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Pairia. Hibernia, in pabulosis; Dunsconibe’s wood
pr. Cork: J. Dr um in on d 1815 detexit, ad O’Sullivan’s
Cascade et Turk Waterfall pr. Killarney: W. II. H a r v
e y .
Flos masc. siibturgide gemmaceiis; fol. perig. peri-
cbaetialibus similia; antberidia turgida brevia, parapbysi-
bus brevissimis cincta. Ex babitu Picrygoplii/llo lucenii
similis ; quoad patriam memorabilis.
2. H. u tv a lis C. Miill.; dioica? II. Jacte-v ire n ti simillima,
latiuscule complanata, pallide viridis v. rufescens,
parce divisa; folia integerrima, e eelluUs nbupie pellucidis
inanibus irregularibus reticulata; perich. varie complicata,
veluti undulata, caulinis similia, interna angustissime
lanceolata longissime acuminata marginata enervia;
theca, pedunculus et peristomium II. laete -viren tis.
Patria. \e n e z u e la , prov. Merida, in montibus nivo-
sis inter Ilgpopterygium nivale: Mor i t z .
Species pulcherrima.
b. Angus te complanatae.
3. II. m a r g in a ta Hook, et Wils. (Lond. Journ. of
bot. 1844. p. 160.); fastigiatim ramosa, ramis brevibus
parum et anguste complanatis rufescentibus; folia laxiuscule
conferta, sicca erecta vix crispata, e basi latissime
truncata ovato-acuminata, in acumen ìongiusculum
valde limbatum pro d u c ía , limbo ubi(¡ue distinctissimo
composito apice denticulato, nervis longis fuscatis ante
apicem abruptis tenuibus, cellulis ubique laxis, basi majoribus,
irregularibus rigidis hyalinis pallide fuscatis ; theca
ovata cernua, opere, rostrato, calyptra laevi pallida carnosa.
Patria. Brasilia: Ga r d n e r No. 87.
Ab II. Olfersiana caracteribus cursive impressis distat;
sterilem tantum vidimus.
4. H. O lf e r s ia n a Hsch. (Fl. Bras. I. p. 61. t. 3.) ;
monoica; anguste complanata tenella parvula dilute viridis;
folia caulina laxiuscule conferta, c basi angustiore
taiiuscule ovaia, sensim et latiuscule acuminata, basi caviuscula,
limbo tenuissimo e cellularum serie unica fo r mato
integerrimo, cellulis ubique amplis pachydermibus
inanibus irregularibus hyalinis, nervis ultra medium productis
tenuibus; perieli, lanceolata longissime acuminata
enervia; tbeca in ped. longiusculo glabro minute obovata
horizontalis, operculo pallidiori recte subulato, calyptra
basi multifida, apice scabra; perist. II. sublimbatac. f .
Patria. Brasilia, Tijuca in vicinia Sebastianopoleos:
0 1 f e r s.
Fol. perig. ext. late ovata acumiuata, interiora sursum
latiora breviora ovata acuta, intima minutissima rotundato
- ovata, omnia profuiule concava enervia densius
reticulata. Calyptra, in contcxtu glabra dieta, in tabula
scabra delineata est. II. albicanti quoad staturam similis.
5 . H. c u sp id a ta C. aiiill.; monoica; II. Olfersianae
simillima, sed folia subiiomomalla, e basi late truncata
ovata sensim longissime et tenuissime acuminata integerrima
V. obsolete denticulata, limbo indistincto, nervis tenuibus,
cellulis elongate prosenchymaticis rhomboidalibus
magnis la x is subinunibus; perich. interiora angustissime
lanceolata longissime acuminata enervia; theca in ped.
longiusculo ascendente glabro horizontalis obovata; perist.
II. sublimbutae.
Patria. Venezuela: Mor i t z .
Folia ramulorum juniorum saepe subenervia. Flos
masc. minutus quadrifolius, fol. perig. omnibus longiuscule
angusie lanceolato - a cuminatis, anth. paucissimis parvulis.
6. II. a lh ic a iis Hook. (Muse. Brit. 1818. p. 90.);
tnonoica? anguste complanata pallida tenella; folia caulina
e basi angustà anguste oblonga late et sensim acuminata,
r ig id a , aequaliter concava, limbo ubique tenuissimo albido
subincrassato superne ungulate flexuoso, igitur brevissime
nodiformi-denticulato, cellulis ubique laxissimis,
maxime pellucidis, magnis aequalibus, itianibus, rigidis,
haud fucile madore emollientibus, longiuscule rhomboida-
liter prosenchymaticis, parietibus albidis, neiwis ultra me