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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    quadrata Gottsch. et R. affinis L. et G., quoad colorem et texturam nostrae sat similes, lobulo subquadrato distant. 13. Radula involvens, Spruce. Hob. Andes Quitenses, in sylva Ganelos, ex arboribus pendula vel super Plcigiochilas reptans. F. 1’25 x *9, lobulus '4-5 ; c ^mm. Elata flaccida rufo-badia. Caules tripollicares purpurascentes flexuosi laxepinnati, pinnis brevibus. Folia subimbricata, a basi turgid& (ad carinam arcuatam ascendente) falcato-divergentia; lobus oblique semicordato-ovato-oblongus ro- tundatus (sublinguaeformis), basi caulem obvelans, dimidio supero valide involutus, margine angulato-repando, facie subpapulosa; lobulus triplo fere brevior trapezoideus, apice valde obtusangulus, saepe bis implicatus, carinam versus alte mammillatus radicellasque in fascias duas divergentes colligatas proferens; cellulae parvae convexae valde opacae, trigonis autem maguis pellucidisad cellularum angulos interpositis. Caetera baud visa. R. amcizonicce proxima, distincta tamen foliis ovato-linguaeformibus involutis asperulis; lobulo baud aequilatero, ejus angulo apicali praelato. Subtribus II. PORELLEEE. Platypliyllai Nees. Hep. Eur. pro parte. Plantce elatae speciosae, virides, ilavidae badiaeve, interdum politae, caespitoso-erectae-pendulaeve, vel procumbentes et stratificatae. Caules e caudice repente radicelloso, in aetate dissoluto, oriundi, robusti, cellulis sub 12-stratis (24 c. in diametro) conflati, subarhizi, plumaeformi-pinnati et bipinnati; rami omnes laterales, e folii axilla orti, basi tarn lobo quam lobulo contigui iisdemque velati. Folia magna, alterna vel per paria approximata, incuba, basi fere transversa inserta, complicato-bipartita, ad sinum nuda vel seepe appendiculo deorsum spectante, integro vel fisso, aucta; lobus anticus major, patens, subovatus, apice lato integerrimus raro dentatus; lobulus subduplo brevior suberectus ligulatus (late linearis) integerrimus vel dentatus, basi externa in aliis speciebus in caule longe lateque decurrens, ibidemque profunde incisus et crispatus; cellulae 6-V-aVmm) saepius suboblongo-hexagonae, ad angulos incrassatse, inferiores interdum majores et discolores. Foliola ubique praesentia, lobulis subconformia, pro m. paulo latiora, apice integra, basi integra vel utrinque ad lobulorum instar in cristam decurrentia, unde caulis in tergo ad speciem alatus vel squamosus evadit. Flores omnium dioici: ? cladogeni, ramulo TRANS. BOT. SOC. EDIN. VOL. XV. 2 T