Complement au Bulletin de 1'Herbier Boissier, ann^e 1909. 



SPECIES HEPATICARUM 



Franz STEPHAJVI 



■EW YOKi: 



«trrANicAL. 



Bryopteris Ldbg., 1844 



Plantse magnse robustae rigidae, flavescentes vel rufse vel brunnese, 

 late expansge longeque prostratae. Caulis e caudice repente erectus 

 plumseformis, pinnatus, arhizus, ramis suboppositis, bipinnatis vel 

 furcatim ramosus, furcis longis late divergentibus. Folia caulina imbri- 

 cata, disticha, magna, ovata, asymmetrica, acuta, apice serrata ; lobulus 

 parvus vel exiguus, inflatus, rarius subplanus, paucidentatus vel inte- 

 gerrimus. Cellulm bene incrassatse, inferne longiores, parietibus trabecu- 

 latis, interdum vittam medianam plus minus longani formantes. 

 Lobulus folii parvus, ob marginem late incurvum ssepe occultus, levis 

 vel dentatus. Amphigastria caulina magna, e basi obcuneata subrotunda, 

 apice dentata, inferne concava superne plana. Inflorescentia, dioica, in 

 una monoica. Perianthia in ramulo par\'0 terminalia, innovatione nulla, 

 angusta, levia, triplicata, plica tertia postica, rostro parvo. Folia floralia 

 plurijuga, intima caulinis longiora, lanceolata, validius armata, lobulo 

 magno, profunde soluto, similiter armato. Amphigastriumftoralemtimnm 

 foliis simile, angustum, alte carinatum, bifidum, grossius armatum. 

 AndroRcia in ramulis terminalia, plus minus longe spicata. 



Africa 



1. Bryopteris Gaudischaudii G. 



2. Bryopteris madagascariensis St. 



2i Mai 1912 1 1 



