SPRUCE. — IIEPATICÆ NOVÆ AMERICANÆ TROPICÆ. CXCIX 
brevior, auguste oblonga, breviter biloba, lobis obtusatis, a basi cum 
utraque bractea allé connala. Perianthia sat alte emersa, obovato-obco- 
nica, vix compressa 5-gona, rostellata. Andrœcia amentis parvis late- 
ralibus paucijugis constantia. — Folia *0 X '5, lobulus *125, cellulœ 
foliota *15 X *15; bracteœ *5 ; perianthia *8 X ‘5 mill. 
Hab. Prope Rio Janeiro , in terra umbrosa cum L. trifaria (Glaziou, 
n° 9189). 
Lejeunea (Microlejeunea) oligoclada Spruce n. sp. 
Bioica , exigua, virescens, prostrata, pauciramea. Folia clissita vel 
subimbricata, late patentia, semicordato-ovato, obtusata rotundatave, recte 
complicata; lobulo majusculo, dimidio folio subbreviore inflato, ovoideo, 
truncato, subapiculato; cellulœ parvæ, leptodermes, marginales minores 
et subopacæ. Foliota 4-plo breviora, oblongo-rotunda, ad^ bifida, seg- 
mentis subulatis subobtusis. Flores $ rari, innovati. Bracteœ foliis 
parum diversæ, lobulo tamen angusto, piano, elongato ; bracteola ovalis, 
ad ~ acute bifida, segmentis erectis obtusis. Perianthia emersa, late piri- 
formia, subcompressa, alte 4-carinata, carina quinta (antica) humili, 
minute rostellata. Andrœcia in medio caule ramove posita; bracteœ 
pauci- (sæpe uni-) jugæ, magnæ, subglobosæ.— Folia *35 X '25, lobu¬ 
lus *15, cellulœ — ; foliola *08 ; perianthia -5 X *35 mill. 
Hab, In Brasilia australi (Glaziou n° 7425). 
Lepidozia plumæformis Spruce n. sp. 
Dioica, laxe depresso-cespitosa virens; caule bipollicari pinnato, 
frondulam lineari-lanceolatam sislente; pinnis subdistantibus, horizonta- 
libus, vel apice decurvo flagellari radicantibus. Folia patentia, subplana, 
caulina dissita, ramea subimbricata, subquadrala, basi antica gibba 
semicordata, apice 4-dentata, caulina ad j, ramea ad ~ fissa dentibus 
planis late subulatis vel semi-lanceolatis subacuminatis acutis, postico 
snbangustiore; cellulœ parvæ, superiores subæquilateræ, opacæ,inferiores 
sensim longiores et subpellucidæ, ad angulos haud incrassatæ. Foliola 
triplo fere minora, distantia, quadrata, ad medium 4-fida, dentibus subu¬ 
latis subobtusis. — Folia *8 X *55, cellulœ foliola ’3X *25 mill. 
Hab. Prope Rio Janeiro , sterilis (Glaziou n° 7135). In Boliviæ Andi- 
bus orientalibus copiose legit cl. Dr. Rusby, ait. cire. 1800 m , annis 
1884-6. — L. reptanti affinis, multo major, regulariter sed laxe pin- 
nata foliis planioribus minus profunde fissis, celluiis duplofereminoribus 
subopacis. 
