Fossombronia. franz stephani. species iiepaticarum (Vol.VI, 1917) 



angustis densissime liirlse. Elateres 0,4 iiini. longi, hisplri, spiris 

 teretibus. 



Ilab. Auslralia orien/ulis. Nepean Iliver. 



T). Fossombronia grossepapillata St. 



Dioica pusiiia flaccida, flavo-rufescens, gregarie crescens, terricola. 

 Caulis ad 12 mm. longus, simplex. /"o/mmM/maconfertajerecto-homo- 

 malla, latissima (3,5 mm. longa, 1,5 mm. lata) hic illic plicata, apice 

 ampliata rotundata integerrima, 2 mm. lata. Cclluhi' ^u^qvx 3Gx36 ^., 

 basales 54x^0 [x, trigonis nullis. Perianthia Jate obovato-obconica 

 (3,5 mm. longa, medio 2,75 mm. lata) apice duplo angustiore, quadri- 

 loba, iobis late triangulatis, porrectis, acutis, sinubus amplis obtusis. 

 Folia floralia intima reniformia 3,5 mm. longa, 4,5 mm. lata, inferne 

 late obcuneata, apice late rotundata, regulariter multilobata, sinubus 

 recurvis, lobis sequilongis, acutis vel obtusis vel irregulariter repandis. 

 Sporse 36 [x grosse papillatae. 



Hab. Australia. (Watts legit.) 



6. Fossombronia indica St. 



Dioica pusilla rufescens, in muris argillosis csespitans. Cautis ad 

 13 mm. longus, sub flore innovatus, vix aliter ramosus, radicellis pur- 

 pureis repens. Folia caulina parum imbricata, 1,75 mm. longa et lata, 

 apice late rotundata, integerrima vel repanda, hic illic crispata. Celtulm 

 superse 27X36 \x, inferse 36X^72 [i, cuticula levis. Folia floralia cauli- 

 nis subsequimagna, bi-vel trifida, inaequaliter inciso varieque lobata, 

 lobulis lanceolatis vel late triangulatis vel breviter rotundatis. Perian- 

 thia magna, cupulata 1,75 mm. longa, late aperta, apice truncata, 

 repanda, hic illic breviter incisa, lobis posticis anguste lanceolatis, 

 profundius solutis, acutis. Capsula bistrata, stratum internum hic illic 

 semiannulatum interdum longe trabeculatum, vulgo nodulosum. Sporw 

 36 [1, fuscge hispida^ i.e. laxe reticulata^, ex angulis retis unispinse. Ela- 

 teres laxe bispiri, rarius trispiris. 



Hab. India orientalis, Mangalore. (Pfleiderer legit.) 



7. Fossombronia integrifolia St. 



Dioica parva, dilute virens, in terra caespitans. Caulis ad 8 mm. 

 longus, parum longeque ramosus, radicellis purpureis longissimis 

 repens. Folia caulina parum imbricata, late obcuneata vel subquadrata 

 (3,5 mm. longa et lata) leviter crispata. Celtulse superse 54X^^2 [j., 

 basales 36x126 [x, trigonis nullis. Folia ftoralia multo majora, reni- 

 formia, valde repanda. Perianthia optime infundibuliformia, ore late 

 rotundato, breviter sexlobato, lobulis rotundatis integerrimis. Sjyorse 



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