Gongilanthus. franz stephani. species hepaticarum (Vol.VI, 1922) 



caespitans. Caulis ad 4 cm. longus, sparsim longeque ramosus. Folia 

 caulina contigua, oblique patula, valde concava, subconduplicatim 

 concava, in plano late ovata (2,5 mm. longa, supra basin 1,5 mm» 

 lata) sinuatim inserta, basi utrinque cordatim ampliata, ad 

 medium bifida, sinu semirecto obtuso, laciniis lanceolatis acutis 

 porrectis. Cellulae superse 27 x 27 [j,, medise 27 x 36 (j,, basales vix 

 majores, parietibus validis. Amphigastria caulina magna, ovata 

 (1,75 mm. longa, supra basin , 12 mm. lata) ad medium bifida, sinu 

 angusto obtuso, laciniis lanceolatis acutis porrectis. 

 Hab. Falklands Insulae, MountAdam (Skottsberg legit). 



Gongylanthus. — Nees. — cf. voi. iii, p. 39. 



12. Gongylanthus Leratae St. n. sp. 



Dioica exigua, fusco brunnea, terricola, dense depresso-caespitans. 

 Caulis ad 8 mm. longus, simplex rigidus fuscus. Folia caulina con- 

 ferta, oblique patula, erecto-homomalla, opposita, concava, in 

 plano late ovata (3 mm. longa, medio 2,26 mm. lata) apice obtusa, 

 integerrima. Cellulse superse 18 (z, medise 27 ]x, basales 36 x 54 [x, 

 trigonis nuUis. Folia floralia intima caulinis valde aberrantia, varie 

 lobata, lobis obtusis, angustis, varie canaliculatis, crispatis ; folia 

 subfloralia caulinis similia, majora, angustiora, integerrima. Mar- 

 supia longissima et angustissima (3 mm. longa, 0,25 mm. lata), cylin- 

 drica, radicellifera. Calyptra tenera, ovato-oblonga, pistilla sterUia 

 gerens. Capsulae desunt. Andrcecia mediana, bracteis parvis valde 

 saccatis, 3-4 jugis, 



Hab. Nova Caledonia (Lerat legit). 



Lophocolea. Dum. — cf. voi. iii, p. 50-190. 



268 . Lophoeolea alpina St. n. sp. 



Dioica pusilla flaccida, dilute brunnea, muscis consociata. Caulis 

 ad 9 mm. longus, parum longeque ramosus. Folia caulina conferta, 

 erecto-homomalla, valde concava, in plano subrotunda (0,67 mm. 

 longa et lata) lata basi inserta, apice breviter exciso-bidentata, 

 dentibus late triangulatis acutis. Cellulse superse 27 x 27 (x, basales 



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