Lophocolea. FRANZ STEPHANI. SPECIES IIEPATICARUM (VOL.Vl, 1922) 



Autoica mediocris flaccida, fusco-brunnea, in rupibus humidis 

 csespitans. Caiilis ad 4 cm. longus, sparsim longeque ramosus. Folia 

 caulina oblique patula, leviter concava, marginibus recurvis, in 

 plano subrhomboidea, symmetrica (2,25 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata) 

 apice truncata, angulis rotundatis, integerrima, CelMse superse 

 27 X 27 [X basales 36 x 54 [x trigonis nullis. Amphigastria caulina 

 parva, caule vix latiora, folio proximo breviter connata ; discus 

 basalis integer obcuneatus, duplo latior quam longus, utrinque parvo 

 dente armatus, apice emarginato-bispinosus, sinu amplo, laciniis e 

 lata basi attenuatis, divergentibus, apice setaceis. Perianthia cylin- 

 drica, alte tripHcata, maxima (5 mm. longa, 2mm. lata) phcis anguste 

 alatis, apice truncata irregulariter denticulata. Folia floralia intima 

 perianthio duplo breviora, subrotunda, integerrima. Amphigastrium 

 florale intimum perianthio duplo brevius, ovato-oblongum (3,25 mm. 

 longum, 1,75 mm. latum) apice duplo angustiore, late emarginatum, 

 laciniis divergentibus, e lata basi attenuatis acutis. Androecia in 

 foliis subfloralibus perianthii, sparsa. 



Hab. Brasilea. Buenos Aires (Glaziou). 



346. Lophocolea pulcherrima St. n. sp. 



Sterilis magna robusta flavescens, flaccida, in fronde filicum 

 Tepens. Caulis ad 5 cm. longus, simplex vel pauciramosus, ramis 

 longissimis. Folia caulina conferta, recte patula, concava, in plano 

 reniformia (3,5 mm. longa, 4,5 mm. lata) asymmetrica, margine 

 supero latissime arcuato, nudo, basi ampliato et caulem tegente, 

 margine infero breviter arcuato, basi in caulem decurrente, apice 

 latissime rotundato, ceterum ubique breviter ciliata. Cellulse superse 

 36 X 36 [j, trigonis maximis acutis. Amphigastria caulina majuscula, 

 caule triplo vel quadruplo latiora, remiformia (2 mm. longa, 2,75 

 mm. lata) basi nuda, ceterum ubique dense spinosa, spinis apicalibus 

 geminatis longioribus. 



Hab. Patagonia australis (Skottsberg legit). 



347. Lophocolea purpurea St. n. sp. 



Sterilis minor purpurea flaccida, in rupibus pulvinatim csespitans. 

 Caulis ad 15 mm. longus, simplex vel pauciramosus. Folia caulina 

 conferta, erecto-homomalla, concava, in plano subquadrata (3 mm. 

 longa et lata) symmetrica, apice truncata, quadrispina, margine 

 supero nudo vel unispino, infero nudo. Cellulse superse 54 x 54 (j,, 

 basales 54 x 72 [x trigonis magnis aquitis, basi maximis. Amphi- 



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