Lophocolea. franz stei'Ham. spec-ies hepaticarum. 793 



lariter el sparse denticulaliim. apice '/^ inciso-bilobum, lobis lale trian- 

 yulatis aculis denliculatis. Perianthia ad 5 mm. longa anguste oblonga 

 Iriquelra, alis iatis completis armatis, ore truncato vix trilobato den- 

 iato-spinoso, spinis valde inacqualibus, longioribus apice setaceis. 

 Androecia in ramis terminalia bracteis numerosis oblongis patulis, 

 apice vix angustatis obiique emarginato-bidentulis, basis breviter sac- 

 catis. 



Hab. Tasmania (Archer, Weymouth) Australia Yictoria (French) 

 N. S. Wales (Watts) New Zealand (Knight). 



79. Lophocolea spinifera (Taylor) Syn. Hep. p. 163. 



Syn. : Jiuuj. spinifera Tayl. J. of Bot. 1844, p. 381. 



Dioica mediocris flavo-virens in sicco brunneola laxe csespitosa. Caulis 

 ad 5 cm. longus valde robustus luscus et tenax, parum ramosus. 

 Folia caulina 3,6 mm. longa confertissima opposita parva 1,2 mm. 

 longa oblique palula angulo 68° valde concava apice arcte devexa 

 aiitice longe decurrentia in plano oblonga duplo longiora quam lata apice 

 angustata emarginato-bifida laciniis lanceolatis acutis porrectis vel 

 divergentibus quoad longitudinem valde diversis, margine postico 

 anguste recurvo seepe spina solilaria armato. Cellulse apicales 27 \x 

 basales 27 X 43 {x trigonis majusculis, basi subnullis. Amphigastria 

 vaulina maxima imbricala, plantam a ventre visam omnino obvelantia 

 foliis ulrinque coalita sinuatim inserta apice recurva ambitu subrotunda 

 disco integro hexagono angulis in spinam triangularem abeunlibus, 

 spinae Scepe duplicatse. Androecia in caule terminalia longe spicata, 

 bracteis ad 20 jugis confertissimis squarrose patulis acutis vel bidentatis, 

 lobulo antico magno cucullato exciso. 



Hab. Aiicklands Islands (Hooker); New Zealand (Colenso, Beckett). 

 «y 80. Lophocolea rotundistipula St. n. sp., typus in herb. 

 Stephani. 



Dioica minor pallide-vircus, muscis consociata Caulis ad 2 cm. longus 

 simplex capillaceus. FoUa caulina 1,2 mm. longa conferta oblique patula 

 per paria approximata marginibus recurvis canaliculata, in plano oblongo- 

 ligulata, subtriplo longiora quam lata, apice quam basis 2 plo angus- 

 liore breviter eraarginato-bidentulo. Ce//M/cBapicaIes 9 |i.basales 18X 27 {i 

 trigonis subnullis. Amphigastria caulina magna libera imbricata, ovata, 

 ad V^ exciso-bifida, sinu angusto obtuso, lobis triangulatis breviter 

 acuminatis porrectis vel conniventibus. Folia floralia quadrijuga cito 

 increscentia, suprema maxima perianthio appressa late ovato-triangulata 

 breviter emarginato-bidenlata, ceterum integerrima vel sub apice 



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