Physocolea. FRANZ STEPHANI. SPECIES HEPATICARUM (VOL. V, 1916). 



parva, obovato-oblonga (0,67 mm. longa, superne 0,45 mm. lata) 

 ciiticula asperrima, apice truncato-rotundata, rostro brevissimo, plicis 

 posticis in unani latani confluentibus. Folia floralia perianthio aequi- 

 longa, lanceolata, obtusa; Lobulus linearis, duplo vel tertio brevior, 

 parum solutus, obtusus. Andrcecia ignota. 

 Hab. Madagascar. 



6. Physocolea cuneata. (L. et L.) St. 

 Lejeunea cuneata L. et L. Syn. Hep., p. 394. 



Sterilis major flavescens, corticola et foliicola. Caulis ad 3 cm. longus, 

 parum longeque ramosus. Folia caulina dense imbricata, oblique 

 patula, parum concava, in plano late ovata, asymmetrica, margine 

 supero late arcuato, infero substricto (1,67 mm. longa, medio l,33mm. 

 lata) brevi basi inseiia, basi antica truncato-rotundata, caulem supe- 

 rantia, apice rotundata. Cellulx superse 18X18 ^, basales 18X36 \l, 

 parietibus validis, apicales hyalinae, angustse, radialitea insertse, cris- 

 tam tenerriraam formantes. Lobulus maximus, obovatus (1,1 mm. 

 longus, apice 0,67 mm. latus) brevissima basi insertus, carina arcuata, 

 levi sinu in folium excurrens, apice truncatus, bidentatus, dentibus 

 validis, late triangulatis. 



Hab. Insula Maurifius (Africa orientalis). 



7. Physocolea cristata. St. n. sp. 



Sterilis, magna robusta, pallide flavo-virens, in cortice csespitans. 

 Caulis ad 36 mm. longus, sparsim longeque ramosus. Folia caulina 

 conferta, oblique patula, magna, late ovata (1,83 mm. longa, medio 

 1,33 mm. lata) leviter falcata, margine supero late rotundato, infero 

 leviter sinuato, apice obtusa, brevissima basi inserta, basi antica 

 truncato-rotundata, caulem late superantia. Cellulae superse 27X27 {j.. 

 basales 27x36 {x, parietibus validis, apicales hyalinae, limbum tener- 

 rimum formantes 18x63 [a, radialiter insertse, apice crenulatim pro- 

 minulse vel subcristatse. Lobulus maximus, folio duplo brevior, ovato- 

 oblongus, subduplo longior quam latus, carina oblique adscendens, 

 bene arcuata, amplo sinu in folium excurrens, apice oblique truncatus, 

 quam basis multo latior, bidentatus, dentibus insequalibus, angulari 

 brevi acuto, altero subapicali spiniformi multo longiore. 



Hab. Madagasear. 



8. Physocolea decemplicata. St. n. sp. 



Dioica, pusilla, subhyalina, foliicola. Caulis ad 5 mm. longus, irre- 

 gulariter multiramosus. Folia cauiina remota, oblique patula, maxime 

 concava, in plano circularia (0,41 mm. longa et lata) margine supero 



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