Frullania. franz stephani. species hepaticarum (Vol. IV, 1911). 



rupicola. Oaulis ad 18 cm. longus, validus, rigidus, strictus, bipinnatus, 

 pinnis primariis ad 3 cm. longis, remote breviterque pinnulatis, rarais 

 longioribus interjectis, similiter bipinnatis. Folia caulina imbricata, 

 oblique patula, apice arcte decurva, in plano late ovata (1,12 mm. 

 longa, niedio 0,8 mm. lata), apice late acuminata, apiculata, dorso 

 caulem late superantia, basi antica grosse appendiculata, appendiculo 

 rotundato. Cellulse superse 12X18 |x parietibus validissimis irregula- 

 riter incrassatis, basales 18X36 {jl parietibus strictis, grosse trabecula- 

 tis, ipsa basi grosse nodulosis. Lobulus raagnus saepe evolutus, normaliter 

 anguste cylindricus, quadruplo longior quam latus, a caule remotus, 

 erectus vel leviter nutans, vertice rotundatus, ore recte truncato, raar- 

 ginem folii haud superante. Amphigastria caulina magna transverse 

 inserta, caule triplo latiora, subcircularia, basi utrinque breviter rotun- 

 data,* ad medium biloba, rima angusta acuta, lobis acutis, marginibus 

 externis arcte recurvis. Perianthia clavata, rostro longo angusto. 

 Folia floralia intima anguste lanceolata, acuminata, acuta, inferne 

 nuda, superne optime serrata, lobulus sequilongus, parura angus- 

 tior, ad '/» solutus, margine interno sirailiter serrato. Amphigas- 

 trium. florale intimum lobis sequilongum, late ligulatum, fere ad 

 raedium bifidum, laciniis lanceolatis acutis serratis.inrfradanumerosa 

 capitata. 



Hab. Insulse mascarense, Madagascar, Insulse comorenses. 



6. FruUania Rutenbergii G., Rel. Rut., p. 363. 



Dioica, minor, rufescens, corticola. Caulis ad 6 cm. longus, simpliciter 

 breviterque pinnatus, paucis pinnis longioribus interjectis similiter 

 pinnulatis. Folia caulina imbricata recte patula, parura concava, apice 

 decurva, in plano late ovato-elliptica (0,8 mra. longa, medio 0,53 mra. 

 lata), apice obtusa vel subapiculata, ssepe rotundata, dorso caulera vix 

 superantia, basi antica truncata, exappendiculata. Cellulse superse 14 ^, 

 trigonis raajusculis acutis, basales 18X27 [i trigonis raaximis acutis, 

 parietibus ubique strictis. Lobulus evolutus lanceolatus canaliculatus, 

 normaliter auriculatus, a cauleremotiusculus, erectus, plus duplo longior 

 quara latus, vertice rotundatus, ore attenuato, truncatulo, raarginem 

 folii parura superante. Amphigastria caulina obovata,transverse inserta, 

 ad medium inciso-biloba, lobis anguste triangulatis obtusis vel acutis. 

 Folia floralia intiraa obovato-oblonga, acuta, integerriraa ; lobulus foliis 

 sequilongus, angustelanceolatus, feread basinusque solutus, raarginibus 

 ubique valide reraoteque spinosis. Amphigastrium florale lobulis sequi- 

 longum, uno latere lobulo alte coaiitum, oblongum utrinque pauci- 



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