(VOL. V, 1912). FRANZ STEPHANI. SPECIES HEPATICARUM PtychocoleuS, 



acuta, sub apice paucidentata ; lobulu triplo breviore, lineari, haud 

 soluto apice truncato acuto. Amphigaslrium florale intirnum lobis duplo 

 longius, ex angusta basi subrotundum integerrimum./lnrfradain caule 

 sessilia, breviter spicata, bracteis quadrijugis. 

 Hab. Madagascar. 



14. Ptychocoleus Quintasii St. n. sp. 



Dioica mediocris, tlavo-virens, laxe caespitans. Caulis ad 4 cm. 

 longus, irregulariter iongeque ramosus, ramis fasciculatim aggregatis» 

 aliis remotis longis simplicibus, minoribus interruptis. Folia caulina 

 imbricata sul)recle patula, valde concava, margine postico arcte recurvo, 

 in plano optime ovata (1,2 mra. longa, 0,93 mm. lata) apice obtusa, ad 

 medium inserta, basi antica truncato-rotundata. Cetlulse superai 18X27 jjl 

 trigonis magnis acutis, basales 18X36 jx trigonis nodulosis, in angulis 

 et medio parietum. Lobulus in situ occultus, in plano ovato-oblongus, 

 duplo longior quani latus, apice quam basis duplo angustiore, oblique 

 truncato angulo apiculato, Amphigastria caulina majuscula, caule plus 

 duplo latiora, obcuneata, transverse inserta. PerianthiaXdXQ pyriformia, 

 levia, rostro parvo. Fulia /loralia intima caulinis multo majora, obovato- 

 oblonga, apiculata, lobulo parum breviore, quam folium quadruplo 

 angustiore, anguste lanceolato, apice parum soluto, acuminato acuto. 

 Amphigastrium florale intimum folio florali longius, ex angusta basi 

 obovatura, marginibus late recurvis, apice bidentulum. Andrcecia^ 

 ignota. 



Hab. Africa oceidentaUs, Insula San Thome. 



15. Ptychocoleus Pappeanus (Nees) St. 

 Syn. : Phragmicoma Pappeana Nees. Syn. Hep. 296. 



Acrolejcunea Pappeana St. Hedw. 1890, p. 133. 

 Dioica mediocris pallide flavovirens, flaccida corticola. Caulis ad 

 3 cm. longus, parura longeque ramosus, ramis simplicibus vel minute 

 pinnulatis. Folia caulina conferta, oblique patula, concava, margine 

 postico anguste recurvo, in plano late ovata subsymmetrica (1,2 mm. 

 longa, 0,93 mm. lata) apice subobtusa, lata basi inserta, basi antica 

 rotundato appendiculata. Cellulse superae. 18 X27 [x, basales 18x36 [jl 

 trigonis magnis. Lobulus in situ fusiformis, leviter curvatus in folii 

 marginem attenuatus, inflatus, superne planus, plica profunda per- 

 cursus, in plano oblique ovatus (margine supero breviore) apice 

 angustus, oblique truncatus, angulo apiculato, carina leviter arcuata, 

 levi sinu in folii marginem excurrens. Amphigastria caulina majuscula, 

 caule triplo latiora, transverse inserta, obcuneata, apice truncata. 



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