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62. PIrea Warîae Card. (sp. nov.). — Caulis primarius 
repens, tenuis, filiformis, radicosus, secundarius 
ereclus, dendroideus, rubellus, 2-4 cent, longus, 
inferne simplex, folds squamiformibus appressis, 
arete imbricatis obtectus, superne in frondem 
oblongam lutescenli-viridem, pinnatam et bipin- 
natam divisus, ramis confertis, distiche patenlibiis 
aut subbomomallis, obtusis vel vix attenuatis. 
Folia caulina inferiora (in parte stipitiformi) 
squamaeformia, undique appressa, arete imbri- 
cata, ovata,subilocuspidata, integerrima, enervia; 
folia caulina superiora subdisticha, erecto-patentia, 
e basi cordaia ovato-lanceolata, longe acuminata, 
acuta, marginibus planis et integris, solo summo 
apice obsoletissime denticulatis, costa tenui, basi 
paululum dilatata, sub apice evanida. Cellulae 
incrassatae, pellucidae, basilares luiescentes, in 
auriculis rotundatis parvae, subrotundae vel 
subquadratae, in acumineoblongo-ovatae, mediae 
oblongae, inferiores lineares, obtusae. Folia 
ramea multo minora, undique aequalia, erecto- 
imbricata, concava, ovato-lanceolata, acuta, apice 
crenulata vel subserrulata, costa sub apice desi- 
nente aut subpercurrente, cellulis inferioribus 
linearibus, mediis ovato-rotundis, seriatim dispo- 
sitis, superioribus oblongis vel subrhombeis, 
omnibus pellucidis incrassatis. Folia perichaetialia 
erecta, ovato vel oblongo-lanceolata, longe acu- 
minata, acumine saepe torto, integerrima, tenui- 
costata, auriculis brunneis excavatis praedita. 
Capsula in pedicello rubente, inferne laevi, 
superne asperulo, erecio vel arcuato-reflexo, 6-7 
