montibus Scoticis, Norvegiae, Sueciae, Lapponiac et fide
Ai i g s t r omi in Dania quoque occurrit. — Augusto.
Habitu JI. denticulati formas minores haud male re-
ferens, sed foliis falcatis primo adspectu distinctum et
notis laudatis facile cogiiosceiidum.
112. II. l»racliyneuroii C. Aliill. (Bot. Zeit. 1845. p.
109.); monoicum; cespitosum procumbens simillimum
vage ramosum, ramis brevibus gracilibus lutescentibus
compressiusculis ; folia caulina e re cto-patentia, elliptico-
lanceolata, acumine subrecurvo illiformi brevi terminata,
subintegerrima eoneava, margine erecto, rarius vix reflexo,
nervis brevibus subobsoletis pallid is, cellulis elongatis
angustis pallidis, basi pellucidis vel flavidis, alaribus
v ix ullis paucissimis (¡uadratis pellucidis v. flavidis;
perieli, latius vaginantia, longius acuminata; theca in ped.
longiusculo laevi teucro aurantiaco subnutans minute ovalis
brevicolla aequalis badia, exannulata, opere, brevi conico
oblique rostellato; perist. minuti d. ext. lutei, iut.
flavidi solidi aequilongi, ciliis brevioribus singulis.
H. subs implex Hook, et W ils . iu Gardn. Muse. Bras. No. 107.
Patria. Brasilia, Serra dos Orgaòs, Alartio 1837:
G a r d n e r ; insula St. Catharina ad cortic. arbor, sylvestr.
pr. flum. Itajalii, Sept. et Octbr. 1846: P a b s t .
Notis laudatis ab II. Ricliardi haud dissimili jam
longe difl'ert.
113. H. g ra c i l l imn in Hsch. (Fl. Bras. I. p. 78.);
monoicum; caulis repens gracillirnus radiculoso- tomciito-
sus rufus, iiinovationibus plerumque simplicibus, intcrdum
brevissime ramulosis, compressis, pallide viridibus; folla
disticha e re c to -p a ten t ia subsecunda, ovato - acuminata
subobliqua, integerrima, enervici, margine anguste reflexo,
cellulis ubique angustis virentibus ; perieli, intima e basi
latiore concava vaginata longissime lanceolato-subulata
subserrulata enervia subhyalina basi laxe quadrate reti-
culata, caetera integerrima; theca in ped. erecto tortili
laevi ferrugineo, apice pallidiore incrassato curvulo pen-
dula oblongo-ovata aequalis, deopercuiata obconica fusco -
brunnea, opere, ferrugineo dimidio breviori, conico acuto;
perist. d. ext. ferruginei, int.- lutei solidi, ciliis solitariis
brevioribus pallidis.
Patria. Brasilia, prov. Alinarum, locis umbrosis:
Al a r t i u s .
Ex animadv. auctoris ab // . splcndidulo valde affini
operculo conico acuto, non hemisphaerico brevissime rostellato,
distinctum. Fructum uon vidimus. Ab II. bra-
chyneuro uotis laudatis diifert.
1). Folia denticulata.
114. H. B o r r e r i am im Spruce (Alst.); dioicum; caulis
decumbens anguste complanatus, ramis distantibus
flaccidissimis, saepius in ramulos tenerrimos flageliiforines
confervoldeos sparsifoUos dissolutis, amoene viridibus;
folia caulina laxe disticha, anguste ovata, in acumen
tenue flexuosum breviusculum attenuata, profunde
complicato-concava, irregulariter plicata, margine erecto,
apice subdenticulato, nervis binis brevibus, cellulis ubique
angustissime linearibus subconflatis amoene lutescentibus,
alaribus vix conspicuis minutissimis; theca H. ele-
gantis.
H. elegans Spruce in Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist. 1849. Muse.
Pyr. No 24!
Patria. In zona montosa et subalpina Pyrenaeorum
centralium pr. Bag n è re s -d e -Big o r re , ad terram ( § ) ;
Bois de Sajust prope Bag n è re s -d e -Lu ch o n , ad rupes
graniticas (g et $): S p r u c e ; ad rupes arenaceas Angliae,
in Bridge Pa rk , Tunbridge Wells , in vicinia Ca-
s tle - I Iawa rd , in Eskdale: S p r u c e , B o r r e r , Wi l s o n ,
Al i t t e n , prope Bartry fertile legit Aliss Hu t c h i n s .
Pulclira species, notis laudatis ab omnibus congeneribus
Europaeis distincta. Theca, ab auctore accuratius
nondum descripta, nobis non visa. Cespites ob ramulos
tenerrimos saepius creberrimos Ilgpno subtili simillimi et
steriles observantur.
115. H. a l l je s c e n s Schw. (Suppl. HI. I. 2. t. 225.);
monoicum; late cespitosum interlexto-repens vago ramol
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