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mogen, was aber Derjenige, der die Pflanzcn in der Natur und sub 

 lente studirt, als voUi^j aussichtslos zuriickweisen wird. 



Caudalejeunea. St. 



C. Leiboldii. St. n. sp. Monoica, parva, in arborum ramulis 

 vivis rcpens, fulva. Caul is e caudice longiore erectus, 1 cm lonmis 



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sub apice (hand sub flore) ramosus, ramulis [larvis, patulis. Folia 

 subrccte patula, parum imbricata, ovato-oblonga, leniter falcata, apice 

 obtusa, ubique integcrrima; cell u lac marginalcs 17 //, mcdianac 

 17X25 //, basales 25X45 n^ acute hexagonae, angulis medio(]iic 

 parietum nodulose incrassatao. T.obulus magnus, folio triplo brevier, 

 inflatus, oblongus, versus apicem angustatus, carina adscendentCj levi 

 sinu in folium abeunte, apice oblique truncatus sensim(|ue excurrens, 

 angulo breviter dentato. Amph. magna, caule 4 plo latiora, fere 

 circularia, cxciso-inscrta, apice rctusa vel plus minus bidentuln, inte- 

 gcrrima. Perianthia in ramulis propriis terminalia, baud innovata, 

 involucro fere occulta , compresso pyriformia , ventre alte carinata, 

 apice truncate rotundata, rostro magno perbrevi. Folia floral ia 

 trijuga, intcgerrima, patula, superiora multo majora, ovato-triangularia, 

 acuminata, acuta, lobulo parvo, plicaeformi, obsolete. Amph. flor. 

 ovato oblonga, versus apicem sensim majora, apice exciso bifidula 

 integerrima. A n d r o e c i a in ramulis propriis terminalia , bracteis 

 trijugis erectis, e basi inflata conduplicato-bilobis, lobis inacqualibus, 

 integris acutis vel obtusis. 



Hab. Cuba (Leibold, Underwood), Brasilia (Ule 189, 313), 



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C. Lessonii. St. n. sp. Dioica, mediocrts, olivacca, flaccida. 

 Caulis 3 — 4cm longus, irregulariter brevipinnatus, pro planta crassus. 

 Folia confcrta, oblique fere recte- patula, valde concava, in piano 

 ovato -oblonga, sub apice -o!) folii marginem ventralem recurvatum 

 angustata ligulata, integerrima. CcUulae apicales 17 X 25//, medianae 

 25 X 35 //, basales 25 X 50 //. Lobulus lon^issimus, folio fere 



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aequilongus, valde inflatus, rcvolutus, curvatus, sub apice folii levi 

 sinu excurrens, apice sue occulto. Amph. maxima, caule sextuplo 

 latiora, in piano circularia, apice truncata vel leniter cxcisa et denti- 

 culata, basi profunde exciso -inserta, marginibus subapicalibus valde 

 recurvis, ut amphigastria fere acuta appareant. Perianthia ignota. 



Androecia magna, terminalia, bracteis laxiusculis, 10 — 12 jugis. 



saccato-inflatis, oblique patulis, inaequaliter bilobis, lobis acuminatis, 

 antico multo majore. 



Hab. Nova Guinea, leg. Lesson. Herb. Bescherelle. 



Fine hochst ausgezeichnete Art. — Diese Gattung enthalt jetzt 

 7 Arten : C. africana, Crescentiae, Lehmanniana, Leiboldii, 

 Lesst)nii, recur vist ij) ula , Stephanii. 



