(VOL. IV, 1911). FRANZ STEPHANI. SPECIES HEPATICARUM Frullania. 



latirii coiifliientibus. Lobulus parvus, cylindricus, a caule valde reinotus, 

 oblique patens, subtripjo iongior quam iatus, vertice obtusus, ore 

 truncato-rotundato. Stylus foliaceus, ad plicam angustam reductus, 

 apiculatus, apiculum lobulo appressum. Amphifjasiria caulina obovato- 

 obcuneata, superne utrinque angulata, apicc breviter angusteque 

 incisa, lobis late triangulatis acutis. 

 Hab. Africa orientalis Usambara. 



15. FruUania Lepervanchii St. n. sp. 



Autoica mediocris valida rufescens, in cortice dense depresso caes- 

 pitosa. Caulis ad 5 cm. longus, regulariter breviterque pinnulatus, 

 pinnis longioribus ad 15 mm. longis similiter pinnulatis, Folia caulina 

 imi)ricata, oblique palula, valde concava, in plano oblique ovata 

 (1,12 inin. longa, medio 0,93 mm. lata) asymmetrica, margine antico 

 arcuato, postico truncato-rotundato, basi antica truncata. Cellulx 

 superse 18 jj. trigonis majusculis acutis, inferse 18X36 u. parietibus 

 validis, basales 27 X 36 a trigonis magnis acutis. Lobulus anguste 

 cylindricus, a caule valde remotus, oblique patens, quadruplo longior 

 quam latus, vertice obtusus, ore truncato; stylus foliaceus, apice seta- 

 ceus, inferne replicatus. Amphigastrid caulina late obcuneata, superne 

 utrinque angulata, apice breviter exciso-biloba, lobis acutis. Perianthia 

 pyriformia, rostro valido breviusculo. Folia floralia intima oblonga, 

 acuta integerrima; lobulus parum brevior lanceolatus, ad medium 

 solutus, integerrimus, styio parvo setiformi. Amphigastrium /lorale 

 intimum parvum, lobulis duplo brevius, oblongum, admediumbifiduni. 

 lobis lanceolatis acutis integerrimis. Androecia capitata, sessiiia, perian- 

 tbio approximata. 



Hab. Madagascar. Insulx Mascarense. 



16. Frullania fusca St. Hedwigia 1894, p. 163. 



Dioica major valida, fusco-olivacea vel rufescens, dense depresso- 

 caispitosa lateque expansa. Caulis ad 6 cm. longus regulariter breviter- 

 que pinnatus, pinnis simplicibus, superis longioribus minute j)innula- 

 tis. Folia caulina conferta, recte patula, concava, apice arcte decin-va, 

 in plano-obovata (1,46 mm. longa, medio 1,2 mm. lata) symmetrica, 

 apice rotundata vel obtusiuscula, dorso caulem late supei-antia, basi 

 antica grosse appendiculata, appendiculo subquadrato. Celluloe superae 

 18 [xtrigonis parvis, inferse 18x36 {j. trigonis magnis acutis, basales 

 27 X 45 [1 trigonis maximis, hic illic trabeculatim contluentibus, 

 parietibus ubique strictis, superne leviter flexuosis. Lobulus maximus, 

 cylindricus, leviter curvatus, a caule remotiusculus oblique patens, 



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