PtychocoleUS. FRANZ STEPHANI. SPECIES IIEPATICARUM (VoL. V, 1912). 



obtiiso. Amphigastrium florale intimum lobulis subaequilongum, obo- 

 vatum, integeriimum. Andrcecia in ramis terminaiia, breviter spicata, 

 bracteis 5 jugis. 



Hab. Africa, Insulae Mascarense. 



12. Ptychocoleus madagascariensis St. n. sp. 



Dioica raagna robusta, rufa, flaccida, in cortice dense csespitosa 

 lateque expansa. Caulis ad 7 cm. longus, irregulariter ramosus, rarais 

 longioribus pinnatis, interdum bipinnatis vel fasciculatim aggregatis. 

 Folia caulina imbricata, squarrose patula, in situ oblonga, valde concava 

 margine postico arcte recurvo, in plano subrotunda (0,53 mm. longa, 

 0,46 mra. lata) apice late rotundata, brevi basi inserta, basi antica 

 rotundata. Cellulse superse 18X27 ^ basales 18X36 p. trigonis raajus- 

 culis. Lobulus in situ occultus, in piano oblongus, triplo longior quam 

 latus, carina valde inflata, levi sinu in folii marginera excurrente, apice 

 subrecte truncatus, angulo acuto. Amphigastria caulina cmle qusidmplo 

 latiora, obcuneata, sinuatira inserta, basi utrinque cordatira rotundata, 

 apice late truncata, in plano latiora quara longa. Perianthia parva 

 pyriforraia, haud exserta, eplieata, rostro angusto longo. Folia floralia 

 intiraa, perianthio duplo longiora, squarrose patula, valde concava, 

 marginibus anguste arcteque incurvis, in plano obovato-oblonga, lobulo 

 ^nguste lineari, foliis vix breviore, breviter soluto, apice spiniforrai. 

 Amphigastrium florale intiraura profunde canaliculatura, squarrose 

 recurvura, in plano oblongo ellipticura, foliis floralibus sequilongura. 

 Androecia nuraerosa, in ramis terrainalia, bracteis ad 7 jugis, ex apice 

 vegetativa. 



Hab. Madagascar. 



13. Ptychocoleus inermis St. n. sp. 



Monoica rainor rufo-brunnea flaccida, corticola. Caulis ad 2 cm. 

 longus, irregulariter raraosus, bi-vel tripinnatus, rarais ssepe fascicu- 

 latira approximatis. Folia caulina parura imbricata, recte patula, valde 

 €oncava apiceque late decurva, in plano late triangulata, asymmetrica, 

 margine postico substricto, brevi basi inserta, apice obtusa, basi antica 

 truncata, in ramis acuta. Cellulx superse 18X27 [jl basales 27 X36 [j. 

 trigonis parvis. Lobulus in situ oblongus arcuatus attenuatus, in plano 

 late ovatus, in folii marginera attenuatus. Aniphigastria caulina parva, 

 caule duplo latiora, transverse inserta, basi obcuneata, apice late trun- 

 cata, parura latiora quara longa. Perianthia pyriforraia, basi angusta 

 substipitata, postice valde inflata, antice plana, levia, rostro angusto 

 majusculo. Folia floralia intiraa perianthio parura breviora, oblonga, 



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