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2 — 3 piiHiatiKS, ramis dense approximaiis complanalis 1e-
neris sordido viridibus a ltemiatis ; folia caulina dislicba-
cea oblonga angusta breviter acuminata, apice serrulata,
margine erecto, nervo tenni ad medium evanido, cellulis
ellipticis submollibus A'iridibus, alaribus a’Ìx ullis; perieli.
A'ao'inaiitia elonaate acuminata reflexa subdenticulata ener-
)'ia, cellulis elongatis laxinscnlìs viridibus, parietibus in terrupt
is ; (beca in ped. elongato ílexuoso purpureo laevi
suberecta ovata, opere, longe subulato recto; perist. d.
ext. longissimi late lanceolato-a cumina ti dense trab e cu lati,
int. aequilongi lati carinati hiantes flaA’idi, ciliis I — 2
interpositis.
Climacium Porotr ichum longiros t rum lìrid. II. p. 275. — Nec-
c era lounirostr is Hook. AIii.sc. Exot. t. 1. — H;i¡mvm e x p amum
Tavl. I.oiid. Journ. ot l)Ot. 184G. p. 64. tide W ilson i line pertiuet.
Patria. In jugis Aiuiinm ; H um b o l d t ct R o n p 1 an d ;
ili monte Picliincha pr. Quito: W. J am e s o n 1827.
1). Fo l ia ttìiinervia,
a. T h e c a erecta.
2. H. a c icu la t i i in C. Aliill. ; caulis 6 — 8 -u n c ia lis
prociiinbens eìongatus pin n a tu s , pinnis remotiusculis pa-
tentibiis, apice llaccidis subnncialibus; folia caniina laxa
e r e c to -p a te n t ia lanceolata longius acuminata serrulata,
mediotcmis uninèrvia, Aaginantia, ramea pe rangns ta ; p e -
ricbaetia ad caulcin principem ag g reg a ta , pedunculis brevibus
scabris duplo longioribus, tlicca suberecta ovata,
rostrate operculata; perist. int. d. perforati, ciliis singulis
interpositis. j .
Leskea ac icu la ta Tayl. Lond. Jouru. o f liot. 1847. p. 3.39.
Patria. Prope Quito Andium: W. J a m e son, N oal
1846.
llgpopterygio affinis appellatur, sed folia stipulaeformia
auctor non descripsit.
3. H. u i a c ro th e c a C. Aliill.; dioicum; caulis primarius
repens tomentosus, secundarius erectus jam e basi
fere foliosus, ramis simplicibus vel subdivisis, mox dendroideis,
mo.x elongatis subpinnatim dispositis depressis;
folia ramulina laxe imbricata sp a r sa , dorsalia appressa,
lateralia distantia, ncque tamen regular! modo imbricata
vel quadrifariam disposita, e basi ovata oblonga acuta
breA'ia, concava, sordide A'iridia, argute dentata, neiwo
ante apicem abriipto valido A'iridi, cellulis ubique grosse
o blongo- rotunda tis ; perich. multo angustiora et longiuscule
OA'ato-acuminata, nervosa ; theca in ped. mediocri laevi
rubro recta cylindrica longiuscula aequalis; perist. robustum;
columella exserta. f .
Ne cke ra mac ro ca rp a llrid. II. p. 233. — Sclnv. Suppl. 111. II.
1. t. 267.
Patria. Nepal.
Ab IL fasciculato proximo notis datis diifert.
4. H . flalbellatum Dicks, (in Hb. Linn. jun.); caulis
secundarius grandis erectus inferne simplex, foliis arete
vestitus, superne sparse ramosus subpinnatus, ramis complanatis;
folia duplicato-disticha patentia elliptica obliqua
complanata, sub apicem serrulata, nervo diinidiato, luteo-
virescentia pallida nitida; perich. lineari-lanceolala; theca
in ped. perbrevi rubro superne fiavido erecta ovata ferruginea.
j .
Le sk ea Omalia f labellata Brid. II. p. 325. — Hooke r ia flabellata
Sm. iu Trans, o f Linn. Soc. IX . p. 280. t. 23. f. 2.
P a tria, India Orientalis.
5. H. s u p e rh um C. Aliill. ; caulis dendroideus erectus,
basi simplex, sursum fasciculatim ramosus, ramis
subpinnatis complanatis attenuatis; folia laxe imbricata
subpatentia concava, late oblonga subacuta, apice denti-
culata, mediotenus uninerA'ia, substriata; perichaetia in
caulis pagina inferiore, foliis viridissimis; theca in ped.
elongato erecta ovata, annulata, operculo longius rostrato ;
perist. d. ext. elongati angusti trabeculati, int. perforati
in membrana brevi positi, ciliis 2 — 3 capillaribus brevissimis
interpositis. f .
Leskea superba Tayl. Lond. Journ. of bot. 1846. p. 61 et cnm
ic. W ils . 1. c. p. 452. t. 16.
C. M i i l l e v ; Synops. muse, f rond. 1«^