Hepaticae Amazonicæ et Andinœ... / Richard Spruce.

  • Spruce, Richard, 1817-1893.
Date:
1884,1885
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Credit: Hepaticae Amazonicæ et Andinœ... / Richard Spruce. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    F -7 x *45, lob *1, c fu -55 x -65; br *7; brla -65 x *4mm. Rufo-viridis fragilis, in plagas latas densas prostrata. Caules 1-2-polli- cares vage vel subpinnatim ramosi. Folia paululuin imbricata divergentia subrbomboideo-oblonga rotundata vel subtruncata, basi antica semicordata. postica minute sinuato- complicata; lobulus folio 7-plo brevior, saccatus, margine transverso, plica angulum 45°-50° cum caule efformante; cellulae fere maj us cuke subconformes, aequilatera?, pellucidae, annulo chlorophylli latiusculo, pariete ad angulos saepeque ad media latera* incrassato. Foliola subcontigua, foliis fere aequimagna sed oblata, cordato-reniformia vix ad \ bifida, rima angusta, segmentis apiculatis contiguis vel forficatis. Flores dioici: $ terminales, innovatione suffulti. Bracteae foliis sequi- longae complicato-bilobae, lobis acutis, antico ovali, postico longe minore lanceolato; bracteola obovata ad \ fere anguste bifida, seg- ments subacuminatis. . Subgenus XXIX.—EUOSMO-LEJEUNEA, S. Plantae elatiusculae, tegeticulas latas densas ambitu saepe pendulas efii- cientes, albescentes, odore Rosae rubiginosae jucundo scatentes, in sicco flavidse rufescentesve, perianthiis insigniter rufis. Caules tenues laxe pinnatim ramosi, interdum subsimplices apiceque fere sine limite evoluti. Folia mediocria ('5~'85, rarissime l*0mm longa) subimbricata, raro con- ferta, devexa vel subplana late semicordato-oblonga rotundata, raris- sime subacuta—in unica subapiculata—sublaevissima integerrimaque vel ssepius celluloso-asperula-crenulataque, lobulo parvo folio 4-8-plo breviore inflato; cellulae mediocres vel parvae (A-—515mm diametro) plame vel obtuse prominulae guttulatae, pariete incrassato, trigonis maxi mis. Foliola foliis subsequimagna, solum in E. L. laxiuscula sat (interdum ad duplum) minora, cordato-reniformia-orbiculatave, breviter (ad —raro ad \ usque—bifida. Flores omnium fere dioici: $ terminales, innovatione (raro prolifera) suffulti. Bracteae pro more foliis subbreviores, lobis saepe angustis acutis integerrimis crenulatisve raro falcatis ; bracteola subduplo longior quam lata bidentata, solum in E. L. longiflora orbiculata, in nulla integra. Perianthia emersa, duplo longiora quam lata, subpyriformiai rostellata, parum compressa, alte 5-carinata; sublaevissima vel ad carinas aspera. Amenta varie posita, bracteis papci—multi-jugis majusculis turgidis subinaequilobis diandris. Hah. In truncis vetustis putrescentibusve, in foliis emortuis et filici- bus, ad fruticum pedem ramulosque, raro in saxis vel in ipsa terra arenosa, planitiei silvas diligentes, parum supra bn on tes scandentes. Eistr. Species 6 Amazonicae, quarum 5 novae videntur (speciebus autem antea descriptis difficiliter extricandis) onmes in planitie vigent, earurn- que 2 etiam in Andibus orientalibus, vix ad alt. 1000m usque, ascendunt; TRANS. BOT. SOC. EDIN. VOL. XV. 2 H