ÖSTERREICHISCHE 



BOTANISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT. 



Herausgegeben und redigirt von Dr. Richard R. v. Wettstein, 



Professor an der k. k. deutschen Universität in Prag. 



Verlag von Carl Gerold's Sohn in Wien. 



XLIV. Jahrgang, N°- 1. Wien, Jänner 1894. 



Eine neue Lebermoos-Gattung. 



Von F. Stephani (Leipzig). 



Mit Tafel I. 



►I5IV 



Schiffiieria Steph. n. genus. 



Plantae frondosae, radicellis fasciculatis repentes. 

 Ramificatin postica, elatere costae orta. Frondes planae, costatae, 

 alis attenuatis inciso-lobatis, lobi in piano falcati succube im- 

 bricati, folia fingentes. Amphigastria pro more nulla. Cellulae 

 centrales costae valde elongatae, hyalinae, reliquae parenchymaticae, 

 magnae. 



Flores feniinei in ramulis posticis erectis, e latere costae 

 ortis. terminales interdum e latere innovati. Pistilla 18 — 20. 

 Folia floralia quinquejuga. tristicha, series tertia antica, valde con- 

 cava, intima conduplicata, libera. Perianthia longe exserta, cylin- 

 drica basi crassa, sub ore contracto plicata, ore inciso, fimbriato. 

 Calyptra libera, basi pistillis sterilibus cincta. Capsula ovalis in 

 pedicello perbrevi, usque ad basin quadrivalvis, valvulae e duobus 

 cellnlaruin stratis conflatae. Cellulae interiores fibris semiannulatim 

 incrassatae. Sporae spharico-tetraedae, rninutae, papillatae. Elateres 

 liberi. longi, stricti, bispiri. Androecia ignota. 



Schiffneria hyalina St. n. sp. 



Dioica, perfecte hyalina, gregarie crescens muscisque irre- 



pens. Frons usque ad 16 nun longa, ad 3 mm lata linearis vel 



£^)blonga, arcte repens, radicellis fasciculatim aggregatis, per inter- 



oxalla dispositis! antice subplana, distincte lateque costata. costa 



postice prominente in alas attenuata, medio 8 cellulas crassa; alae 



t 4inam cellulam crassae, margine regulariter lobatae, lobulis in piano 



c ^lcatim incurvis i. e. apicibus costam versus directis, sub lobulo 



^proximo juniore occultis, dein optime succubis; caulis verus tarnen 



*t£ou adest; lobuli vel pseudofolia solum ex incisura frondis evadunt 



et margines incisurae in ejus fundo vel angulo concurrunt. 



Oesterr. botan. Zeitschrift. 1. Heft. 1894. 1 



