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36. II. paraphysale Hpe. 
Caulis gracilis, pinnatim ramosiis, ramis brevibus compressis 
(listiclie foliatus, liitescente splendens. Folia caulina squarroso- 
flexuosa, e basi late cordata triangulari breviter laiiceolato-aciiminata, 
paulisper siirsum denticulata, iiervis binis pallidis, parallelis, brevi- 
bus; celliilis alaribiis paucis, parvis, ovoideis, pelliicidis, cæteris 
dense aggregatis, angiiste parallelogrammicis, subconflatis, parce 
diapliana; ramorum folia minora, concava, ovato-lanceolata, magis 
seiTiilata, nervis brevibus, celliilis nodiilis nitentibiis interruptis, 
scabriuscula; pericliætialia e basi vaginante latiore elongata, lori- 
formiter acumiiiata, reflexa, parce dentata, enervia, cellulis parum 
longioribus, inferioribns pelliicidis, siiperioribiis subconflatis, minus 
diapbana. Seta imcialis, paraphysibiis emersis circiimdata, flavescens, 
adscendens, apice parce incrassata. Tlieca parva teretiusciila, fuscata, 
borizontalis; operciilo prominente iimbonato, conico aciiminato, siib- 
recto, flavescente; cætera niilla. 
Prope Eio de Janeiro parce siib 9301 leg. Glazioii. 
Statnra gracillima pliimnlosa et paraphysibiis exsertis primo 
visn discernendiim. 
38. II. suhdimhmtivum Gelieeb & Hpe. 
Monoicum; parviiliim, cortici adnatiim repens, ramis teretibns 
2—3"' longis, erectis, liitescentibiis. Folia caiilina caviusciila, ovato- 
lanceolata, aciiminata, integerrima, enervia, celliilis parallelogram¬ 
micis diaplianis; ramorum folia minora, concava, erecto-patentia, 
rotnndato-ovata, aciiminata, dorso miniite papillosa, tenerrime serrii- 
lata, enervia; pericliætialia longiora, concava, ovato-lanceolata, 
siibiilato-cuspidata, integerrima, cellulis laxioribus pellucida. Seta 
ramos superans, semiuncialis, erecta, apice incrassata, incurvata, 
lutescens. Theca parva, rotundato-ovata, rubra, borizontalis, vel 
nutans, peristomii dentibus extr. lanceolato-subulatis, dense trabe- 
culatis, linea verticali angusta, basi rufescentibus, apice torulosis, 
hyalinis; membrana interna lutescens, cruribus carinatis, lanceolato- 
subulatis, ciliis solitariis brevibus interjectis. Cætera desunt. 
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