Brachiolejeunea . franz stepham, species hepaticarum (Vol. V, 1912). 



62. Brachiolejeunea Kirkii St. n. sp. 



Dioica, major, flaccida, flavo-rufescens, in cortice et rupibus dense 

 depresso-caespitans. Caulis ad 4 cm. longus, regulariter multifurcatus, 

 aliis rarais interjectis irregulariter distributis ; flagella parvifolia rhizi- 

 fera sparsa. FoUa caulina conferta, maxime decurva, subinvoluta, in 

 plano ovata '2,2 mm. longa, 1,4- mm. lata) apiculata, brevissima basi 

 inserta, basi antica breviter rotundata. Cellulse superae 18X27 ^, 

 basales 18x36 ti trigonis subnullis. Lobulus in situ occultus, in plano 

 oblongus, parviis, folio A plo brevior, apice attenuatus. Amphigastria 

 caulina majuscula, reniformia, caule duplo latiora, transverse inserta. 

 Perianthia (juvenilia) pyriformia, triplicata, plica tertia postica; rostro 

 valido. Folia floralia lanceolata, caulinis sequilonga, acuta, lobulo 

 parum breviore, multo angustiore, sublineari, apice acuminato, acuto, 

 ad medium soluto. Amphigastrium florale lobis gequilongum, anguste 

 spathulatum, apice ad 7« inciso-bilobatum, lobis triangulatis obtusis. 

 Andrcecia ignota. 

 ' Hab. Xeio Zealand. 



63. Brachiolejeunea plagiochiloides St. Hedwig. 1889» 

 p. 167. 



Dioica, major, robusta, flaccida, pallide virens vel flavo-virens, dense 

 depresso-caespitosa. Caulis ad 5 cm. longus, repetito-furcatus. Folia 

 caulina recte patula, conferta, in situ falcata, margine postico arcte 

 incurvo, in plano ovata (2,8 mm. longa, 1,8 mm. lata) late acuminata 

 acuta, ad medium accreta, basi antica rotundato-appendiculata. Cellulse 

 superae 27 {i, basales Tiy<.oA\i. trigonis majusculis, in medio parietum 

 nodulosis. Lobulus in situ occultus, in plano ovatus, parvus, folio 

 octuplo brevior, margine supero minute quadridentato, apice breviter 

 truncatus. Amphigastria caulina parva, caule duplo latiora, marginibus 

 arcte recurvis, in plano subcircularia, transverse inserta. Perianthia 

 anguste pyriformia (juvenilia) 7 plicata, plicis compressis, inaequalibus ; 

 rostro parvo. Folia floralia caulinis aequimagna simillima; lobulus par- 

 vus, oblongus, acutus, parum solutus Amphigastrium florale parvum 

 foliis dupio brevius, ovatum, apice breviter exciso-bilobatum, lobis 

 acutis. Andrcecia ignota. 



Hab. Australia. New South Wales. 



64. Brachiolejeunea robusta St. n. sp. 



Dioica, mediocris, robusta, rigidula, fusco-olivacea, in cortice dense 

 depresso caespitans. Caulis ad 4 cm. longus, subsimplex, validus. Folia 

 caulina conferta, oblique patula, valde concava, margine postico arcte 



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