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12. US. Mo r i tz i l Hmp. (Linn. XX. p. 91.); dioica;
caulis repens, divisiones elongatae, dense pinnatim ra-
mosae, late complanatae; rami pins minus elongati ite-
rum p in n u ta ti, splendentcs rugifolii, apice gemmaceo-
incrassati; folia caulina laxe conferta e r e c to - patentia,
parum rugosa, c basi asymmetrica late ovato-acuminata
integerrima, caviuscula, margine erecto, nervo unico tenui
fuscescente ad medium evanido, cellulis anguste linearibus
elongatis parietibus interrupiis p ra ed itis, viridibus,
basilarlbus badiis, alaribus laxiuscalis badiis; perieli.
elongate late lanceolato - acuminata stricta pallida,
basi laxius reticulata, interna magis vaginantia, longi-
iicrvia; Iheca immersa turgide ovalis, exannulata, opere,
conico rostrato obliquiusculo, calyptra laevi fusca pachy-
dermi; perist. d. ext. angusti elongati pallidi laeves fr a giles
remote articulati irregulariter in te r sese anastomosantes,
flexuosi ungulati, interni similes, sed tenerrime
membranacei fugacissimi hyalini.
Patria. Venezuela, Colonia Tovar Germanica, alt.
5500 pedum: Alor i tz.
N . acutifoliac simillima et peristomio Prionodonti
denso affinis.
13. ar. a c u t i fo l i a Brid. (II. p. 757. sub D is ti-
ehia.')-, N . M o r itz ii simillima e foliis cum hacce specie
omnino convenit, fructu autem adhuc ignoto certe di-
stabit.
Patria. Insula Bourbonis: D e s v a u x in Hb. Bride-
liaiio.
14. ar. M e n * ie s ìi Hook, (in Drumm. Muse. Americ.
No. 162.) ; caulis anguste complanatus elatiusculus amoene
lutescens, ramulis tenuissimis attenuatis patentibus bre-
\'ibus simplicibus pinnatus ; folia caulina e basi haud uu~
riculata symmetrico-ligulato-oblonga, obiusate acumin
ata, perfecte concava, margine in fern e anguste revoluto,
apice minute deniiculato, nervo unico tenui longiusculo,
superne saepe furcato.
Patria. America scptentrionalis, Rocky-Mountain.s,
ad rnpes, sed sterilis: Dr ummo n d .
V'cstigiis indicatis a N . pennata longe recedit.
I). Fo l ia binervia.
a . F o l ia obtusa.
15. N. l i c p i i i c a n a 3Iont. (Ann. d. se. nat. 1848. X.
p. 107.); dioica? Pilotricho undulato similiima, sed folia
nervis binis brevibus inaeipiidibus instructa; perich. in terna
perfecte late convoluta, paraphyses filiformes tubulosas
paucas includentia ; theca oblUpie rostrata, calyptra
dimidiaia obtecta; perist. d. ext. longe lanceolato-subulati
remolo trabeculati, linea longitudinali exarati, rugulosi
albidi, ini. aequilongi amoene p e rforati albidi rugulosi,
remote articulati.
Ne ck e ra undulata Mont. Noy . Pôle Smi, Crypt. p. 318. p. -parte.
Patria. Taiti, ad truiicos arborum decumbentem legit
L e pine.
16. ar. oM u s i fo l ia Tayl. (Lond. Journ. of bot. 1848.
p. 193.); dioica? caulis prostratus longissimus pinnatus,
pinnis patentibus complanatis Jlallidc luteo-viridibus; folia
disticbacea imbricata erecto-patentia concava oblongo-
acinaciformia obtusa, margine basi incurva, integerrima,
summo apice incurvo, brevissime apiculato, enervia (?),
siccitate subplicata; perichaetia subiiomomalla, foliis ext.
minutis, iiit. concavis acuminatis ; theca erecta ovata immersa,
operculo inclinate rostrato; perist. d. int. capillares
et plerumque brevissimi in membrana brevi positi, -j-.
Patria. 31onte Pichincha Andium Quitensium: W.
J am e s o n 1827.
N . distichae similiima, sed latius complanata, foliis
minus obtusis apiculatis enervibus et theca subemersa
distat. Folia obsolete binervia putamus.
17. N. in t e rm e d i a Brid. (Mant. Muse, p. 137.); a
N . pennata foliis obtuse rotnndatis diifert.
Bal tonia intermedia A n i. Di.sp. p. 54. — Ne ck e ra Dis t ichia
intermedia Brid. II. p. 241.
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