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Patria. Ad truncos arbonini montis Picliincha prope
Quito; W. J a m e s o n 1845; in cacnmine m. Pisagua Andium
Quitens. ex altit. 10,000': W. J am e s o n IS27.
Ex animadv. auctoris Neckerae Trachytomuti simillima.
Th o c a incl inata.
6 . I I . gyinnopodum C. Miill. ; caulis procumbens ra-
mosns, ramis dendroideis ascendentibus basi nudis, sursum
fasciculatis, complanatis attenuatis; folia caulina laxe
imbricata e r e c to -p a te n t ia , siccitate striata, ovato-lan-
ceolala, margine basi recurva, sursum serruìata, medio-
lenus uninèrvia; perich. majora recurva; theca inclinata
anguste apopbysata ovata; perist. d. ext. lanceolati, ini.
in membrana brevi positi perforati, j .
L e s k e a g ymn o p o d a Taj'l. Lond. Journ. of hot. 1846. p. 62. —
Ad H. e x p a n s i im Tayt. (_n. P o r o t r i c h um iiob.) fide W ilso n i perti-
iierc dicitur, sed distinctum videtur.
Patria. In sylvis declivium occidentalium montis Pichincha
Andium Quitensium; W. J ame s o n .
Ab II. superbo simillimo statura minori, foliis angustioribus
acutioribus atque theca apopbysata ex animadv.
auctoris differt.
7. H. flo r id n in Tayl. (Lond. Journ. of bot. 1847. p.
3 39 . ) ; caulis 5 — 6 uncialis, basi simplex nudus, erectus,
supra bìpitmatus, ramis complanatis constanter attenuatis
o-raminicoloribus; folia caulina erecto-patentia late ovata
concava obtusiuscula acuminulata serrulata, mediotenus
uninèrvia, plicata; perich. conferta majora; theca in ped.
laevi subincliuata ovata, opere, longius rostrato; perist.
d. ext. pallidi, int. foraminosi, ciliis perbrevibus distinctis
binis interpositis. j .
Patria. Prope Quito Andium; W. J am e s o n , Nov.
1846.
Ab H. superbo praeter caracteres illustratos pedunculis
creberrimis brevioribus differt.
8. H. fa s c ic u la tn in Sw. (Prodr. Fl. Ind. Occ. p. 140.) ;
dioicum; caulis primarius repens, secundarius erectus ìongiusculus
stric tus, basi indiv isus, foliis squamaeformibus
pallidis obtectus, anguiatus, apice ramis latiuscule complanatis
fasciculatim divisis attenuatis viridissimis splen-
dentibus frond ifo rm i - dendroideus ; folia caulina perfecte
disticbacea, e basi latiore ligulato-oblonga obtusata subacuta,
summo apice erose se rra ta , planiuscula, margine
erecta, elliptice viridissime areolata, cellulis alaribus vix
ullis, nervo valido laxiuscule celluloso ante apicem dissoluto;
perich. pauca appressa, late vaginantia, interna
apice subito breviter acuminata, integerrima, obsoletinervia,
elongate grossius et laxius areolata; theca in ped.
mediocri rubro laevi arcuato subhorizontatis, e basi angusta
oblonga, opere, conico-subulato rectiusculo, calyptra
angusta pallida; perist. robusti d. ext, late lanceolati, rufescentes,
longius subulati hyalini, ad latera albida cellulosi,
int. in membr. alta flava late lanceolati valde hiante
s , ciliis 2 — 3 albidis aequilongis.
Brid. II. p. 396. — Hedw. Sp. Muse. p. 243. t. 62, sed sterile.
Patria. In montibus altissimis Jamaicae, ad radices
arborum sterile legit Swa r t z . Venezuela, Caripe; M o r
i t z 1844 fertile legit; Galipan, in lapid. humidis, elevatione
5000 pedum in prov. Caracas: F u n c k et S c h l i m ,
1845, Januar. Coll. Linden. No. 355; Tovar, alt. 5000 pedum;
A l o r i t z specimina, flagellis tenerrimis permultis
brevibus praedita, legit.
S p e c i e s i n c e r t a e s edi s .
9. H. T h i e l e a n um C. Aliill.; dioicum; caulis primarius
repens; divisiones erectae altiusculae fewerrmae, ramis
gracillimis subcompressis laxifoliis attenuatis flexuosis
simplicibus V. brevissime ramulosis lutescentibus superne
pinnatim divisae, inferne foliis squamaeformibus
minutis obtectae; folia ramulina m in u ta , e basi angustissima
sensim dilatato-ovata acuta, superne grosse serra
ta , cava, margine basi anguste revoluto, nervo dimidiate
pallido canaliculato, dorso parce dentalo, cellulis rotundis
incrassatis pallidis, alaribus paucis minutissime
quadratis obscuris ventricose impressis.