v ix conspicuis brevibus obsoletissimis, cellulis bi ex ibus
ellipticis.
Patria. Nova Hollandia. S e n d t n c r communicavit.
406. H. te n u e C. Aliill. ; dioicum ; cespites plani longe
prostrati rigidi intertexti lutescentes; caulis longe repens
tenuis llcxuosiis, ramis humilibus tenuibus in ramulos
brevissimos tenuissimos remotiiisculos varie incurvos
divisis, ascendentibus pinnatim dispositis vagc ramosissimus,
laevis; folia caulina conforta, humore ct siccitate
squarruloso-erecta, parvula, suborbiculuriu vel cordato-
subrotunda, breviter apiculata, eoneava, vix plicaia, margine
inferne reflexo, denticulato, superne serrulato, ncrvis
binis brevissimis obsoletissimis vix conspicuis, cellulis
minutis densis scariosis lutescentibus, alaribus ad alas basilares
convexas parvis, sed multo laxioribus pellucidis
quadratis teneris; pericb. appressa, e basi vaginante in
acumen subloriforme reflexum summo apice denticulatum
attenuata, enervia, ubique laxissime tenerrime pellucide
elongate rcticulata, striata vel undulata; theca in ped.
longiusculo rigido purpureo laevi erecta oblonga, opere,
convexo rostrato incurvo breviori; perist. d. ext. brcves
lutescentes frágiles obsoleti anguste lanceolati, int. rudiment
u r l i , ciliis rudimenturiis latis singulis.
Leptohamenium tenue Schw. Suppl. HI. I. 2. t. 246. C. — Pte -
r ig yn an d r vm tenne Brid. II. p. 1S7. — Pte rogonium tenue Schw.
Suppl. II. I. p. 30. t. 108! — Ne cke ra tenuis Hook. Trans, of Limi.
Soc. IX. p. 315. t. 27. f. 3.
Patria. Nepal ; Bu c h a n a n .
H. reflexo simile, sed caracteribus supra laudatis
paucis jam distinctissimum et pulcherrima species.
407. H. disc r ijiiin a tun i Alont. (in litt.); dioicum;
procumbens robustum vage ramosum, ramis crassiusculis
squarroso-turgidis, flexuosis longiusculis nitenti-lutescentibus;
folia caulina maxime squarroso - patula, e basi angustiore
latissime rotundato - ovata obtusa, brevissime acum
in a ta , caviuscula, margine crecto, superne serrulato,
nervis binis brevibus tenuibus pallidis, cellulis pallidis
incrassate angustis ellipticis, alaribus paucissimis vix ullis
minutis laxioribus pellucidis; theca in ped. longiusculo
crasso laevi aurantiaco subliorizontalis magna turgide
ovalis subcernua liiscidula, late annulata, opere, conico
obtuso; perist. robustissimum i /. mucrocarpi.
Patria. In montibus Neelgherieiisibus: P e r r o t t c t .
Ab lì. flagellari et macrocarpo proximis statura robusta
et notis cursive impressis primo visu dilTcrt.
408. M. scrrsütuííi P. B. (Prodr. p. 70.) ; caulis a rcuato
decumbens remotifolius, vago ramosus radicans, ramis
brevibus parce divisis laxifoliis pallescentibus; folia
caulina patentissima reflexiuscula, ramea pallila, omnia
anguste ovato-lanccolata, concava, margine infima basi
rellexo, ubique serrulato, nervis binis inaequalibus pallidis
tenuibus, cellulis angustissimis elongatis moìluscis ve-
luil striate areolata, pallide viridia, alaribus ad alas basilares
vix impressas vix ullis minutissime quadratis; perieli.
longiora angusta subcapillacea subserrata enervia;
tbeca in ped. subtriunciali flexuoso subcyliudrica iiiac-
qualis.
Brid. II. p. 504.
Patria. Insula Bourbonis, ad terram: Bo r y St .
Vinc ent .
Sterile tantum in Hb. Bridelii observavimus.
409. M. oxyiioma Sclnv. (Suppl. IH. II. 1. t. 259.);
monoicum,; caulis repens A'age ramosus , ramis in ramulos
brcA'es pinnatim diA'isis, lutescentibus squarrulose foliosis;
folia sp a r s a , densiuscule conferta, p a tula , cordato-ovata
parvula, superiora acuminata, denticulata, concava, A'alde
pellucida, pallide A'iridia, enervia ( ? ) , c cellulis oblongis
superne angustioribus areolata ; perich. squarrulosa, in
acumen Ìongiusculum producta ; theca in ped. mediocri
lacA’i, apice parum arcuato horizontalis oblonga, junior te res
parum inaequalis, lu t e o - fu s c a ; opere, conico recte
acuto concolori; perist. d. ext. ferruginei, int. flavi solidi,
ciliis singulis longis articulatis pallidioribus. f .
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