Marsupella. FRANZ STEPHANI. SPECIES HEPATICARUM.  , 156 
ad '/s anguste incisa, lobis angustis, sepe lanceolatis acutis. Folia caulina 
conferta, distiche patula, conduplieatim concava denseque imbricata, 
sensim increscentia, inferiora oblongo-quadrata, superiora quadrato- 
rotunda ad '/; acute incisa sinu recto, lobis triangulatis subacutis. 
Cellulze apicales 8 v, medianse 18 y, basales 18 5X 36 v. trigonis maximis. 
Perichaetium longe clavatum, bracteis 5-6 jugis confertis erecto-appressis 
supremis breviter coalitis apice breviter acuteque hilobis. Perianthium 
tertio suo infero coalitum, bracteis parum brevius, subcylindricum, ore 
amplo erenulato. Capsula in pedicello valido parva sphwrica, exannuli- 
fera. Sporz 12 y, granulatee brunnew. Elateres sporis duplo angustiores, 
3-L spiri, spiris laxe tortis. Antheridia in fundo bractearum terna vel 
geminata, ovalia in stipite zequilongo. 
Hab. Europa, Fichtelgebirge (Funk); Riesengebirge (Limpricht); Alpes 
Austric& (Breidler); Mont Dore (Thériot). 
3. M. ustulata Spruce. Rev. bryol. 1881, p. 100. 
Syn. : Sarcoscyphus Sprucei var. decipiens Limp. Schles. Ges. 1880, 
p. 180. 
? Nardia. gracilis Mass. et Car. N. Giorn. bot. 1882, p. 221. 
Synoica, pusilla, virescens vel brunnea, interdum purpurascens, dense 
et humillime czspitans. Caulis ad 5 mm. longus, pauciramosus, ramis 
microphyllis, sub flore innovatus. Folia ramulina minuta, remota, patula, 
ad '/s acute incisa, lobis triangulatis acutis hiantibus. Folia caulina 
majora, cix imbricata, late ovata, conduplicatim concava fere carinata e 
basi vaginante curvatim patula, disticha, ad '/ acute incisa lobis triangu- 
latis acutiusculis. Cellule marginales 8 v, subapicales 13 y, mediauce 
13 »«/ 18, basales 18 ?»«/ 27 v, trigonis parvis. Perichzatia magna, valde 
producta, laxe bracteata; bractec irijuge caulinis multoties majores, 
inferiores e basi alte vaginante patula, superiores ad medium coalitze 
erect& superne optime lyrate i. e symmetrice recurvae, lobis acutis. 
Perianthia ovata, perichetio multo breviora, tertio infero adnato, ore 
parvo crenulato. Calyptra pistillis sterilibus basi circumdata. Capsula 
globosa, parietibus exannuliferis. Pedicellus capsule validus. Sporc 8 y., 
Elateres 5 piri, spiris laxe tortis. Antheridia hypogyna, ovalia, geminata, 
stipite eequilongo, 
Hab. England, Westmoreland (Slater); Germania, Riesengebirge 
(Limpricht). 
4. M. styriaca (Limpr.) Kaalaas Distrib. Hep. 1893, p. 416. 
Syn. : Sarcoscyphus styriacus Limp. Schles. Ges. 1881, p. 180. 
Synoica, exigua, dense et humillime caspitans, subnigra. Caulis ad 
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