Symbyezidium. FRANZ STEPHANI. SPECIES HEPATICARUM (VOL. V, 1912), 



Lejeunea transversalis p Hookeriana Syn. Hep., p. 311. 

 Platylejeunea incrassata Besch. el Spruce. Bull. Soc. Bot. 

 France1889, p. 179. 



Monoica et autoica, rufo-brunnea, magna, flaccida, longe lateque 

 expansa. Caulis ad icni. longus, dense irregulariterque multiraniosus, 

 pinnis brevibus uuilateralibus. Folia caulina conferta, recte patula, 

 valde concava apiceque decurva, in plano ovato-triangulata, subsymme- 

 trica (1,33 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata) apice quam basis duplo angustiore, 

 rotundato, lata basi inserta, basi antica rotundato - appendiculata. 

 Cellulx superae 27 jj., basales vix majores, trigonis majuscuHs, in medio 

 parietum nodulosis. Lobulus parvus, cucullatus decurvus, apice planus, 

 in folii marginem attenuatus, in plano ovato-rotundatus. Amphigastria 

 caulina magna, caule quintuplo latiora, sinuatim inserta, e basi obcu- 

 neata reniformia, apice late truncata. Perianthia obovato-oblonga, duplo 

 longiora quam lata, foliis caulinis vix longiora, inferne nuda, superne 

 pilifera, pilis in facie et margine irregulariter distributis, longis; rostro 

 valido. Folia floralia parva, perianthio duplo breviora, obovato-oblonga, 

 obtusa vel apiculata, lobulo parum breviore et angustiore, simillimo. 

 Amphigastriutn florale foliis floralibus sequilongum, obovato-oblongum, 

 apice rotundatum, integrum. Andrcecia in caule sessila, bracteis ad 

 6 jugis. 



Hab. Brasilia, Guyana, Guadeloupe. 



6. Symbyezidium cordistipulum St. n. sp. 



Sterilis, major, robusta, olivacea, flaccida, corticola. Caulis ad 4 cm. 

 longus, parum irregulariterque raraosus. Fo/?V?fOM//n«conferta, magna, 

 recte patula, valde concava apiceque decurva, in plano ovato-triangulata 

 (1,83 mm. longa, 1,6 mm. lata) obtusa, latissima basi inserta, basi 

 antica rotundata. Cellulse superse 27 jj, basaIes27x36jj.trigonis magnis 

 acutis. Lobulus majusculus, ovatus, duplo longior quam latus, decurvus, 

 valde inflatus, apice breviter attenuatus, in plano erectus, duplo latior 

 quam longus, apice duplo angustiore, truncato plano, angulo acuto. 

 Amphigastria caulina maxima, foliis subsequimagua, latiora quam longa 

 (0,83X0,58 mm.) apice rotundata, anguste decurrentia, sub basi 

 constricta, cordatim ampliata. 



Hab. Costarica. Boruco. 



7. Symbyezidium grandifolium St. n. sp. 



Dioica, maxima, fusco-brunnea, flaccida, in ramulis arborum nidu- 

 lans vel pendula. CauMs ad 11 cm. longus, irregulariter denseque 

 pinnatus. Folia caulina conferta, recte patula. apice decurva, in plano 



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