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(Plagiochila Taylor.) 



Sterilis, straminea vel fulva, cacspites profundos fonnans. Caulis 

 16—20 cm longus, simplex, sub apice innovatus, subnigcr, valde 

 lignosus. Folia contigua, transverse inserta utroque latere breviter 

 decurrentia e basi angusta abrupter eniformia, cauli ab utroque latere 

 erecto-appressa, subplana, integerrima, subopposita; foliorum forma 

 a latere caulis solum visibilis est. Cellulae apicales 25// medianae 

 35 ^i, trigonis magnis, basales, 25X60 trigonis maximis nodulosis. 



Hab. Bolivia. Unduavi leg. Pearce. ex Herb Mus. Kew. 



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St. n. sp 



Dioica, major, valde robusta, aliis hcpaticis consociata, fulva, 

 Caulis 4 — 5 cm longus, e caudice repcntc crcctus, superne multi- 

 ramosus, ramis brevibus incurvis, clavatis, haud raro fastigiatis. 

 Foha dcnsissime imbricata, e basi appressa oblique patula, undulata 

 et varie torta, flaccida, cauli oblique inserta, e basi lata ovato- 

 triquetra, apice obtusa. Cellulae marginales 17X25 .u , maxime 

 incrassatae, reliquae 25 //, trigonis magnis, basales 25 X 50 //, trigonis 

 maximis, interdum confluentibus; cuticula laevis. 



Flore s feminei terminates, innovati; folia floralia bijuga, 

 intima magna, caulinis multoties majora, triplo fere longiora, late 



ovata, ad ^/g bifida, sinu acuto, laciniis triangulatis, longe attenuatis 



acutis, margine hie illic lacinia minore lineari armata; amph. flor. 

 liberum, obcuneatum vel obovatum, apice breviter 3 — 5 fidum, laciniis 

 acutis. P e r i a n t hi a subimmersa ovata , profunde pluriplicata , ore 

 ^ — 10 fido, laciniis longe ciliatis, 



Hab. Nova Zelandia. leg. Kirk. 



Distinctissima species, foliis flaccidis triangulatisque facile cogno- 

 scenda. 



Jamesoniella Leiboldiana, St. n. sp. (Jungermannia sub- 

 apicalis var. Leiboldiana Syn. p. 84.) 



Dioica, mediocris, flavo-olivacea, dense dcpresso caespitosa. Caulis 

 usque ad 2 ^/a cm longus, parum ramosus, arete repens. Folia imbricata, 

 distiche patula, oblique inserta, haud decurrentia ovata, integerrima. 

 Cellulae apicales et medianae 25 ft, basales 25X50 [t, trigonis 

 majusculis, versus marginem majoribus. Amphig. nulla vel in ipso 

 apice caulis parva, ad filum paucicellulare reducta. Flores feminei 

 terminales, steriles solum innovati. Folia floralia bijuga, intima 

 ad basin saepe connata, profunde 2, 3 vel 4 laciniata, laciniis lanceo- 

 latis basi grosse paucidentatis. Amph. florale intimum ovatum, 

 ad ^/4 vel ^/a bifidum, utroque margine lacinia magna armatum, 

 liberum vel minime connatum. Per. libera, obovata, medio supero 



