(VoL. V, 1912). FRANZSTEPHANI. SPECIES HEPATICARUM Brachiokjeunea. 



lateque expansa. Caulis ad 3 cm. lougus, dense regulariterque pinnatus 

 et bipinnatus. Folia caulina conferta, recte patula, concava, margine 

 postico arcte incurvo, in plano snbrotunda, vix longiora (|uam lata 

 (1,2 min. longa, 1 mm. lata) apice late rotundata, ad medium accreta, 

 basi antica circinatim appendiculata. Cellulse superae 18x27 ^ tri- 

 gonis majusculis, basales 18 X 36 |j. trigonis magnis. Lobulun in situ 

 saccatus, carina oblique adscendens arcuata, inllata, sinu subrecto in 

 folii marginem excurrens, in plano late ovatus, folio subtriplo brevior, 

 apice oblique truncatus, margine supero arcuato 4 mamillato. Amphi- 

 gaslria caulina magna, caule 5 plo latiora subrotunda, profunde sinua- 

 tim inserta. Periauthia late pyriformia, quinqueplicata, plicis angustis 

 longe decurrentibus, rostro minuto Folia floralia intima obovato- 

 oblonga, perianthio parum breviora, apice rotundata, lohulo duplo 

 breviore, obovato-oblongo, parum soluto apice rotundato. Amphigas- 

 trium florale intimum lobis sequilongum, late obcuneatum, apice rotun- 

 datum, integrum Andrcecia ignota. 

 Hab. Madagascar. 



5. Brachiolejeunea africana St. n. sp. 



Autoica raediocris, grandifolia, flavescens, in cortice laxe caispitans. 

 Catilis ad 4 cm. longus, irregulariter raraosus. Folia caulina imbricata, 

 recte patula, margine postico incurvo, in plano ovata, obtusa vel 

 apiculata (2,67 mm. longa, 1,74 mm. lata) brevi basi inserta,basi antica 

 truncata; Ccllula' superae 18X27 {j, basales 27 X45jx, trigonis parvis. 

 Lobulus iu situ occultus, in plano ovatus, folio 4 plo brevior, carina 

 leviter arcuata, apice exciso, angulo acuto Amphigastria caulina raagna, 

 caule triplo latiora, subrotunda, leviter sinuatiin inserta. Perianthia 

 clavata, triplicata, rostro longo. Folia floralia intiraa lanceolata, acu- 

 rainata acuta, lobulo duplo breviore, profunde soluto, oblongo, acuto. 

 Amphigastrium florale intimum foliis floralibus aequilongum, oblongo- 

 ellipticum, apice breviter exciso-bidentatum, laciniis lanceolatis,acutis. 

 Andrcecia in caule ramisque terminalia, bracteis 8 jugis, ex apice 

 vegetativa. 



Hab. Congo. Basoko. 



6. Brachiolejeunea assimilis St. Africa. Exped. 1907-1908. 

 Herzog Ad. Friedrich. 



Dioica, raediocris, valida, rufo-brunnea, flaccida, in cortice laxe 

 csespitans Caulis ad 3 cm. longus, irregulariter multiramosus, ramis 

 simphcibus, sub flore tantum furc^th. Folia caulina imbricata, subrecte 

 patula, valde concava, leviter, falcata, in plano oblongo - elliptica 



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