(VOL. V, \\)\'S). FRANZSTEPHANI. SPECIESHEPATICARUM Taxilejeunea . 



Monoica minor, pallide flavicans, in cortice et rupibus dense depresso 

 caespitans. Caulis ad 2 cm. longus, irregulariter pinnatus. Folia caulina 

 contigua , recte patula, concava apice decurva, iii plano ovalo-triangu- 

 lata (1,33 mm. longa, i mm. lata) acuta vel apiculata, integerrinia, ad 

 medium inserta, basi anlica late rotundata. Cellidn' supera:^ 27x27 (i, 

 basales 36 X 4r5 p,, trigonis parvis vel subnullis. Z/o/^w/w* parvus, folio 

 quintuplo brevior, in situ oblongus, in plano late ovalus, carina arcuata, 

 sinu plus minus profundo in folium excurrens, apice quam basisangus- 

 tiore, oblique truncato, angulo acuto. Amphigafilria caulina majuscula, 

 caule subtriplo latiora, leviter sinuatim inserta, ad medium inclso- 

 biloba, sinu recto, lobis triangulatis acutis. Perianlhia uno latere inno- 

 vata, parva, anguste oblonga, triplo longiora quam lata, medio leviter 

 constricta, plicis ad medium decurrentibus, angustis, parum divergen- 

 tibus, rostro valido. Folia floralia perianthio sequilonga, lanceolata 

 acuta, hic illicangulata ; lobulns duplo brevior, linearis, brevitersolutus, 

 acuminatus. Amphigastrium florale lobulis parum longius, obovatuin, 

 ad ^/s emarginato-bilobatum, sinu angusto, lobis late triangulatis acutis. 

 Androecia sessilia , bracteis 3-5 jugis. 



Hab. Insulse Mascarenx. 



9. Taxilejeunea vallis gratiae St. Hedw^. 1896, p. 137. 



Dioica major pallida, tenerrima et flaccida, nuiscis consociata. Caulis 

 ad 4 cm. longus, irregulariter ramosus. Folia caulina parnm imbricata, 

 recte patula, plano disticha, ovata (1,33 mm. longa, 0,9 mm. lata) 

 symmetrica, apice acuta, ad medium inserta, basi antica truncata; 

 integerrima. Cellula' superae 27x27 jx basales 27x45 |j. trigonis nullis. 

 Lobulus parvus, folio quintuplo brevior, late ovatus (ssepe obsoletus) 

 carina oblique adscendens, arcuata, recto sinu in folium excurrens, 

 apice quam basis triplo angustore, oblique truncato, angulo obtuso. 

 Amphigastria caulina majuscula, caule quintuplo latiora, subrotunda, 

 transverse inserta, ad medium biloba, sinu angusto obtusa, lobis acutis. 

 Perianthia oblonga, plicis angustis inflatis loiige decurrentibus, apice 

 unbonatim prominulis, rostro valido. Folia floralia periantho aequilonga, 

 late oblonga, acuminata acuta, sparsim valideque dentata. Lobulus duplo 

 brevior, linearis, parum solutus acutus integerrimus. Amphigastrium, 

 florale perianthio duplo brevius, maximum, subrotundum, ad medium 

 bifidum, sinu angusto acuto, lobis late triangulatis, apiculatis. Andrcecia 

 ignota. 



Hab. Africa australis. 



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