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in planum erecto-patula, scd anlrorsum surrecta , subfalcala, e basi late 

 aiii|ileetentf ovala , iulegra, apice sinu ohtuso , rectangulove bieviler 

 cmarginato-bidentata, margine supero , sive ventrali, a medio ad apiceni 

 incurvo, infero altius involuto, cauli subadpresso , eumque obvallaute , 

 ob dentes denique apicis invicem convergentcs vel incumbentes , prime 

 inluito subcucullalo-truiK-ala. Amphigastria nulla. 



* major. Caulis cenlimetra sex loDgitudine attingens, e dorso, supe- 

 rior! parte innovans, folia laxiuscula , ampliora , margine utroque bre- 

 viter involula , in sicco subconniventia , corrugata, cauli adpressa. 

 Deest fraclus turn in specie cum in ejusdem varietate majore. 



Folia densiuscula, firuia , cellulis penlagonis , hexagonisve, subslel- 

 latis , spatiis intercellularibus amplis, lobalis , farctis , distinctis. 



Color plaulae a cl. Montacne 1. c. descriptae, fuseo-nigricans, <piod 

 in nostra non observatur , sed caeteri validiores characleres , apprime 

 foliorum forma, in nostra exacte quadrant. Quod ad foliorum structurani 

 /. involutijolia accedit ad J. puniceam Neesii (Montagn. Voyag- Pol. sud. 

 p. 30i. tab. 17. fig. 3.) sed in hac specie foliorum denies acutati, sinu 

 rotundalo distinct! . 



Nearest ally to this plant is J. notophylla cl. Hookerus junior ai- 

 firinat (Crypt, antart. p. ia5. ) sed immcrito , Jungermannia notophylla 

 enim (Crypt, antart. p. 3c). tab. L\I\ . fig. III.) amphigastriis gaiulct 

 foliisque aliter eftiguratis. 



Icou IV. 



1. Pars caulis a dorso. — 2. Eadem a facie ventrali. — 3. Folium 

 explanalum. — 4- Pars caulis varietatis majoris, a dorso. — 5. Folium 

 ejusdem varietatis explanalum: omnes drcies quain in natura majoies. 

 — 6. Fragmentum folii ad augm. 3oo. diametr. 



0. .Ilngekmasma? hauotiphylla n. sp. 



In agro Valparaisiano inter caespites Racomitrii lanuginosa affinit, 

 sociis nonmillis aliis Jungermannicaium speiiebus. 



Spadiceo-fusca , nilida , firmula , haud cacspitosa. 



Caulis longitudine cenlimetra sex usque attingens, surculis Racomitrii 



superius citali adhacrens , fereque scandens , tlexuosus, in sicco fragilis, 



rigidulus , fusco-rulilans, radiculis, saltern in spechninibus quae ad manas 



Serie II. Tom. XVI. 'u 



