( VOL. V, 4915). ERANZ STEPIIANI. SPECIES HEPATICARIM Lejeunea^ 



longa, basi 0,75 min. lata) asymmelrica, margine supero late rotun- 

 dato, infero substricto, ad mediuni inserta, basi antica longe truncata, 

 apice obtusa, integerrima. Celhdae superae l^XiS [j., basales 27x36 jt 

 parietibus validis. Lobulus magnus, folio subtriplo brevior, oblongus, 

 duplo longior (}uam latus, carina oblique adscendens, leviter arcuata, 

 amplo sinu in folium excurrens, apice quam basis duplo angustiore, 

 oblique truncato, angulo acuto. Amphigaslria caulina magna, parum 

 imbricata, sinuatim inserta, late ovata (0,5 mm. longa, medioO,45mm. 

 lata) ad medium inciso-biloba, sinu subrecto, laciniis anguste triangu- 

 latis acutis. Perianthia uno latere innovata, pyriformia (1 mm. longa, 

 superne 0,67 mm. lata) apice rotundata, rostro magno conico, quin- 

 queplicata, plicis posticis longe decurrentibus, plica antica bene 

 producta. Folia floralia perianthio appressa, subsequilonga, obovato- 

 oblonga, obtusa, lobulus parum brevior parumque angustior, ad V^ 

 solutus, obtusus. Amphigastriuni florale perianthio aequilongum, 

 spathulatum, quadruplo longius quam latum, apice ad V^ inciso-bifidum, 

 segmentis ovatis acutis. Androecia sessilia, bracteis quinque jugis. 



Hab. Africa orientalis. Usambara. 



27. Lejeunea tabularis (Sprengel). Syn. Hep, p. 374. 



.lungermannia tabularis. Spreng. Syst. Veg. IV, p. 325. 



Monoica minor, pallide flavicans, corticola. Caulis ad 15 mm. 

 longus, irregulariter multiramosus. Folia caulina parum imbricata, 

 recte patula, parum concava, in plano late ovata, symmetrica (0,67 mm. 

 longa, medio 0,5 mm. lata) ad medium inserta, basi antica rotundata, 

 caulem obvelantica, apice rotundata vel leviter obtusa, integerrima. 

 Cellulx superse 27 X 27 {j., basales 18 X 36 {j. trigonis majusculis. 

 Lobulus magnus, folio triplo brevior, ovato-oblongus, in plano late 

 ovatus, carina oblique adscendens, leviter arcuata, amplo sinu in 

 folium excurrens, apice quam basis subtriplo angustiore, oblique 

 emarginato, angulo apiculato. Amphigastria caulina maxima, caule 

 quintuplo latiora, subrotunda, transverse inserta, basi cordatim 

 ampliata, apice ad medium inciso-biloba, sinu semirecto, laciniis late 

 triangulatis acutis porrectis. Perianthia uno latere innovata, pyri- 

 formia (0,9 mm. longa, supernc 0,5 inm. lata) apice rotundata, rostro 

 parvo, quinqueplicata, plicis posticis angustis longe decurrentibus, 

 apice truncatis, umbonatim prominulis, plica antica simillima. Folia 

 floralia perianthio duplo vel tertio breviora, obovato-oblongo, acuta 

 vel obtusa, lobulus duplo vel tertio brevior, ligulatus, ad medium 

 solutus, obtusus. Amphigastrium florale lobulis breviter connatum» 



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