Hepaticae Amazonicæ et Andinœ... / Richard Spruce.

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

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    divergens, basi apiceque rotundatus; cellulae minutulae, ambitu late opacae, pariete ad angulos parum incrassato. Flores dioici: 9 saepius dichotomiales. Bracteae foliis aequales, suberectae, plica con cava, lobis oblique oblongis, inferiore vix duplo breviore. Pistillidia pauca (5). Species distinctissima cujus flores invenire non potui. 6. Radula pusilla Spruce. Hob. ad radices Andium Quitensium juxta fl. Bombonasa, in cortice. F '85 x '6 ( x ‘8 ab ipsa basi), lobulus *35 x '25; c Jq ; per 2'4 x '9 mm. Pusilla pallide viridis, strato tenui effusa. Caules poliicares subsimplices, apice florifero trifidi, sc. innovationes duas breves oppositas sub flore 9 proferentes; caeteri rami (quando adsint) ssepe florem 9 ? cum innovatione unilaterali, gerentes. Folia subimbricata, basi ultra ^ alt. acute complicata, caring rect& angulo 45° ascendentia, dein angulo 90° fere a caule divergentia; lobus oblongo-rotnndus; lobulus plus duplo brevior trapezoideus subacutus, cauli alte adnatus, margine interno cum carina angulum rectum formante; cellulae parvae subaequilaterae opacae prominulse (unde folia celluloso-crenulata evadunt). Flores dioici: 9 terminates, innovatione suffulti; bracteae suberectae, foliis subaequales, lobulo paulo majore rotundato. Perianthia tubaeformia (juniora subinfundibuliformia) subincurva com- pressa, ore lato 6-7-crenulato. R. tenella Gottsclie (Mex Leverm. p. 149, ad pedem), insula Trinidad a Criiger lecta, differt foliis ovatis, lobulis quadratis. 7. Radula flaccida Ldng. et G. I Syn. Hep. 726; Gottsche, Mex. Leverm. 148 1—Radula foliicola Spruce Mst. 1lab. in sylva Amazonica ubiqtie ad arborum folia viva, interdum ad herbas nobiliores (Marantce, Oaladii, &c. species), necnon in filicibus. In Andibus infra bOO1*1 alt. desinit. F '75X '65, *75 x'75, '8xl'0, lob '2-*3, c g1^; br'6-'7; per 2'0 x'5, 5'5 x *6mm. Tenella, viridis, strato simplice matrici arete adrepens. Caules ^-1 poll, longi, pinnatim ramosi, £ cum 9 saepe intertexti. Folia subimbricata, plana, in sicco plerumque recurvo-assurgentia, late Oblique ovato-oblonga rotundata, subtruncata, vel subretusa, basi antica subsemicordata, postica decurrentia, latitudine in infima basi longitudinem interdum superante, ad £ altitudinis subrecte com- plicata ; lobulus subtriplo brevior, rhombeus, subplanus, ad mam- millam radicelliferam (plicae contiguam) convexus, raro conico- promintilus, apice acutus obtususve, subinde elongatus et suba- cuminatus; cellulae subopacae, mediae parvse, submarginales fere minutae. Flores dioici : 9 terminates, innovationibus duabus oppositis, raro una sola, suffulti. Bracteae 2, foliis breviores, multo angustiores, erectae, lobis rhomboideO-ligulatis, ailtico apice rotundato, postico | breviore saepius acuto. Perianthia bracteas 3-4-plo superantia, anguste tubaeformia vel clava*a, inferne fere teretia, superne compressula, ore subbilabiata 4-crenata ;
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