 JUt 11914 
Extrait du. Bulletin de lHerbier  Boissier. 
SPECIES. HEPATICARUM 
Franz STEPHANI 
(Suite.) 
ACOLEA Dum. 
Sylloge Jung. 1851. 
Plante foliiferze, minores sepe exigue, alpinz et arctieze, terricolee et 
rupicol:te, solum graniticum diligentes, dense pulvinatz, sepe glauces- 
centes vel fusce. in sieco luridze vel fusco-brunnew. Caulis erectus vel 
adscendens, e caudice subterraneo sepe maxime ramoso intricatoque 
ortus, inferne ramos descendentes parvifolios emittens, superne sepe 
subfasciculaüm ramosus, ramis ex axilla interna foliorum nascentibus, 
sub flore innovatus, ceterum crassus, sepe fragillimus, dense foliatus. 
Folia succuba, subtransverse inserta, leniter ad anticum vergentia, con- 
ferta vel confertissima, valde concava, caulique fere semper arcte ap- 
pressa. basi caulis minora et facile destructa, versus apicem sensim 
majora (ramis dein ambitu sepe clavato), in una integerrima, in paucis 
lunatim emarginata, pro more inciso biloba. Cellule foliorum parvze, plus 
minus incrassatze, marginales interdum digitiformes, radialiter dispositee, 
papulose prominukle vel clavatim  productz. Inflorescentia synoica vel 
monoica vel dioica. Folia floralia plurijuga, caulinis multo majora, latis- 
sima, arcte appressa et amplectentia, pericheetium magnum clavatum for- 
mantia, caulinis pro more similia brevius tamen incisa, interdum laci- 
niata. Folia floralia intima, calyptralia dicta, minora, sepe minima, 
calyptram cingentia. inter se coalita vel usque ad basin soluta, ambitu 
valde variabili. folio proximo externo adnata. Calyptra libera, erassa pi- 
stillis sterilibus plus minus obsita. Capsula sphrica, fusco-brunnea, 
parietibus bistratis, semiannulatis. Spore parvae, subspherice, minute 
aspere, fusco-brunnezx. Elateres breves vel brevissimi, tri- quadrispiri, 
spiris angustis laxe tortis. 
Andrecia terminalia, clavata vel capitata; bractec caulinis simillimze, 
magis concave, monandre vel diandre. Amtheridia ovalia, stipite per- 
brevi vel :&quilongo vel longissimo inserta. 
Diese Gattung wurde von Corda im Jahre 1829 (unter dem Namen 
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