388 bulletin de l'herbier boissier (2™ ser.). 1906 Gongylanthus. 



7. Gongylanthus Liebmannianus (L. el G.) St. 



Syn. : Gymnanthe Liebmanniana L. et G. Syn. Hep. p. 712. 



Lindigia Liebmanniana G. Hep. Mex. p. 216. 



Lindigina Liebmanniana G. Ann. sc. nat. 1864, p. 138. 

 Dioicus minor pallide olivaceus vel brunneolus tener, dense gregaria 

 crescens. Caulis ad 10 mm. longus simplex sub flore geminalim innovatus 

 crassus radicellis longis fasciculatis repens. Folia canlina ovato-rotundata 

 integerrima oblique inserta antice breviler coalila vel contigua postice 

 libera concava erecto-conniventia. Cellulae apicales 36 X 45 ^ basales 

 27 X 54 \l trigonis majusculis basi nullis. Cuticula laevis. Folia floralia 

 plurijuga caulinis majora, intima ovalo-oblonga margine angulata hic 

 illic denle vel lacinula angusta armala apice obtusata ssepe incurva vel 

 crispatula. Squamae florales inlimaj parvae pistilla arcle cingentes ereclae 

 cellulis digitiformibus crenatse vel dentata3. Marsupia ad 3 mm. longa 

 oblique sub caule descendenlia, late cylindrica radicellifera, intus cellulis 

 magnis cylindricis liberis inducla; pistilla numerosa in fundo sacculi, 

 involucello nullo. Andrcecia ignota. 



Hab. Mexico (Liebman); Brasilia in Serra Ilaliaja (Ule). 



8. G. Pringlei (Underwood) St. 



Syn. : Calypogeia Pringlei Und. Hepat. Exsicc. 



Dioicus mediocris robustus intense viridis vel olivaceus, gregarie 

 crescens. Caulis ad 15 mm. longus crassus radicellis purpnreis villosus 

 simplex sub flore simpliciter innovatus. Folia caulina conferta et confer- 

 tissima plano-dislicha antice breviter coalita ambilu ovata vel ovato- 

 subtrigona integerrima. Cellulae apicales 27 u. basales 36 X 45 p trigonis 

 magnis acutis basi nodulosis. Cuticula lasvis. Folia floralia caulinis valde 

 majora erecto-conniventia ceterum similia. Squamae florales intimse 

 cupulatim conniventes apice irregulariter selulosae. Marsupia 2 mm. 

 longa angusle cylindrica radicellifera. Calyplra in fundo sacculi tenera 

 pistillis sterilibus obsita involucellum setaB longum irregulariter multi- 

 fidum et piliferum includens. Capsula submalura cylindrica. Androecia 

 mediana parva, bracteis paucijugis inflatis apice breviter recurvis, dian- 

 dris. Antheridia parva spheerica breviter pedicellata. 



Hab. Mexico Michoacan (Pringle). 



9. G. Mulleri (G.) St. 



Syn. : Lindigia Miilleri G. Hep. Mexic, p. 217. 



Dioicus minor fragilis tener glauco-virens nitidus, in solo humoso 

 gregarius. Caulis ad 15 mm. longus pallidus carnosus et validus dense 

 longeque radicellosus, simplex sub flore simpliciter innovatus. Folia 

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