Lepidoiia. franz stephani. spkcies iiepaticahum (Vol.VI, 1922) 



Hab. Australia : Clarence (Verreaux legit). 



275. Lepidozia qiiiiiquefida St. n. sp. 



Sterilis magna valida, pallide virens vel flavo-rufescens, terricola, 

 laxe intricata, lateque expansa. Caulis ad 6 cm. longus, regulariter 

 breviterque pinnatus, pinnis 8 mm. longis, simplicibus vel pinnula 

 minima acutis, ramis flagellatim attenuatis paucis. Folia caulina 

 contigua, oblique patula, cucullatim incurva, in plano maxime 

 asymmetrica ; discus basalis integer 1,17 mm. latus, apice oblique 

 truncatus, margine supero e basi valde rotundata stricto, 0,67 mm. 

 longo, margine infero brevissimo truncato, 0,17 mm. longo, apice 

 quinquefida, laciniis lanceolatis, leviter divergentibus, subsequi- 

 longis, superis multo validioribus, inferis duplo et triplo angustio- 

 ribus, basi 7-11 cellulas latis. Cellulse superse 18 x 18 [j,, basales 

 18 X 27 fx trigonis majusculis acutis. Amphigastria caulina magna, 

 caule plus duplo latiora, disco basali integro utrinque remote 

 bidentulo, apice quadrifida, laciniis disco duplo longioribus, anguste 

 lanceolatis attenuatis porrectis, basi 6 iellulas latis. 



Hab. Africa orientalis : Ruwenzori (Mildbraed legit). 



276. Lepidozia Quintasii St. n. sp. 



Sterilis parva subhyalina flaccida, aliis hepaticis corticolis conso- 

 ciata. Caulis ad 25 mm. longus, remote breviterque biplnnatus, 

 Folia caulina remota, recte patula, ad basin fere quadrifida (in 

 ramis trifida) laciniis setaceis, sequilongis, in plano leviter diver- 

 gentibus, 6 cellulas longis ; cellulse disci basales uniseriati (8 in dia- 

 metro) quadruplo longiores quam latse, cellulae setarum similes, 

 setse axillares dorso ventreque simplices. Amphigastria foliis simil- 

 lima, sequimagna. 



Hab. Insula San Thome, Africa occid. (Quintas leg.) 



277. Lepidozia radiata St. n. sp. 



Sterilis mediocris, pallide flavicans, rigidula, aliis hepaticis conso- 

 ciata. Caulis ad 2 cm. longus, regulariter breviterque bipinnatus. 

 Folia caulina recte patula, valde concava, in plano semirotunda, 

 discus basalis semicircularis, brevis, 2 cellulas altus, cellulis radia 

 liter dispositis, laciniis 8, setaceis, radialiter patulis, 7 cellulas longis, 

 cellulis angustis (duplo longiores quam latae). Amphigastria parva, 

 caule parum latiora, ceterum foliis simillima, laciniis 6 . Planta pul- 

 cherrima, elegantissima. 



Hab. Nova Zelandia (Colenso legit). 



