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alterna oblique patiila leniler incurva vel plana insequaliterbifida, laciniis 

 profimde solulis ;inguslis acuminalis, aniica 3 cellulis superposilis for- 

 mala, poslica Iriplo majore angusle Iriaiigulari. Cellnlx iiiflala; levissimae 

 valde pellucidcB. Amphigiistria caulina valde rudimentaria 2 cellulis gemi- 

 nalim approxiiualis formata ulraque cellula minuta coronata.Fo/ia floralia 

 quadrijuga conduplicatim concava suprema multo majora, omnia oblonga 

 ad mediiim inciso-bifida laciniis lanceolatis povreclis. Amphigastria floralia 

 foliis simillima, profundius incisa. Perianthia in ramulo parvo crasso 

 terminalia, magna, ovato-oblonga, ore constricto profunde 4-5 lobato, lobis 

 profunde fissis laciniis longe acuminatis setaceis, filis brevibus irregula- 

 ribus dxmaXis. Androdcia breviterspicata.bracteis monandris bifidis, lacinia 

 antica incurva. 



Hab. New Zealand (Pelrie, Kirk, Helms, Novara Expedilion), Australia 

 orientalis (Whitelegge, Kirton, Watts), Tasmama (Bastow, Weymouth). 



Die Autoren beschreiben die Pflanze 1. c. als mil cT lateralen Aesten 

 verschen mit diandrischenBvdiQXQQn. SoUte das nicht ein Irrthum sein? 



Cephalozia Duni. 1831. 



Planlse foliosse minores vel parvae interdum exiguae et omnium hepati- 

 carum minimse, pallidse vel virides, ssepe plus minus coloratse, in una 

 aterrimae, laxe intricatae vel dense pulvinalse, ssepissime lignicolce vel 

 muscis consociatae rarius terricolae. Caulis quoad magnitudinem plantae 

 validus vel crassus, radicellis repens, parum ramosus, ramis posticis 

 rarius lateralibus, teres vel a dorso compressus biconvexus. Folia caulina 

 remotiuscula oblique inserta, in aliis subtransverse adnala et carinato- 

 conduplicata, semper fere biloba in paucis trifida vel subintegra. Amphi- 

 gastria caulina vel nulla vel parva saepe rudimentaria, in paucis magna. 

 Flores feminei in ramulo abbreviato vel elongato terminalia. Folia flora- 

 lia trijuga, caulinis multo majora erecla ssepe appressa, intima libera vel 

 cum amphigaslrio coalita alteque vaginantia. Perianthia ovato-oblonga 

 normaliter triplicata, plica tertia poslica vel — plicis interjectis — pluripli- 

 cata, ore semper constricto breviter inciso, lobis varie armatis ssepe cel- 

 lulis digitiformibus crenulatis. Calypti^a libera tenera in paucis incrassata. 

 Capsnla plus minusve late ovalis, strato interno flbris semiannularibus 

 incrassato. Sporae rufo-brunnese, parvae leves vel asperse. Elateres breves 



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