930 



744. Plagiochila azuayensis Spruce. Hep. Amaz. el Andina; 



Dioica, major, grandifolia, flaccida, pallide-olivacea, corticola. Caulis ad 

 10 cm. longus, validissimus, fuscus, tenax, pauciramosus, ramis longis 

 divergenlibus sub flore geminatim innovatis. Folia caulina 4 mm. longa, 

 imbricala, apicibus liberis, subrecle patula, plano-disticha, postice valde 

 ampliata, caulem superantia vel Iale replicata, utrinque vix decurrentia, 

 in plano late trigona i. e. basi amplissima, apice 3-pIo angustiora, margine 

 antico substricto nudo sub apice remote tridentato, poslico e basi semi- 

 circulari slriclo nudo vel sub apice paucidentato, apice ipso rolundato 

 quinquedentato, denlibus ubique parvis validis acutis subsequimagnis 

 recte palulis. Folia ramulina simillima, parum minora. Cellulae apicales 

 45 tj. Irigonis maximis angulatim nodulosis, basales 36 X 76 u. trigonis 

 magnis nodulosis. Folia flor. caulinis parum majora vix validius dentata. 

 Perianthia maxima late obconica, ore rotundato regulariter spinuloso. 



Hab. Andes qnitenses (Jameson, Spruce) Ecuador (P. C. Lehmann). 



745. P. fusco-lutea Tayl. J. of Bot. 1846, p. 263. 

 Syn. : P. gymnostoma Jack et Sleph. Hedwigia 1892 p. 25. 



Dioica magna robusla rigida fusco-lutea profunde caaspitosa. Caulis ad 

 15 cm. longus pro planta tenuis, fuscus et tenax parum longeque ramosus. 

 Folia caulina 4 mm. longa conferta apicibus liberis oblique patula angulo 

 68° postice ampliata alteque cristata ceterum plano-disticha antice longe 

 decurrentia, postice brevissime inserta, in plano late triangularia, apice 

 quam basis quadruplo angustiore, margine anlico striclo, poslico e basi 

 semicirculari leniter arcuato, apice obtusalo vel truncalo-bidentulo vel 

 retuso. ceterum omnino integerrima. Folia ramulina valde aberrantia, 

 minora, apice obtusalo integerrimo, postice multo minusampliala superne 

 ovata remota. Cellulx apicales 27 ^ trigonis magnis angulatis, basales 

 27 X 72 ;x trigonis maximis ovali-nodulosis. Folia floralia caulinis 

 similia. majora inlegerrima. Perianthia maxima cupulato-campaniilala, 

 ore compresso lale truncato integerrimo. Androecia in planla simpuci 

 multniiHs graciliore et parvifolia, spicis numerosis seriatis vel lerminali- 

 bus atque ex ipsa basi geminatis vel pluriramosis longissimis (ad 4 cm.) 

 bracteis 12-jugis confertis apice breviler recurvis oblusatis integerrimis. 



Hab. Peruvia (Jameson, Spruce) Nova Granada (Wallis). 



746. P. axillaris Jack et St. Hedwigia 1892. 



Syn. : P. Notarisii Milt. in Spruce Hep. Amaz. et And. 1885 p. 477. 

 (non Lehmann). 



Dioica major grandifolia flaccida, pallide-olivacea. rupicola. Caulis ad 

 580 



