(VOL. V, 4912). FRANZ STEPHAM. SPECIES IIEPATICARUM Ptychocoleus. 



gine postico arcte iiicurvo, in plano oblongo-elliptica (0,S inni. longa, 

 0,46 inm. lata), asyminetrica, obtnsa vel acuta, lata basi inserta, basi 

 antica rotundata. Cellulx superae 13 (x, basales vix longiores, trigonis 

 majusculis acutis. Lobulus in situ occultus, in plano linearis, triplo lon- 

 gior quam latus, apice truncatus, angulo bidentulo, carina substricla, 

 stricte in folii marginem excurrens. Perianlhia oblonga, subtriplo lon- 

 giora quam lata, rostro longo valido, 5-plicato, plicis longe decurrenti- 

 bus. Folia floralia intima lanceolata acuta, lobulo parum breviore, ad 

 medium soluto, ceterum simillimo. Amphiguslrium floralc intimum, 

 lobis aequilonguin, late ligulatum, integerrimum. Androecia mediana, 

 bracteis 6 jugis. 



Hab. Java, Nova Guinea, Philippinse Insulse. 



36. Ptychocoleus aulacophorus (Mont.) St. 



Syn. : Phragmicoma aulacophoim Mont., Ann. sc. nat., 1843, p. 259. 



Autoica, mediocris, fusco-olivacea, maxime flaccida, in cortice spon- 

 giose caespitans. Caulis ad 3 cm. longus, maxime irregulariterque 

 ramosus. Folia caulina, conferta, squarrose patula, in plano subrotunda 

 (1 mm, longa, 0,86 min. lata), apice rotundata, latissima basi inserta. 

 Cellulx superx 18X27 ji,, trigonis majusculis, basales 27x45 [j, trigo- 

 nis magnis. Lobulus in situ triangulatus, in plano subrotundus, carina 

 substricta, apice et margine supero regulariter mamillato, mamillis 7-8. 

 Amphigastria caulina majuscula, caule triplo latiora, obcuneata, latiora 

 quam longa, apice late rotundata. Perianthia pyriformia, pluriplicata 

 (plicis ad 15) rostro parvo. Folia floralia intima obovato-oblonga, 

 obtusa, lobulo subsequimagno, truncato, angulo obtuso. Amphigastrium 

 florale intimum lobis aequilongum, late spathulatum, apice late truncato- 

 rotundatum. Androecia parva, perianthiis approximata, longe spicata, 

 bracteis 8-10 jugis. 



Hab. Asia, Africa, Australia, tropica et subtropica, valde communis. 



37. Ptychocoleus brunneus St. n. sp. 



Dioica mediocris, rufo-brunnea, corticola et rupicola, late expansa. 

 Caulis ad 3 cm. longus, irregulariter pinnatus, ramis ad 1 cm. longis, 

 minoribus mixtis. Folia caulina conferta, subrecte patula squarrose 

 recurva, in plano late ovata (1 mm. longa, 0,86 mm. lata), asymmetrica, 

 margine postico substricto, apice obtusa, lata basi inserta. Cellulse 

 superse 18X27 {j,, basales parum majores, trigonis ubique majusculis. 

 Lobulus folio duplo brevior, obJique patens, in situ angustus, 4-plo 

 longior quam latus, apice duplo angustiore, oblique truncato, angulo 

 obtuso, carina leviter arcuata, levi sinu in folii marginem abeunte, in 



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