— 177 — 
86 
Fig. 86. Metzgeria arborescens St 
Fia;. 87. Metzgeria attenuata St 
27. Metzgeria arborescens St. n. sp. (Fig. 86). 
Dioica magna l'laccida, subhyalina, in 
(îortice dense intricata, late depresso-caespitans. 
F r 0 n s ad 6 cm longa, irregulariter breviter- 
que bipinnata; ramis primariis 10 — 12 mm 
longis, oblique patulis, pinnulis brcvibus, varie 
distributis. Costa in trunco primario valida, 
in ramis et ramulis gradatim angustior. C e 1- 
1 u 1 a e alarum ad costam 27/72 i^, mediae 
27/45 [K, marginales 14/54 ^jl. Calyptra 
olavata, apice dense longeque setosa. Reliqua 
desunt. 
Incacorral 2200 ni, No. 5047, 4952; 
Cerros de Malaga 3300 m. No. 4389 ; 
Coranital, No. 5062, 4690. 
28. Metzgeria attenuata St. n. sp. (Fig. 87). 
Sterilis, exigua, subhyalina, in foliis 
arborum repens. F r o n s ad 6 mm longa, 
irregulariter breviterque furcata, ramis an- 
gustioribus, apice saepe attenuatis, e margino 
frondis simpliciter setosa, setulis saepe radican- 
Libus ; Costa nuda; cellulae costae corti- 
cales utrinque biacriatae. Cellulae alarum 36/36 [j., ad costam partim longiores. 
Incacorral 2200 m. No. 5048. 
29. Metzgeria boliviana St. n. sp. (Fig. 88). 
Dioica, magna, intense viridis, rigidula, in cortice dense depresso-caespi- 
tans maximeque intricata. F r o n s ad 6 cm longa, 2 mm lata, irregulariter 
longeque bipinnata. Costa tenuis, in sectione transversa late elliptica, antice 
et postice 4 cellulis angustis tecta, postice sparsim breviterque pilosa. A 1 a e 
planae vel leviter concavae, postice sparsim breviterque pilosae, marginihus 
dense minuteque setulosis, setulis geminatim opj)ositis. Cellulae frondis 
marginales angustae, 27/36 jjl, submarginales 
36/36 [JL, ad costam 36/72 [x trigonis nuUis. 
Altamachi 3400 m. No. 3860; Sillar 
1600 m, Lacuä Tunari 4400 m. 
No. 4788. 
30. Metzgeria fruticola Spruce. 
Rio Tocorani, No. 4105. 
31. Metzgeria gigantea St. n. sp. (Fig. 89 a). 
Sterilis, longissima, gracilis, pallide 
virens, in cortice repens lateque expansa. 
Fron s ad 10 cm longa, simplex vel pauci- 
ramosa. Costa valida, subteres, in sectione 
transversa cellulis corticalibus numerosis in- 
aequalibus tecta. C e 1 1 u 1 â e costae anticae 
sexseriatae, posticae 10-seriatae denseque setu- 
losae. A 1 a e valde decurvae, subinvolutae, 
Blbliotheca botanica. Heft 87. 
0. sp. 
n. .sp. 
87 
a Habitus 5 
o Habitus 5: 
Fi«. 
Metzgeria boliviana St. n. sp. a Habitus 1:1: b Sect 
transv. 120: 1; c Sect, transv. 40: 1. 
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