Rupinia. franz stephani. spegies hepatigardm. 759 



RUPINIA Corda 



in Opiz, Beitrage, 1829, p. 650. 



Syn. Ricda Raddi, Op. scient. Bologna, 11, p. 350. 



Tessellina Dum. Comment. bot. p. 78 (nomen nudum). 

 Oxymitra Bisch. in Ldbg. Synops. Hep. Eur. (Acad. Leop. 1829, 

 p. 124). 



Plantae thallosse, terricolae, dichotome ramosse vel ramulis posticis 

 laterahbus innovatse, antice cavernosse, lamelhs unistratis, medio antico — 

 strato antico recedente — sulcatse; stomata simplicia, minima. Squamse 

 poslicse magnse, utroque latere frondis seriatse, e basi radiculas incras- 

 satas proferentes. Androecia costse inserta, antheridiis in soro vallatim 

 ampUato lineari et bene definito seriatis, vagina communi squamuhsque 

 circumdata; cavernis monandris. Archegonia seriata, singula involucro 

 spongioso, conico-cyhndrico, apice aperto circumvallata ; calyptra basi 

 involucri coahta. Capsula sphaerica, parietibus bistratis, subinde evanidis. 

 Sporse tetraedrse, lamellatae. Elateres nuUi. 



1. R. pyramidata Corda, L c. 



Syn. Riccia pyramidata Raddi, L c. 

 Tessellina pyramidata Dum. L c. 

 Oxymitra pyramidata Hiib. Hepaticologia germ. p. 24. 



Dioica, minor, viridis, marginibus purpureis, tenax. Frons usque ad 

 2 cm. longa, furcata vel ramulis posticis innovata, furcis divergentibus, 

 late linearibus, apice rotundatis, antice subplanis, marginibus attenuatis, 

 adscendentibus, plus triplo latioribus quam altis; costa valida strato 

 lamellifero sequialta, duplo fere angustiore, postice plano convexa, dense 

 radicellifera, lateribus adscendentibus sensim in alas excurrentibus ; 

 antice rima nuda percusa; squamse posticse oblique triangulares, magnse, 

 basi purpureee denseque imbricatse, apice liberae, hyalinae, longe cuspi- 

 datae, marginem frondis longe superantes, in apice frondis hamatim in- 

 curvae; stratum anticum lamellis approximatis anguste cavernosum; 

 stomata 6 cellulis conicis superficialibus formata, parietibus radialibus 

 maxime incrassatis. Bracteae vagin» masculse lineares, purpureae, erectee. 

 Ostiola mascula longe producta. Involucra feminea cavernosa, porifera, 



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