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HYPNUM? PATENS.
Hi^mum 9 caule erecto ramoso, foliis horizontaliter
patentibus undulatis rotundatis breviter acuminatis
subintegerrimis, nervo tenuissimo fere obsoleto.
(T a b . L V I .)
H a b . In convallibus Andium Granatensium inter Almaguer et
Pasto, altitudine 1200— 1500 hexapod. Hiimloldt et Bonpland.
Caidìs digitalis vel spithamæus, erectus, flexuosus, ramosus, ramis
iterum subpinnatim divisis, ramulis brevibus, obtusis.
Folia dense undique inserta, horizontaliter patentia, sub-
squarrosa, mollia, pellucida, nigro-viridia, vel subpurpurascen-
tia, superiora viridia; omnia rotundata, apice acuminulata,
subserrulata, undulata, nervo tenui valde obsoleto instructa,
atque sæpe versus apicem longitudinaliter canaliculata.
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H . patens will rank near H. molle, but differs from it in its
much larger size, acuminulated points, and very obsolete nerve.
There is a groove or channel in some of the older leaves towards
the point, which is particularly apparent when the leaf is raised
on one side, as at fig. 3.
Fig. 1, plants nat, size. Fig. 2, 2, leaves. Fig. 3, side view
of a leaf.—magn.
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