Bnjopieris. FRANZ STEPHANI. SPECIES IIEPATICARUM (VOL. V, 1912). 



dentata, lobiilo aMiiiilongo, duplo angustiore, anguste lanceolato, ad 

 niedium soluto, acuto, superne regulariter dentato. Amphigaslvium 

 florale intinium lobiilis iequilongum, oblongo ellipticuin, ad medium 

 bifidum, marginibus dentatis, in sinu nudis. Androecia ignota. 

 Hab. Mexico, Guaicmala, Costarica. 



6. Bryopteris fruticulosa Tayl. J. of Bot. 1846, p. 382. 

 Syn. : Bryolejeunea frulieulosa Spruce. Hep. Am. And., p. 112. 

 Dioica, magna, robusta rigida, dilute brunnea, longe prostrata 



laxeque cgespitosa. Caulis ad 10 cm. longus, regulariter pinnatus, 

 pinnis ad 3 cm. longis, oblique patulis, remotiusculis, paucis lon- 

 gioribus opposito-pinnatis. Folia caulina parum imbricata, interdum 

 conferta, subrecte patula, valde concava, margine postico late incurvo, 

 in plano ovato-oblonga (2,33 mm. longa, 1,4 mm. lata) acuta, regula- 

 riter dentata, inferne nuda, lata basi inserta, basi antica rotundato- 

 appendiculata. Cellulse superse 9x18 jx trigonis nodulosis in medio et 

 angulis parietum, basales 18X54 {x, nodulis seriatis. Lobulus m ?>\X\x 

 semioccultus, in plano ovatus, apice breviter attenuatus, in folii mar- 

 ginem excurrens. Amphigastria caulina dense imbricata, obcuneata, 

 parum longiora quam lata, transverse inserta vel breviter decurrentia, 

 apice truncato-rotundata valideque dentata. Perianthia oblonga, triplo 

 longiora quam lata, rostro parvo. Folia floralia intima 3,7 mm. longa, 

 lanceolata, longe acuminata acuta, irregulariter dentata, basi nuda, 

 lobulo parum breviore, duplo angustiore, ad medium fere soluto, 

 acuminato grosseque spinoso. Amphigastrium fiorale intimum, lobulis 

 <equiIongum, valde carinatum, in plano oblongo-ellipticum, marginibus 

 irregulariter spinosis et duplicatim spinosis, sublaceratis, apice breviter 

 bifidum, lobis anguste triangulatis acuminatis acutis paucidentatis. 

 Andrcecia numerosa, breviter spicata bracteis ad 8 jugis. 

 Hab. America tropica, valde coramunis. 



7. Bryopteris Liebmanianus L. et G. Syn. Hep., p. 738. 

 Dioica, maxima, dilute brunnea, rigidula, in cortice prostrata vel 



longe pendula. Caulis ad 30 cra. longus, reraote longeque ramosus, 

 ramis ad 10 cm. longis, simplicibus, rarius pinnula auctis ; /^oZ/a caulina 

 contigua, recte patula, parum concava, raargine postico arcte recurvo, 

 in plano 4 mm. longa, 2 mra. lata, acuta, subapice paucidentata, brevi 

 basi adnata, basi antica rotundato - appendiculata. Cellulae superae 

 18x36 ji trigonis majusculis nodulosis, basales 18X63 |jl, nodulosis 

 seriatis. Lobulus parvus, inflatus, in situ oblongus, apice rotundatus, 

 in planotruncatus, angulo obtuso. Am,phigastria caulina magna, obovata, 



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