(VOL. V, 1912). FRANZ STEPIIAM. SPECIES IIEPATICARUM P/i/c/wcoleus. 



in unain latam confluentibus, rostro minimo. Folia /loralia intima cau- 

 linis simillima similiterque squarrosa, lubulo vix breviore, anguste 

 lanceolato, ad medium soluto, acuminato acuto. Amphigastrium (lorale 

 int. foliis floralibus aequilongum, ovato-ellipticum, apice rotundatum 

 integrum. Andrcecia ignota. 

 Hab. Borfieo. 



76. Ptychocoleus subinnovans St. 



Syn. Acrolejeunea subinnovans St. Hedw. 1895, p. 59. 



Dioica, pusilla, olivacea, dense depresso-caespitans. Caulis ad 15 mm. 

 longus, irregulariter multiramosus. Folia caulina conferta, oblique 

 patula, valde concava, in plano late falcato-ovata (0,65 mm. longa, 

 0,53 mm. lata) apice rotundata, lata basi inserta, basi antica breviter 

 rotundata. Cellulse superae 18x27 [a, basales 18X36 (x trigonis parvis, 

 Lobulus anguste oblongus, triplo longior quam latus, oblique adscen- 

 dens, carine substricta, inflata, sinu subrecto in folii marginem excur- 

 rens, apice breviter excisus, angulo apiculato. Amphigasfria caulina 

 transverse inserta, subrotunda, caule duplo latiora. Perianthia pyri- 

 formia, 9 plicata, plicis angustis, longe decurrentibus, rostro longo, 

 angusto. Folia (loralia int. caulinis duplo longiora, obovato-oblonga, 

 acuta, lobulo aequilongo, duplo angustiore, acuto, ad medium soluto. 

 Amphigastrium florale int. late ligulatum, foliis floralibus sequilongum, 

 apice rotundatum. AndrcEcia ignota. 



Hab. Nova Guinea. 



77. Ptychocoleus tener St. n. sp. 



Dioica mediocris tenerrima, flaccida, fragillima, pallide virens, cor- 

 ticola. Caulis ad A cm. longus, remote breviterque pinnatus, ramis 

 longioribus iterum pinnatis. Folia caulina creberrima, recte patula, in 

 situ triangularia, in plano late ovata, asymmetrica (1,2 mm. longa, 

 0,93 mm. lata) obtusa, latissima basi inserta. Cellulee superae 18x27 {x, 

 basales STX-iS |a, trigonis parvis. Lobulus in situ occultus, in plano 

 rectangulatus, parum longior quam latus apice rotundatus (0,67 mra. 

 longus et latus) ubique grosse dentatus, dentibus 6-7, obtusiusculis. 

 Amphigastria caulina majuscula, caule quadruplo latiora, rotunda, 

 leviter sinuatim inseita. Folia floralia intima caulinis parum majora, 

 obovato-oblonga, apice rotundata, lobulo parum breviore subtriplo 

 angustiore, haud soluto, truncato, obtuso. Amphigastrium florale inti- 

 mum foliis floralibus /ow^ms, optime ellipticum, integerrimum. ReJiqua 

 desunt. 



Hab. Nova Guinea. 



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