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other bryophytes; leafy stems 1-2 cm long, more or less radially symmetric, 

 regularly pinnately branched, the lateral branches usually short, densely leafy, 

 the half-leaf from a two-celled base, usually bifid, the ventral branches mostly 

 short and bearing a female inflorescence; stem in transverse section with a cortical 

 layer of 12 large cells surrounding the smaller cells of the medulla. Rhizoids from 

 small cells of the bases of the underleaves. Line of leaf insertion transverse. 

 Stem leaves distant, ascendent incurved, quadrate in outline, averaging 0.35 mm 

 long, quadrifid to within one cell of the base, the lamina one cell high, seven 

 or eight cells across, two cells under each segment; segments uniseriate, of four to 

 six cells, each 54-70 p. long. Stem underleaves similar, the lamina of a row of 

 six or eight cells, or of several rows of smaller cells bearing rhizoids. Branches 

 densely leafy, the leaves and underleaves often larger than those of the stem, 

 with one or two segments less. Plants dioicous (?). Female inflorescence on a 

 short or longer ventral branch or terminal on the stem or lateral branch; the 

 female bracts and bracteoles similar, in three or four series, the innermost series 

 deeply divided, laciniate with long cilia, the cells of the cilia 90-125 p. long, 

 thin-walled. Perianth (immature), fusiform, with three rounded keels above, 

 the mouth contracted, laciniate with the cilia very long, as in T. sejuncta. Male 

 inflorescence and sporophyte not seen. PI. 52. Fig. 3, a-g. 

 Habitat: On decaying logs and humus. 



VENEZUELA: Estado Bolivar: Chimanta Massif, rocks, island in Rio Tirica, 1925 m, 

 Steyermark & Wurdack 466 p.p. (NY). 



BRAZIL: Apiahy, Puiggari 653, (type G) ; Apiahy, Puiggari, 692, 792 (G) ; "s Brasil," 

 without collector, (NY); S. Paulo: Alto da Serra, Estacio Biologica, Gehrt, type of 

 L. digitisquama (Hb Herzog) ; Itatiaia Park: Aguas Negros, 2350 m, Fuljord 906 (Hb 

 Fulford); lower elevation, woods along river, Fuljord, Hatcher, Hell & Vital 715, 727, 762 

 (Hb Fulford) ; Taimbe, S. Francisco d. Paula, 900 m, Sehnen 6808 (Hb Sehnen). 



4. Telaranea blepharostoma (Stephani) Fulford, Brittonia 15: 73. /. 156- 

 167. 1963. 



Lepidozia trichophylla Angstrom ms. 



Lepidozia blepharostoma Stephani, Bihang, Sv. Vet.-akad. Handl. III. 26 6 : 23. 1900; 

 [Icon. Hep., Lepidozia No. 132, is not of this species.] 



Plants small, bristly capillaceous, yellowish to whitish green or dark green, 

 in mats or tufts ; leafy stems slender, radial, to 5-6 cm long, pinnate to bipinnate, 

 the lateral branches frequent, long, with shorter secondary branches, the half-leaf 

 subulate or bifid, the ventral branches frequent, becoming long flagelliform ; stem 

 in transverse section with a cortical row of nine or twelve large cells surrounding 

 the many smaller cells of the medulla. Line of leaf insertion transverse. Stem 

 leaves erect spreading, bristly, cuneate in outline, 0.65 mm long, 0.18 mm broad 

 at the base, quadrifid (trifid on the branches) to within one and one-half cells 

 of the base, the lamina one and one-half cells high, six or eight cells across (two 

 for each segment), the cells mostly 36x22-27 p.; segments uniseriate, five or six 

 cells long, straight and stiff, the lower cells 90-100x30-40 p., the tip cell 

 65 X 12 p.. Stem underleaves similar, the lamina two rows of cells high and with 

 usually six rows of cells and three segments. Plants dioicous. Female inflorescence 

 on a short or somewhat longer ventral intercalary branch or occasionally terminal 

 on a lateral branch, the bracts and bracteoles similar, in three or four series, ovate 

 to rectangular in outline, divided to one-third of their length into two to four 

 long-ciliate laciniae, the cells long, thin-walled. Perianth long, fusiform, con- 

 tracted above, the mouth laciniate, the terminal cilia long, simple. Male 

 inflorescence and sporophyte not seen. PI. 53. Fig. 4, a-h. 



