Ptychocoleus. franz stephani. species hepaticarum (Vol. V, 1912), 



plano late ovatus, margine libero 4 mariiillato. Amphigastria caulina 

 parva, caule duplo latiora, circularia, sinuatim inserta. Perianlhia 

 pyrifonnia, vix emersa, sexplicata, plicis inflatis, rostro majusculo. 

 Foliafloralia intima caulinis parum majora, ovato-oblonga, apicemulto 

 angustiora, obtusa, lobulo parum breviore, duplo angustiore, oblongo, 

 parum soluto, apice obtuso. Amphigastrium florale int. valde convexum, 

 in plano circulare, foliis flor. sequilongum, perianthium involvens. 

 Androecia ignota. 



Hab. Asia et Oceania tropica. 



38. Ptychocoleus caledonicus St. n. sp. 



Dioica mediocris fusco-virens, in cortice laxe caespitans. Caulis ad 

 5 cm. longus, irregulariter et sparsim ramosus. Fotia caulina conferta, 

 squarrose patula, in plano late ovata, leviter falcata (1,2 mm. longa, 

 0,93 mm. lata), apice rotundata, brevi basi inserta, basi antica truncata. 

 Cellulse superae 27x36 (x, basales Tiy<iib [i trigonis majusculis. 

 Lobulus in situ ovato-oblongus, oblique patens, carina leviter arcuata, 

 levi sinu in folii marginem excurrens, valde inflata, apice oblique trun- 

 catus, acutus vel bidentulus, in plano subquadratus, apice grosse tri- 

 dentatus. Amphigastria caulina majuscula, reniformia, caule triplo 

 latiora, transverse inserta. Perianthia cylindrica, decemplicata, plicis 

 inflatis longe decurrentibus, rostro longo angusto. Folia floralia intima 

 perianthio parum breviora, anguste oblonga, apice obtusa, lobulo aequi- 

 longo parum angustiore, breviter soluto obtuso. Amphigastrium florale 

 int. subrotundum, foliis floralibus duplo brevius, transverse insertum, 

 utrinque cordato-ampliatum. Andracia ignota. 



Hab. Nova Caledonia. 



39. Ptychocoleus ciliaris (Sande-Lac) St. 



Syn. : Phragmicoma ciliaris Sande-Lac, Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bot., 

 1863-64. 



Dioica mediocris, dilute brunnea, corticola. Caulis ad 4 cra. longus, 

 irregulariter longeque pinnatus et bipinnatus, flagellis microphyllis 

 numerosis. Folia caulina conferta, subrecte patula valde concava apice- 

 que decurva, in plano ovata (1,12 mm. longa, 0,8 mm. lata), acuta vel 

 obtusa, ad medium accreta, basi antica grosse rotundato-appendiculata. 

 Cellulse superae 18X27 {i, basales 18x36 {xtrigonis magnis. Lobulus in 

 situ occultus, in plano oblongus, folio triplo brevior, subrectangulatus, 

 apice quam basis parum angustiore, recte truncato, angulo obtuso. 

 Am-phigastria caulina magna, obcuneata, caule quadruplo latiora, vix 

 longiora quam lata, apice late rotundata. Folia floralia caulinis vix 



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