(VOL. V. lOKV). FRANZSTKIMIA.M. Sl^KCIKS IIEPATIC.MU .M l'lnjHOfOleil . 



arcuato, infero stricto, brevissima basi inserta, basi antica truiicato- 

 rolundata, apice obtusa, marginibus celluloso-crenulatis. C(?//m/« supe- 

 i;e 18X18 [i, basales 18X27 |j., parielibnstennil)us. Lobulus maximus, 

 lolio pequilongiis, fusirorniis, valde indatus, caiina substricta, apice in 

 niarginem folii attenuatus, integerrimus, stylus nullus. Perianthia uno 

 lalere innovata, oblongo-pyriformia, superne ([iiinqiieplicata, rostro 

 parvo. Folia floralia anguste ligulata (U,G7 mni. longa, 0,33 mm. lata) 

 apice rotundata, lobulus subjequilongus, linearis, apice in folium atte- 

 nuatus, integerrimus. .4nrf/*amterminalia, bracteis bijugis. 

 Hab. lirasiliu orientalis. /iuenos Aires. 



44. Physocolea spiniloba. St. n. sp. 



Monoica mediocris pallide flavicans, in coitice spongiose csespitans. 

 (Uiulis ad 2 cm. longus, sparsim longeque ramosus. Folia caulina 

 conligua, oblique patula, parum concava, in plano late Jingulata, sub- 

 symmetrica (1 mm. longa, 0,67 mm. lata) brevi basi inserta, basi 

 antica longe truncato-rotundata, apice late rotundata, integerrima. 

 Cellula; superse 27x27 [i,, basales 27X36 |j., trigonis nullis. Lobulus 

 anguste lanceolatus, erectus, cauli parallelus et contiguus, 0,33 mm. 

 longus, longe cuspidatus, carina brevissima, stricta, stricte in folium 

 excurrens. Perianlhia uno latere innovata, ex angusta basi (quasi sti- 

 pitata) iate obconica, compresso-inflata, apice truncata, angulis rotun- 

 datis, rostro valido longo, quinqueplicata, plicis posticis angustis, ad 

 medium decurrentibus, late divergentibus, plica antica obsoleta. Folia 

 floralia exigua, 0,33 mm. longa vel longiora, anguste oblonga, obtusa, 

 lohulus ad plicam angustam reductus. Andrcecia sessilia, bracteis l)ijugis. 



Hab. America tropica. Rio Jurua. 



45. Physocolea subscariosa. S. Hep. Am. And., p. 300. 

 -Monoica major, pallide virens, flaccidissima, foliicoia. Cuulis ad 



3 cm. longus, sparsim longeque ramosus. Folia caulina confeita, sub- 

 recte patula, subplana, late elliptica, symmetrica (1,75 mm. longa, 

 medio 1,17 mm. lata) brevissima basi inserta, basi antica rotundata, 

 caulem late superantia, api:e obtusiuscula vel rotiindata integcrrima. 

 Folia ramulina valde aberrantia, late ovata (1,33 mm. longa, 1,17 mm. 

 lata). Cellulx apicales byalinse 13 «j. longa^, angust.T, limbumangustum 

 formaiites, radialiter insertse, cellulae subapicales 18X36 ij,, basales 

 18X72 |j,, trigonis nullis. Lobulus in foliis caulinis omnino nullus, in 

 folio ramulinis anguste triangulatus, cuspidatus, acutus (carina brevis- 

 sima substricta, stricte in folium excurrens)cauli parallelus vel oblique 

 patens. L*erianthia compressa, ambitu subcircularia (0,91 nim. longa, 



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