(VOL.VI, l'.H7l rUA.N/ STKI'IIAM. SI'K(:iKS IIK1'ATI(;AI;IM Mr/if/rria. 



5. Metzgeria brevialata Sl. 



Slciilis iiiaiiiia pallida ligida, iii Iiuiiki iaxe Ciespitans. Frons ad 

 ciii. loiiga, raiiiis priiiiariis paiicis, "l-i ciii. loiiiiis, rcjiTilariter 

 breviterque piiiiiulalis. Costa validissiiiia, iii scctioiie transversa 

 lale ellii^lica, iii tniiico 0,") iiiiu. lata, iii /■(iiii/.s |)riiiiai'iis 0,33 iiini. 

 lala, iii pi/nuil/n iill///u.s 0,25 luiii. lata, celliUx corticule.s parvae, 

 ubique au|uiiiiagna', iii sectioiie transversa ntrinque 10 celiiilis — 

 in ramis nltiinis ut?-in(ine 4 cellulis tecta, ceteruin ubiqne densissime 

 breviter(|uc scliilosa; al;r angustissiinjR 0,33 iiiiii. latie nbiqne «"qua- 

 les, in ulriKiiir farir crcherrinic seliilosa'. (Irlliihr alaruin 18X1^ [J., 

 trigonis nullis. 



Hab. Chilr. (fJuseii legit.) 



('). Metzgeria Brunnthaleri St. 



Dloica minor rigidula, llavo-virens, dense depresso ca'spilans terri- 

 cola. Frons ad 4 cm. longa, irregnlariter bi- et tripinnata, nbique 

 2,33 mni. lata, ramis late divergentibus. Costa valida in sectione 

 transversa elliptica, antice -4 cellulis — postice 8 cellulis tecta. Alee 

 tenerrimae, omnino nudse. Cellulie alaruin 27x27 [x, ad costam 

 36X36 «x, trigonis nullis. Ra/ni feminei obcordati, marginibus longe 

 irregularitenjue spinnlosis. 



Hab. Africa australi.s. Natal. (Brunntbaler legit.) 



7. Metzgeria caledonica St. 



Sterilis mediocris gracillima tlaccida, tlavescens, aliis hepaticis 

 consociata. F)'ons ad 4 cm. longa, inferne simpliciter remoteque pin- 

 nulata, superne repetito-furcata lateque expansa. Costa valida, in 

 sectione transversa late ovalis, antice 2 cellulis — postice 4 cellulig 

 corticalibus tecta, breviter setulosa. Alw subplanse, in facie nudse, 

 marginibus simpliciter denseque setulosis. Cellulx alarum inarginales 

 18X36 [JL, submarginaies 36x36 [x, ad costam 36x54 {x, parietibus 

 ubique validis, trigonis itaque niinus distinctis. 



Hab. Sora Caiedonia. (Lerat legit.) 



8. Metzgeria clavipila St. 



Dioica mediocris, pallide virens vel flavicans, flaccida, in iVonde 

 lilicum repcns. F/-o/is ad 3 cm. longa, angiisla piiiiiata ct bipiimata, 

 rainis primariis 12 miii. longis, pinnulis brevibus, aliis rainis e facie 

 postica frondis orlis, numerosis. Costa tenuissima, in sectione trans- 

 versa ovalis, utrinque 2 cellulis tecta, nuda. Ala' nudae. Cetlulfc alavmn 

 72X90 [X ubique .Tquales, cuticula levis. Raini feminei obcordati, 

 marginepaucipilosi, pilisunicellularibus. Calyptra chwahx, basi pistillis 



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