Ptyc/iocoleus. franz stepiiani. species hepaticarum (Vol. V, 1912). 



55. Ptychocoleus luzonensis St. 



Syn. : Acrolejeunea luionensis St. Hedwig. 1895, p. 4-7. 



Dioica major, valida, flaccida, fulva, corticola late expansa. Caulis ad 

 4 cm. longiis, vage nmltiramosus, ramis longis, saepe simplicibus, aliis 

 breviter remoteque pinnulatis. Folia caulina conferta, oblique patula, 

 margine postico apiceque valde incurva, in plano subrotunda (0,86 mm. 

 longa, 0,7 mm. lata), apice rotundata, ad medium accreta, basi antica 

 breviter rotundato-appendiculata. Cellulse superse 18X27 jj,, basales 

 27X36 [j. trigonis majusculis. Lobulus in situ parce occultus, maximus, 

 in plano oblongus, folio vix duplo brevior, carina substricta, levi sinu 

 in folii marginem excurrens, apice oblique truncatus, margine supero 

 grosse trispinoso, spinis inaequalibus, medio vulgo longiore et angus- 

 tiore. Amphigastria caulina magna, caule quadruplo latiora, sinuatim 

 inserta, late obcuneata, apice late truncata. Andrcecia in ramis termi- 

 nalia, bracteis ad 8 jugis. Reliqua desunt. 



Hab. Insulse Philippinse. 



56. Ptychocoleus malaccensis (Tayl.) St. 

 Syn. : Lejeunea malaccensis Tayl. Syn. Hep., p. 753. 



Acrolejeunea malaccensis S. Hep. Am. And., p. 116. 



Major, fusco-purpurea. Caulis ad 6 cm. longus, vage ramosus, ramis 

 rectiusculis. Folia caulina imbricata, erecto-patentia, concavissima. 

 Cellulase quoad plantae staturam minutae. Lobulus rainutus, ovatus, 

 obtusissimus, involutus. Amphigastria caulina imbricata, ovato-rotun- 

 data, integerrima, margine tumenti-inflexa. Perianthia terminalia, 

 immersa, obovata, superne biplicata (in facie postica?) plicis inferne 

 in unam latam confluentibus. Folia floralia margine inflexa. 



Hab. Malacca. 



Die Pflanze war niclit zu erlangen ; die vorstehende Diagnose ist nur 

 die Uebertragung der Original Beschreibung. 



57. Ptychocoleus mangaloreus St. n. sp. 



Dioica parva, dilute brunnea corticola. Caulis ad 2 cm. longus, irre- 

 gulariter longeque ramosus. Folia caulina parum imbricata, oblique 

 patula, concava, in situ oblonga, in plano late ovata, asymmetrica, 

 margine postico substricto, apice late rotundata, ad raedium accreta, 

 basi antica truncata. Cellulse superse 18 X27 [i, basales 18X36 }jl tri- 

 gonis magnis. Lobulus in situ oblongus, parce occultus, in plano rectan- 

 gulatus, duplo longior quara latus, folio duplo brevior, carina sub- 

 stricta, apice recte truncatus, angulo obtuso. Amphigastria caulina 

 rotunda, transverse inserta, caule triplo latiora. Perianthia ovato- 



