96 REVUE BRYOLOGIQUE. 
Having thus stated my views as to the structure, and deli- 
mitation of genera, of {his difficult tribe, I proceed to describe 
my new species. 
NARDIA ( MARSUPELLA } STABLERI D. Sp. 
Dioica pusilla dense cæspitosa, e brunneolo-viridi purpu- 
rascens -— sæpe fila cuprea simulans — ad capitula pulchre 
roseo-purpurea. Gaules e basi rhizomatosa substolonacea 
radicellosa microphylla — raro aphylla — suberecti vel rep- 
‘ { ie. : à A A 
tantes, filiformes, ——+ pollicis alti, sat ramosi, ramis fasti- 
giatis, subæqualiter foliosis, fæmineis clavatis subflore sæpe 
dichotomis vel fasciculato-innovatis, Folia subimbricata sub- 
pellucida erecta appressa, late ovato-quadrata, carinato 
a { 4 à - ” 
_ complicata, sd raro ad—fere usque — biloba, lobis acutis 
raro Subacuminalis, integerrimis rariusve denticulo uno 
alterove armatis; cellulæ minutulæ hexagonæ, pariete ad 
angulos vix incrassato. — Folia caulina inferiora, ramorumque 
_Sterilium omnia, minuta, arctissime appressa, exinde interdum 
ene visibilia. Andræcia in caule ramisque terminalia mediave; 
bracteæ 3-(raro pluri-) jugæ, maximæ, foliis adjacentibus 2-3 
plo majores, valde ventricosæ, ad 4 13 bilobæ; antheridia 
maxima pedicellata solitaria, raro bina!, altero longe minore. 
Gynæcia lerminalia, innovationibus oppositis, vel 4-3-nalim 
fasciculatis, sæpe suffulta, capitulum majusculum primo-ovale, 
deinde apice patens, sislentia, Bracteæ foliis abrupte mullo 
majores, haud confertæ, appresso-imbricatæ, intimæ brevius- 
_ Cule connatæ, prælate ovatæ, inferne ventricosæ pallidæ , 
_ Superne carinatæ et pulchre roseæ , in:flore sterili ad 4/2 fere 
— in fertili solum ad=——<bilobæ, lobis planis ovatis subacu- 
_ minatis repando-denticulatis-spinulosisve — raro integerrimis, 
laxius reticulatæ (basin versus præcipue), cellulis autem 
_omnibus subæquilatero-hexagonis, nisi marginalibus concinne 
 quadratis, Bracteola interdum adest, parva ovali-lingulata, 
_ perianthio basi adnata. Bracteæ esteriores intimis haud multo 
_minores, minus profunde fissæ, laxe complicatæ , subinte- 
_ Serrimæ. Perianthium juvenile involucro sat brevius, ovalo- 
_tubulare basi turgida liberum vel brevi spalio adnatum, ore 
rose ciliolatum ; maturum involucro perpaulo brevius, eidem 
alte ( ad— = _ adnatum, ore (nunquam clauso ?) fimbriatum 
œum ruplum, tenerum, laxe reticulatum. Calyptra haud 
wali globosa tenuis, cellulis majusculis 4-5-6 
elongalis nec sinualis) conflata, basi constricta 
libus circumdata. Capsula in pedicello bre 
