VoL.Vl, 1923) FRANZSTEPiiAM. SPECIES IIKPATICARLM Chilolejeunea. 



ticola, in latas plagas expaiisa, spongiose csespitans. Caulis ad 

 7 cm. longus, irregulariter bipinnatus, ramis primariis ,5-15 mm* 

 longis, sparsim breviterque pinnatis. Folia caulina paruni imbri- 

 cata, oblique patula, parum concava, in plano subrotunda (1 mmi 

 longa, 0,9 mm. lata) as^^mmetrica, margine supero longe arcuato, 

 infero substricto, apice late rotundata, basi antica truncata, cau- 

 lem vix tegentia, integerrima. Cellulas superse 18xl8(x, basales 

 18x36{ji trigonis nullis. Lobulus parvus, folio quadruplo brevior, 

 late ovatus, carina, oblique adscendens, leviter arcuata, lcvi sinu 

 in folium excurrens, apice excisus, angulo apiculato. Amphigastria 

 caulina magna, caule triplo latiora, ambitu rotunda, transverse 

 inserta, apice ad 1/3 inciso-biloba, sinu recto, segmentis late 

 triangulatis acutis porrectis. Perianthia parva, foliis vix majora, 

 obovato-obconica (1,17 mm. longa, sub apice 0,67 mm. lata) rostro 

 parvo, apice truncato-rotundata, plicis posticis angustis, ad 1/2 

 decurrentibus, late divergentibus. Folia floralia oblongo-obcu- 

 neata (1 mm. longa, 0,33 mm. lata) obtusa, integra ; lobulus tertio 

 brevior, lanceolatus ad medium solutus, obtusus. Amphigastrium 

 florale lobulis aequilongum, rotundum, fere ad medium bilobatum, 

 rima angusta obtusa, lobis late triangulatis subacutis. Androccia 

 desunt. 



Hab. Samoa : Upolu (Rechinger legit). 



68. Cheilolejeunea Waitsiana St. n. sp. 



Dioica pusilla flaccida, intense viridis, in cortice pulvinatim 

 csespitans. Caulis ad 15 mm. longus, capillaceus, irregulariter 

 denseque ramosus. Folia caulina parum imbricata, subrecte patula, 

 valde decurva, in plano ovata, subsymmetrica, apice obtusa, 

 basi antica truncato-rotundata. Cellulx superse 18 x 18 fx trigonis 

 nuUis, basales 27x45[jl trigonis majusculis. Lobulus parvus, obo- 

 vatus, folio quadruplo, brevior ; carina oblique adscendens, stricta, 

 stricte in folium excurrens, apice oblique emarginatus, angulo 

 acuto. Amphigasiria caulina majuscula, caule triplo latiora, trans- 

 verse inserta, apice ad 1/3 emarginato-biloba, sinu subrecto, lobis 

 triangulatis acutis. Fqlia floralia caulinis multo majora, spathulata 

 (1,33 mm. longa, medio supero 0,67 mm. lata) apice obtusa ; lobulus 

 magnus, tertio brevior, anguste spathulatus, ad 1/3 solutus, ob 

 tusus. Amphigastrium florale foliis floralibus aequilongum, oblongo 



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