Taxilejeuuea. franz stephani. si^kcies hepaticauijm (Vol. V, lUU). 



aliis rainis interjectis longissimis simplicibiis. Folm cauliiia |jaiuiii 

 imbricata, oblique patula, valdc concava apiceque involuta, iii plano 

 ovato-triangulata (2 mm. longa, basi 2 nim. lata) apicc obtusa vel 

 rotundata, asymmetrica, margine antico magis arcuato, ad medluni 

 accreta, basi antica truncato-rotundata, canlem late superantia. CellaUr 

 superse 36X36 {x, basales 27 X54 [i, trigonis niagnis. Lobulus majuscu- 

 lus, folio quadruplo brevior, oblique adscendens, vel suberectus, oblon- 

 gus, duplo longior quam latus, carina leviter arcuata, sinu angusto in 

 folium excurrens, apice quam basis triplo angustiore, recte truncato, 

 angulo acuto. Amphigastria caulina majuscula, caule quadruplo latiora, 

 parum latiora quani longa, transverse inserta, ad V^ inciso-biloba, 

 sinu recto, lobis late triangulatis acutis. Perianthia uno latere innovata, 

 oblonga, plus duplo longiora quam lata, medio ieviter constricta, apice 

 breviter obcordata, integerrima, rostro brevi valido; plicis posticis 

 brevibus, late divergentibus, latiusculis, apice rotundato umbonatim 

 prominulo. Folia floralia perianthio subduplo breviora, circularia, 

 valde concava, marginibus arcte recurvis; lobulus parum brevior, late 

 ligulatus, profunde solutus, apice rotundatus. Amphigastrium florale 

 lobulis sequilongum, obovato-obconicura, ad V^ inciso-bilobatum, sinu 

 recto, acuto, lobis late triangulatis acutis. Androecia desunt. 



Hab. Nova Guinea. 



98. Taxilejeunea gracilipes (Taylor) St. 



Syn. : Omphalanthus gracilipes Tayl. .1. of Bot. 1846, p. 385. 



Monoica, mediocris, pallide flavicans tenerrima, aliis hepaticis conso- 

 ciata. Caulis ad 3 cm. longus, irregulariter breviterque pinnatus. Folia 

 caulina parum imbricata, oblique patula, valde concava, in plano late 

 ovato-triangulata (0,83 mm. longa, basi 0,83 mm. lata) apice obtusa, 

 lata basi inserta, basi antica truncata. Cellulse superse 27X27 [i, basales 

 18X36 [jLtrigonisnuIIis. Lobulus maximus, folio duplo brevior, ovatus, 

 carina bene arcuata, recto sinu in folium excurrens, apice quam basis 

 duplo angustiore, oblique truncato, angulo apiculato. Amphigastria 

 caulina magna, caule quintuplo latiora, subrotunda, breviter sinuatim 

 inserta, ad medium inciso-biloba, rima angusta, lobis acutir. Perianthia 

 uno latere innovata, anguste clavata, quadruplo longiora quam lata, 

 subcylindrica, eplicata, rostro longissimo. Folia floralia brevia, inae- 

 qualia, uno latere 0,4 mra. longa, altero 0,67 mm. longa, anguste lan- 

 ceolata acuta integerrima ; lobulus duplo vel triplo brevior, angustus, 

 uno latere linearis, truncatus haud solutus, altero late obovato-oblongus, 

 profunde solutus, apice rotundatus. Amphigastrium florale obovato- 



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