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caule quintiiplo latiora, obcuneata, snbtransverse inserta, apice late 

 rotundata, vi\ latiora quain longa. Periunthia pi/riformia, 9 plicala, 

 rostro parvo. Folia florulia oblonga, duplo longiora quam lata, acuta, 

 lobulo duplo breviore oblongo vel snbovato, apice rotundato, ad mediuin 

 soluto. Amphigastritwi /torale lobulis oequilonguin. late obcuneatum, 

 apice truncato-rotundatum. Androecia ignota. 

 Hab. Africa occidenlalis. Insula San Thome. 



9. Brachiolejeunea parviflora Sl. n. sp. 



Dioica, parva, fusco-brunnea, corlicola. Caulis ad 15 mm. longus, 

 parum irregulariterque ramosus. Folia caulina conferta, oblique patula, 

 valde concava, margine postico apiceque arcte decurvis, in plano ovata, 

 asymmetrica (1 mm. longa, 0,75 mm. lata) apice obtusa, brevi basi 

 inserta, basi antica truncato-rotundata. Cellulx superae 18 X 22 {i, 

 basales 18X36 p. trigonis majusculis. Lobulus magnus, late ovato- 

 rotundatus, folio duplo brevior, carina valde arcuata. subsaccata, 

 margine supero grosse quadridentato, apice truncato-excisulo. Amphi- 

 gastria caulina maxima, foliis subiequimagna, caule 6 plo latiora, 

 transverse inserta, quadrato-rotundata, basi utrinque rotundata. 

 Periunthia parum compressa, oblongo-elliptica, triplo longiora quam 

 lata, 8 plicata, rostro valido, breviusculo patelliformi. Folia floralia 

 perianthio aequilonga, falcatim divergentia, obovato-obionga, acuta, 

 lobulo ad plicam angustam longissimam reducto. Amphigastrium florale 

 perianthio aequilongum oblongum lobis breviter coalitum, apice late 

 emarginatum, angulis subacutis. Andrcecia iguota. 



Hab. Madagascar. 



10. Brachiolejeunea bidens St. n. sp. 



Monoica major, pallide virens, flaccida, in corlice et rupibus dense 

 depresso-csespitans. Caulis ad 5 cm. longus, irregulariter multira- 

 mosus, ramis primariis ad 2 cm. longis, sparsim pinnulatis, aliis bre- 

 vioribus simplicibus. Folia caulina conferta, recte patula, concava, in 

 plano optime ovata (1,33 mm. longa, 0,86 mm. lata, apice subacuta, 

 ad medium accreta, basi antica breviter rotundata. Cellulse superae 

 12X18 |j., trigonis parvis, basales 27 X 36 |x, trigonis majusculis. 

 Lobulus maximus, folio duplo brevior, in situ oblongo-triungulatus, 

 margine supero stricto, remote bideutata, apice quam basis multo 

 angustiore, carina inflata; in plano subrectangulatus, duplo longior quam 

 latus, apice late truncatus, angulo apiculato, altero dente subapicali 

 simillimo approximato. Amphigastria cuulina maxima, (0,8 mm. lata, 

 0,65 mm. longa) breviter sinuatim inserta, late obcuneata, apice late 



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