae et Andinae. Trans. Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinb. 15: 



i-xi ; 1-588. pi. 1-22. 

 Stephani, F. 1909. Species Hepaticarum. Lepidozia. 3 : 551-633. Geneva. 

 . 1922. Species Hepaticarum. Lepidozia. 6 : 319-436. Geneva. 



. Icones Hepaticarum. Lepidozia Nos. /-[unpublished drawings made by Stephani]. 



Taylor, Jane. 1960. The genus Lepidozia in Latin America: A taxonomic monograph. 

 Library of Congress microcard no. Jane Taylor. Mic. 60-3301. 



Sprucella Stephani, Bot. Jahr. 8: 92. 1887. 



Plants of medium size, loosely branched; lateral branches leafy, sometimes 

 becoming flagelliform in the outer part, of the Fridlania type with the dorsal 

 half-leaf ovate, the ventral branches axillary intercalary, leafy or flagelliform, 

 or shorter, sexual; stem in transverse section with a unistratose cortical layer 

 of 18-26 cells, with some cells larger than those of the medulla. Rhizoids in 

 matted tufts from near the base of the underleaves, and from the base of a female 

 inflorescence. Line of leaf insertion oblique, almost longitudinal, the leaves 

 incubous. Leaves appearing decurrent, small, subquadrate to rectangular, the 

 ventral margin the longer, tridentate with broadly triangular teeth. Underleaves 

 subrectangular to cuneate, quadrifid to the middle. Branch leaves mostly bifid, 

 long, narrow. Plants dioicous; sexual branches ventral, axillary, intercalary. 

 Male bracts and bracteoles in to 20 or more series, the bracts concave, mon- 

 androus; antheridia globose, the stalk of one row of cells. Female inflorescence 

 without innovations, the bracts and bracteoles similar, different from the leaves, 

 in three or four series, the inner series quadrifid to four-fifths of their length 

 into long narrowly triangular segments. Perianth fusiform, trigonous above, of 

 three layers of cells below, the mouth contracted, ciliate. In transverse section the 

 seta with an outer layer of eight large cells surrounding smaller cells. 



Type species: Lepidozia succida Mitten, 1860. 



The genus with two species is known only from Africa. 



Reference: Fulford & J. Taylor, 1959a. 



