PleurOiiu. FRANZ STEPHANI. SPECIES IIEI-ATICARUM (VoL. [V, 1910). 



2. Pleurozia articulata Lindb. Soc. F, Fl. feiin. 1809. Vol. 12. 

 Dioica ininor rigida elTuse csespitans. Caulis ad 6 cm. longus erectus 



simplex vel parum ramosus, ramis primariis fasciculatim pinnatis. 

 Folia caulina conferta, imbricata semiamplexicaulia subsecunda, late 

 ovata convexa, apice breviter bidentula, lobus posticus folio «quilongus 

 sed duplo angustior, canaliculatim concavus, basi utrinque abrupte 

 ampliatus, lobis incurvis conniventibus liberis, pseudovaginam forman- 

 tibus. Cellulx papuloso-prominulse, apice 27 ii trigonis magnis nodu- 

 losis, basales 18 X 54 [j., trigonis giganteis acutis attenuatis. Folia 

 floralia paucijuga conferta, suprema magna, late ovata, convoluta, 

 ad '/* trifida, laciniis lanceolatis, canaliculatis integris apice paucicilia 

 tis. Perianthia magna fusiformia superne valde plicata ore ciliato. 

 Calyptra tenerrima. Capsula in pedicello 3 mm. longo ovali-globosa 

 quadrivalvata, valvulis fragillimis extus levibus, intus valde scrobicu- 

 latis ceterum sexstratis. Elateres 300 |x attenuati medio bispiri. Sporee 

 ^5 {1 brunnese dense longeque lamellatae, lamellis angustis patulis apice 

 ampliatis truncatis. Androecia spicata, spicis in ramo aggregatis nume- 

 rosis ; bractese monaudrce 8-12 jugae confertse valde concavse appressae 

 integerrimse vel apice paucidentatse. Antheridia globosa brevissime 

 stipitata. Tubi vacui magiii, cylindrici in ramis fasciculati. 

 Hab. Australia orientali^. Bellender Ker Montes. 



3. Pleurozia Ferdinandi Miilleri (Gottsche) in Jack. Hed- 

 wigia 1886. 



Sterilis mediocris purpurascens. Caulis ad 5 cm. longus pauciramo- 

 sus, ramis fasciculatim multiramosis . Folia caulina conferta ovata 

 acuta, apice eraarginato-bidentata, margine dorsali integro vel uniden- 

 tato. Lobulus posticus folio gequilongus duplo angustior, oblongus 

 acutus vel minute denticulatus concavus, marginibus inflexis basi utrin- 

 que abrupte dilatatis conniventibus. Folia utriculifera ad basin ramo 

 rum ovata, integerrima vel apice bidentula, auriculge ovales folio parum 

 breviores, apice incurvge; fovea subapicali lunata. Tubi vacui numerosi, 

 ovato-cylindrici, in ramulis brevissimis fasciculati terminales, foliis 

 involucralibus obtecti. Folium involucrale intimum amplectens, trilo- 

 batum, lobis ovatis obtusis apice denticulatis. 



Hab. Australia tropica orientalis, Queensland. 



4. Pleurozia subinflata (Austin) Acad. Phil. 1869. 

 Syn. : Physiotium evolutum Mitten. Flora viti p. 407. 



Monoica, major plus minus rufescens. Caulis ad 10 cm. longus vali- 

 dus simplex vel furcatus, ramis brevibus fasciculatim aggregatis, fasci- 



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