(VOL. IV, l'.»10). FRA.NZ STEfHAM. SPECIES HEPATICAHLM Frullania. 



39. Frullania caffraria St., Iledwigia, 1894, p. 141. 



Dioica, inajor, flavo-virens vel flavo-rufescens, flaceida, laxe caespitosa. 

 Caulis did 6cin. longus, remote breviterque pinnatus, pinnis recte patulis 

 hic iilic pinnula parva auctis. Folia caulina subrecte patula, concava 

 apice obtusa arcteque decurva, in plano subcircularia, 1,2 inni. longa, 

 1 iiiiii. lata, antice caulem late superantia basi optime profundeque 

 cordata, basi antica circinatini appendiculata. Celluln' superse 18 }i,, 

 basales 27 [i trigonis nodulosis, parietibus flexuosis. Lobulus niagnus 

 suberectus vel leviter nutans, pileatus lateque apertus, vertice angulatim 

 rotundatus, apice longe rostratus, rostro anguste lanceolato, valde atte- 

 nuato, stricto, apice subsetaceo. Amphigastria magna subrotunda, 

 transverse inserta leviterque cordata, apice brevissime exciso-bidentula. 

 Folia floralia intima obovato-oblonga obtusa, lobulo parum breviore, 

 ad mediuni soluto, ex angusta basi oblongo-triangulato, acuto integer- 

 rimo. Ampiiigaslrium florale int. anguste oblongum, liberum, ad medium 

 bifidum, rima angusta, lobis lanceolatis porrectis acutis. 



Hab. Africa australis, Van Reenen Pass. 



Die Pflanze gehort vielleicht zur Abtheilung Chonanthelia, da der 

 lobulus folii mit dem Blatt in breiter Basis verbunden ist. 



40. Frullania Hohneliana St., Hedwigia, 1894, p. 145. 

 Dioica mediocris virens, flaccidissima, in cortice depresso-csespitans. 



Caulis ad 5 cm. longus, regnlariter pinnatus, pinnis brevibus remotis, 

 aliis longioribus pinnulatis. Folia caulina conferta, oblique patula con- 

 cava, in plano subcircularia, 1,87 mm. longa, 1,3 mm. lata, basi pro- 

 funde cordata, basiantica circinatiin appendiculata, apice late rotundata. 

 Cellulx superae27 ij. trigonis parvis, parietibus flexuosis, basales27 x36jj, 

 trigonis subnodulosis. Lobulus magnus, cauli contiguus, erectus vel 

 leviter nutans, cucullatus, vertice late rotiindatus, ore oblique truncato 

 amplissimo, labiis parallelis, apice breviter rostratus decurvus acutus. 

 Amphigastria caulina magna, caule quintuplo latiora sinuatim inserta, 

 subcircularia, apice breviter biloba, rinia angusta obtusa, lobis acutis. 

 Perianthia obovato-oblonga, triplicata, carinis anguste alatis, alae cre- 

 nulatae subspinulosae, superficie intercarinali hirta, rostro majusculo. 

 Folia floralia trijug-d, intima caulinis vix majora, obovato-oblonga, lobulo 

 parum breviore, fere ad basin usque bi/ido, laciniis porrectis lanceolatis 

 acuminatis canaliculatis. /lmj9/< ?<7o.s7/'/w w flor. int. lobulisaequilongum spa- 

 thulatum, duplo longius quam latum, apice breviter exciso-bidentulum. 

 Andrcecia magna spicata nuinerosa, bracteis sexjugis minus confertis. 

 Hab Africaor.,Kilitnandscharo, Somaliagallica, Abyssinia, Madagascar. 



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