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DE MADAGASCAR. 387 



ENTODONTACEiE. 



(Brotherus, Mtisci, p. 870.) 



EATODO.X C. Miill. 

 (Brotherus, ^fusci, p. 878.) 



1 . Entodon Felicis Ben. et Card., in Rev. ile hot., IX, p. 398 (1881); Muaci exoL, in Hull. Sor, 

 hoi. Belg., XXXI, 9* part., p. 108 [63] (1892). Ben., Prodr., p. 297 (1897). 



Ertthrodontikm Felicis Brolli., Mtrsei, p. 888 (*907). 



Autoiciis J laxe cwspitosus , lulescens, inlevdum rufo-varlegalus. CauUs a -S cent. 

 longits, hasi denudatus, sat dense et regulariler innnalus, interdum suhhipinnalus^ 

 ramis ascendendo decrescentthtts erecto-patnlis , rartus arcnatts, tvrgide juUiceiSj 

 majonhus ad 6 millim, longis. Folia cauUna swpe rufo-maculala vel scanoso- 

 decohrata, nonnunquam lacerata^ irnhncala^ hand com planala, hmquaVuij late vcl 

 lalissmie ovata, hreviter acuminata, interdum apice sxihrotnndala vel hrevissime api- 

 culata, apicem versus minute et acute denticulata, nonnunquam suhintrgra, con- 

 cava, interdum stihcochkariformia, plicis curvatls nolata, alis sccpe late invohi lis, 

 long, j-i ijli millim., lat. j/a-S/ii millim., costa gnnrlla hrevt. Folia ramea arete 

 imhricata, minora, BjU millim, longa , ovato-ollonga , hrevi acumimla vcl apiculalUf 

 cellulis elongatis Jlexuosis, apicibus prmiiinulis, apicalihus hreviorihiis j ahirihus 

 quadratisj mimerosis, grannlis vindihns replelis, demnm vacuis, hyalinis. Peri- 

 clioilialia externa Irevia, e haai ovala late et hreviuscule acuminata, lenuisslme 

 nodoso-dcnticuJala , media longius et tenuius acuminata, intima multo longiora 

 (2 1J3 millim.) e hasi semivaginanle laxe et hyaline reticulata , ohlongo-lanceokta, 

 convolutacea , longe acuminalo-suhulala, Integra vel apice suherosula, hasi plicis 

 costam hrevem simulantihus notala. Capsxda in pedicello inferne purpurea, superne 

 pallidiuscnlo, 8-1 Q millim. longo, erecta, Imvis, ovato-cylindrica , a i/a milhm. 

 longa, operculo ignolo. Perislomii denies anguste lanccolatij inferne transverse vel 

 ohlique striatuli; processus linearcs, fdiformes, suha^qmlongi. 



Zone siip(!rieure des fort^ts : Ambondrombe' (B. P. Talazac). 2one du Plateau central : Fiana- 

 raulsna (B. P. FtSlix), Ambohimabatsara, pr^s Anibositrii (B. P. Berlliieu). 



PI. 96, — J. a a', feuilies caulinaires x io. h, feuille rameale X lio. c c', folioles p^j-i- 

 goniales x ho. d d', folioles p*iricli^tiales x Ao. c, capsule x aA. /, frajjnient de p^^rislome et 

 d'exolheque x 1 70. ff, frag^ment danneau X 1 70. A, spores X 3oo. 



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