(VOL. V, 1915). FRANZ STEPHANi. SPECIES IIEPATICARUM Lejeunea. 



duplo longior quaiu latus, carina oblique adsccndens, arcuata, amplo 

 sinu in foliuni excurrens, apice quam basis paruin angustiore, oblique 

 emarginato, angulo acuto. Amphigaslria caulina magna, caule triplo 

 latiora, transverse inserta, subrotunda, ad medium lunatim emarglnata, 

 laciniis anguste triangulatis acutis porrectis. Pcrianlhia dichotome 

 innovata, obovata, inflata, antice plana, postice plica lata percursa, 

 apice truncato-rotundata, rostro brevi latissimo. Folia floralia perian- 

 thio sequilonga, obovato-oblonga, obtusa, lobiilus paruni brevior, lan- 

 ceolatus, breviter soiutus, obtusus. AmpJiiyastrium florale lobulis 

 sequilongum spathulatum, ad Vs inciso-bifidum, sinu semirecto, lobis 

 ti'iangulatis acutis. Andrcecia sessilia, bracteis trijugis. 

 Ilab. Africa australis. Cape Colony, valde communis. 



8. Lejeunea Corbieri. St. n. sp. 



Monoica pusilla, pallide virens, muscis consociata. Caulis ad 6 mm. 

 longus, irregulariter longeque ramosus. Folia caulina imbricata, recte 

 patula, parum concava, in plano ovata, symmetrica (0,83 mm. longa, 

 medio 0,58 mm. lata) ad medium inserta, basi antica truncato-rotun- 

 data, caulem vix tegentia, apice rotundata. Cellulx superaB 27x27 p., 

 basales 27X36 [x trigonis nullis. Lobulns parvus, folio quintuplo brevior, 

 oblongus duplo longior quam latus, carina oblique adscendens, leviter 

 arcuata, levi sinu in folium excurrens, apice quam basis parum angus- 

 tiore, emarginato, angulo apiculato. Amphifjastna caulina majuscula, 

 caule duplo latiora, subrotunda, ad medium emarginato-bifida, laciniis 

 triangulatis acutis vel obtusis, hamatim conniventibus. Perianthia uno 

 latere innovata, oblongo elliptica (0,9 mm. longa, niedio 0,5 mm. lata) 

 apice rotundata, rostro valido, quinqueplicata, plicis posticis angustis, 

 longe decurrentibus, plica antica bene evoluta. Folia floralia perianthio 

 parum breviora, obovato-oblonga, lobulus duplo vel triplo brevior, 

 linearis, breviter solutus obtusus. Amphifjastrium florale foliis florali- 

 bus subaequilongum, oblongo-ellipticum, duplo lougius quam latum, 

 ad V^ bifidum, rima angusta obtusa, laciniis anguste triangulatis acutis. 

 Androecia perianthio approximata, longe spicata, bracteis 6-8 jugis. 



Hab. Africa occidentalis. 



9. Lejeunea ecarinata. St. Botanical Gazette 1890. 



Monoica minor, dilute brunnea vel glauco-virens, corticola, dense 

 depresso-caespitans. Caulis ad 2 cm. longus, irregulariter multiramo- 

 sus. Folia caulina imbricata, recte patula, valde concava, in plano late 

 ovata, symmetrica (0,67 mm. longa, 0,5 mm. lata) ad medium accreta, 

 basi antica truncato-rotudata, caulem vix tegentia, apice obtusa, inte- 



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