Hepaticae Amazonicæ et Andinœ... / Richard Spruce.

  • Richard Spruce
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1884,1885
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    lobulo 2-3-plo breviore rhombeo, apice (interdum elongato) retuso vel obsolete 2-3-fido. Per 11. II ramulina. Elata flaccida flavida albicansve crebre pinnata et bipinnata, ramulis ssepe brevibus microphyllis. F. magna subcon- tigua patentissima,basi cordata caulem utrinque latissime transeuntia, lobo oblique oblongo rotundato, lobulo vix duplo minore semicordato- rhombeo, medio margiue externo apiculato, c. parvis. Br. loliis duplo minores erect* appressse, lobis oblongis. Per. alte emersa aurantiaca compresso-clavata, ore repandulo. 12. R. viridi—aurea. Majuscula tenera flaccida laxe pinnulata. E. late imbricata patulo-devexa, lobo semicordato-ovato-rotundo, basi caulem transeunte, lobulo 3-plo breviore semicordato-rotundo caulem parum superante, c. parvulis. Per 13. R. involvens. Elata flaccida rufo-badia laxe pinnata. F. subim- bricata supra basin turgide complicatam falcato-divergentia, facie papulosa, lobo semicordato-ovato-oblongo rotundato, basi caulem obvelante dimidio supero involute, lobulo subtriplo breviore trapezoideo ssepe bis implicato, cellulis parvis opacis, trigonis angularibus pellucidis. 1. Radula Gottscheana Tayl. (Tab. XI.) Lond. Journ. (1846) ; Syn. Hep. 724. Hab. Andes Quitenses, alt. 1200m, ad arborum truncos rampsque insylva Canelos et monte Chimborazo (fertilis) ; in arbuscqlarum ramulis ad S. Gabriel fluvii Negro (sterilis) : R. s. a. 1852-1860 ; ad fluvium Sabanilla prope Loja (Massee, 1869). Ins. San IJomingo (bb. Dickson). F P6xl‘3, 1 *3x1'25, lob *85-,65, /. ramulina -6x ’35, c br. lobus an. l'3x -5 ; 2jer 2*0 x IT ; cal 1'35 x ’8 ; caps l’Ox ‘75mm. Ciespites magni virescentes, inferne flavo-badii. Caules 6-9-pollicares, rufo-badii, laxe bipinnati, basi denudata sola matrici adflxi, dein recurvi subpenduli. Folia contigua, basi ipsa subimbricata, subdivergentia, caulina ad basin fere usque bipartita ; lobus caule breviuscule incurrens, oblique ovato-orbiculatus repandus planus ; lobulus duplo brevior, a caule subliber, carina perbrevi decurrente cum lobo connatus, ovatus, caulem oblique transiens, basi externa in auriculam asquimagnam reniformem recurvo-crispam, angulo subrecto extantem, dilatatus ; cellulse minutulse, ad angulos incrassatse, ambitu interiore lineam duplicem 6-sinuatam monstrantes. F. ramea paulo minora, minus profunde fissa, carina longiore, lobulo basi brevius auriculato; ramu- lina triplo fere minora, oblonga, falcata, basi cum lobulo exauriculato in sacculum triangularem complicata. Flores dioici : $ in ramo perbrevi decurvo terminales, innovatione nulla suffulti. Folia rami 9 bi-trijuga; omnia pro bracteis habenda, intima appressa, ad | biloba, complicata, lobis oblongo-lingulatis rhomboideisve, postico duplo fere breviore. Perianthia foliis caulinis paulo longiora, campanulata vel urceolata, parum compressa, ore hiante ad 1 longit. 4-loba, lobis crenatis crispis ssepe recurvulis. Adveniunt quoque perianthia ad basin fere usque quadriloba, lobis duobus posticis subangustioribus; alia minus pro- funde fissa, angulis 4 (aliis vel omnibus cristatis) percursa. Calyptra = perianthii f, turbinata, firma, demum apice disrupta. Capsula TRANS. EOT. SOC. EDIN. VOL. XV. 2 S
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