(VOL. V, 1912). FRANZ STEPHANl. SPECIES HEPATICARUM IHychocoleUH. 



Perianthia vix exserta, late cylindrica, duplo longiora quara lata,/«t;/fl, 

 sub rostro quideni inflato-plicatula, rostro valido niajusculo. Folia 

 floralia intima perianthio sequilonga, appressa, lanceolata acuta, lobulo 

 subaiquilongo, breviter soluto, duplo vel triplo angustiore, acuminato 

 acuto. Amphigastrium florale intiraum foliis floralibus longius, anguste 

 eilipticum, duplo longius quam latum, apice breviter inciso-bidentatum. 

 Androecia breviter spicata, bracteis quinquejugis. 

 Hab. Madagascar. 



18. Ptychocoleus ferrugineus St. 



Syn. : Acrolejeunea ferruginea St. Uedwig. 1895, p. 57. 



Dioica magna robusta ferruginea vel fusco-brunnea, subnigra, in 

 cortice et rupibus laxe caespitans. Caulis ad 8 cra. longus, irregulariter 

 pinuatus, pinnis simplicibus ad 2 cm. longis. Folia caulina conferta, 

 oblique patula, valde concava, margine postico arcte recurvo, in plano 

 late ovata (2 mm. longa, 1,6 mm. lata) apice obtusa, ad raediura 

 accreta, basi antica late rotundata. Cellulx superae 18x27 [j,, basales 

 18X36^ trigonis maximis acutis. Lobulus ovato-oblongus, in plano 

 rectangulatus, duplo longior quam latus, apice truncatus, angulo acuto, 

 rarius dente subapicali aucto. Amphigastria caulina majuscula, caule 

 quintuplo latiora, late obcuneata, Iransverse inserta, parum latiora 

 quam longa. Perianthia (juvenilia) quinque plicata, rostro parvo.Fo//<i 

 floralia intiraa oblonga, caulinis multo raajora, longe acurainata acuta^ 

 lohulo parum breviore et angustiore, anguste lanceolato, ad medium 

 soluto, acuminato. Amphigastrium florale intimum maxime concavum, 

 totara inflorescentiara obtegens, in plano subrotundum, apice ad V* 

 exciso-bifidum, sinu amplo, lobis triangulatis acutis. Androecia ignota. 



Hab. Africa occid. Kamerun. 



19. Ptychocoleus africanus St. n. sp. 



Dioica raediocris olivacea, flaccida, corticola. Caulis ad 3 cra. longus, 

 irregnlariter ramosus, ramis longioribus paucipinnulatis. Folia caulina 

 imbricata, subrecte patula, parum concava, in plano late ovata, symme- 

 trica (1,2 mra. longa, 0,93 mm. lata) apice late rotundata, lata basi 

 inserta, basi antica truncata. Cellulx superae 18X27 [i, basales Tlyiih |x 

 trigonis parvis. Lobulus magnus, subcylindricus, Iriplo longior quara 

 latus, sub apice leviter constrictus, oblique patens, carina leviter 

 arcuata, levi sinu in folii raarginera excurrens, apice oblique truncatus, 

 angula apiculato. Amphigastria caulina magna, reniformia, caule triplo 

 latiora, profunde sinuatim inserta. Periaiithia obovata, vix exserta, 

 obtuse quinqueplicata, rostro parvo. Folia floralia intiraa caulinis 



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