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Sectio III. U i g u l i i r i a . Caulis robustus densifolius, foliis appressis
in spiraui con to r tis, oblongo - lig u la tis, corrugatis v. laevibus.
a. Caìyptra g l a b r a , p lus minus scabra.
or. F o l i a d i s t i n c t e t o n x u a t a .
•[-. Humiles.
5. S. nitWii Sclnv. (Suppl. II. II. 1. p. 51. t. 167.);
dioica; dense pulvinata inferne tomentosa, humilis, ramis
ereclis dichotomis viridibus, infcrnc fuscis, robustiusculis;
folia caldina disiincie spiraliier iorta, oblonga, obtusiuscula,
nervo rufo excedente reflexiusculc apiculata,
perfecte incrassate rotundate, basi eJliptice, haud rhomboidaliter
areolata, superne vakle rugulosa, magis carinate
basi subventricose concava, perieli, conformia, majora
pauca, latiora, magis acuminala recte apiculata, plicata,
theca in ped. brevi parvula cylindrica angusta,
evacuata plicata, dentibus ext. et int. breviusculis, calyptra
amoene aureo-lutea valde nitida, apice v ix scabra.
Brid. I. p. 798.
Patria. Brasilia, in Serra dos Orgaos pr. Rio Janeiro
primus leg. Bey ri ch. Insula Stae. Catharinae vicina:
P a b s t .
A S . rugifoUa notis cursive impressis differt.
6. S. fusco - viridis Hsch. (Fl. Bras. I. p. 32.); dioica ;
S . nitidae similiima, sed minus torquata et magis fusca;
folia caulina breviter oblongo-ligulata, breviter et refle-
xiuscule apiculata, basi subventricose concava, superne
hand vel v ix plicata, alis convexis, cellulis rotundis minutis,
dein pachydermibus diaphanis, basi tencrioribus
subrectangularibus; perich. conformia, intima acuminata
minora angustiora haud plicata; theca in ped. brevi erecta,
juvenilis cylindrica, calyptra nitida fusco-lutea, superne
vix scabra.
Patria. Brasilia, Villa Rica in cort. arborum: Ma r t
ius.
7. S. Kegeliana C. Miill.; dioica; S . fusco-viridi
similiima, innovationibus repentibus gracillimis, obscure
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viridis; folia caulina basi uno latere, rarius guo(iue altero
, ventricoso - concava, cellulis amoene fnscis et diaphanis
pachydermibus, folia innovationum repcntium angustissime
oblonga viridissima, cellulis minute rotundis obscuris;
perich. latiora carinato - concava laevia vix undulata;
theca in ped. brevi minuta cylindrico-oblonga, sicca
subrugulosa, opere, cupulato brevi, dentibus ext. et int.
aequaliter longis, breviusculis, calyptra intense fusca,
superne scaberrima.
Ma c romi t r . Kegel ianum C. Miill. Linn. XXL p. 187.
Patria. Surinam, pr. Paramaribo, locis magis apricis,
ad trunc. arborum, ubi in scissuris bene viget: K e g
e l , Julio 1844. Rara.
Notis cursive impressis a S . fusco-v iridi refugit.
8. S. Browne i Scbw. (Suppl. II. II. 1. p. 52. t. 167.);
dioica; repens, ramis fastigiatis brevibus dichotomis, fusco
viridibus robustiusculis; vix tomentosa; folia caulina
parum spiraliter torta, oblonga obtusiuscula, acute et recte
apiculata, nervo evanido, superne profunde canaliculato,
alis convexis parum rugulosis, basi concava, haud ventricosa,
cellulis S . nitidae, sed minoribus, perich. conformia
haud rugulosa, parum latiora; theca in ped. longo
cylindraceo-oblonga, sicca plicata, opere, conico recte
subulato, calyptra intense fusca, apice vix scabra, dentibus
ext. longis angustis, int. aequalibus e membrana
longa pallida oriundis.
Brid. I. p. 799. — Ma c romi t r . Br own e i C. Miill. Dot. Zeit.
1845. p. 544.
Patria. Nova Hollandia, ubi ad Port Jackson legit
R. Brov\*n.
Notis cursive impressis a S . nitida affini differt.
9. S. fe r r a g l t te a BrM. (I. p. 743.); dioica; late depresse
et densiuscule pulvinata, repens, ramis brevibus
turgidis robustis vix ramnlosis, foliis in spiram contortis
apice acutis, luteo-fusca nitida mollis; folia caulina madore
erecto - conferta, longiuscule anguste oblongo-ligu-
lata, recte apiculata, superiora sensim magis acuminata,
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