Hepaticarum species novae VI. 139 
Frullania longirostris. St. n. sp. 
Monoica, robusta, fusco-rubra, in cortice repens. Caulis pin- 
natim ramosus, rami brevipinnulati. Folia conferta, circularia, con- 
cava, apice late recurva, fere cucullatim revoluta, dorso appendiculo 
circinato parvo aucta. Cellulae apicales et medianae 25 u basi 
35 u, trigonis saepe trabeculatim elongatis, medio noduloso-interruptis. 
Auriculae imbricatae, superne cucullatae, rostro circinato nullo, in- 
ferne ligulata, folio longe coalita, carina conjunctionis stricta, folii 
marginem parum superantia ibidemque obtuse angulata. Amph. 
foliis fere aequimagna, circularia, apice sinu levissimo bidenticulata, 
recurva, basi profunde (ad ') cordata, alis rotundatis liberis, recur- 
vis, haud conniventibus. Perianthia in ramis terminalia, fusiformia, 
in rostrum longum attenuata, pluriplicata (plicis principalibus quatuor, 
reliquis humilioribus interjectis). Folia floralia quadrijuga, intima 
solum in excipulum plicatum connata, laciniis loborum et amphi- 
gastrii setaceo acuminatis, ceterum integerrima, apice bidentula. 
Androecia parva, lateralia, confertifolia, bracteis quadrijugis 
ad !/; bifidis. 
Africa centralis, in monte celeberrimo Ru-nssoro. leg. clar. 
Dr. Stuhlmann. No. 2431B. Herb. Mus. Berol. 
Perianthii forma inter Chonanthelias eximia. 
b) Subgenus Trachycolea. Spruce. 
Frullania ampullifera Jack & Steph. 
Dioica, olivacea, flaccida, intricatim caespitans. Caulis 3—4 cm 
longus irregulariter ramosus. Folia ovata, concava, apice decur- 
vula, recte patentia, dorso breviter inserta (haud circinatim appen- 
diculata) caulem late superantia. Cellulae 17. parietibus flexuosis, 
trigonis parvis, versus basin 17 X 35 « ipsa basi 25 X 35 u, trigonis 
magnis. Auriculae magnae, oblique extrorsum nutantes, com- 
pressae, late cucullatim trigonae, i. e. ore latissimo truncato, verticem 
versus sensim angustatae, stylo filiformi patulo, aliae evolutae oblongae. 
Amph. transverse inserta, caule 5 plo latiora, basi leniter angustata, 
fere circularia, interdum reniformia, ad 'J, emarginato-bifida, laciniis 
obtusiusculis, sinu subrecto, Perianthia in ramulis parvis laterali- 
bus terminalia, obovato-trigona, rostro grosso, papillis alte conicis 
hirta. Folia flor. trijuga, intima foliis parum longiora e basi late 
lineari-oblonga, obtusa, cucullatim inflexa, lobulo subaequilongo, 
obtuso apice cucullato longe coalito, margine interno lacinia singula 
lanceolata armato, dorso coalita ventreque cum amph. ligulato apice 
ad !/, bifido alte concreta. 
Hab. Viti. Naggara. leg. Dr. Ed. Graeffe No. 596. Herb. Jack. 
Auricularum forma cum nulla commutanda. 
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