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medio postico leniter carinatim acutata, sensim in alas attenuata, grandi- 

 cellularis, infima parte postica cellulis duplo minoribus sedificata. Stratum 

 miticum bene deflnitum, humile, cavernis parvis dense filiferis. Stomata 

 parva, alte conica, 6 cell. quadriseriatis formata; cellulse epidermidis 

 maxime incrassatae, trigonis maximis ssepe confluentibus et indistinctis 

 ob parietum incrassationem. Sqttamae posticse purpurese, appendiculo 

 subcirculari vel late ovato brevissimo, hyalino, margine crenulatim 

 papuloso tenerrimo, vix constricto. Pedunculus brevissimus 3 mm. 

 longus, ubique nudus. Carpocephala disciformia antice fere plana vel 

 parum convexa, integra, i. e lobis ad discum indivisum confluentibus, 

 margine papulis prominentibus lobulatis. Involucra tenerrima, disco 

 sublongiora, valde inflata. Perianthia ad V^ immersa, marginem disci 

 parum superantia, hyaUna, subhorizontaha. Capsula tenerrima, dilute 

 brunnea. Sporx sulphurese, ahs angustis, integerrimis 72 |i. Elateres 

 170 [X, angusti, bispiri spiris vaHdis. Andrcecia in ramuUs parvis apicah- 

 bus, femineis approximatis magna. 

 Hab. Abyssinia Schoa (Schimper). 



3. Fimbriaria venosa L. L. in Lehm. Pug. Pl. JX, p. 29. 



Monoica, major, intense viridis, postice hyalina. Frons ad 25 mm. 

 longa, 4 mm. lata, repetito furcata, interdum ex apice innovata, tenuis et 

 valida, antice plana, costa fronde quintuplo angustior abrupte prominens 

 et valde convexa, alse tenues, ubique cequicrassae, aculse, stratum anticum 

 humile, fere triplo humilius quam costa, cavernis amplis, filis nuUis. 

 Stomata parva (34 |i in diametro) 4-3 cellulis angustis biseriatis formata , 

 subplana, cellulse epidermidis tenerce. Squamae posticse parvse, remotae, 

 roseae, appendiculo valde constricto parvo oblongo acuto, magnis celluhs 

 purpureis formato. Pedunculus ad 2 cm. longus compressus, varie pro- 

 fundeque costatus, barba apicalis brevis, paleis hyalinis lanceolatis. 

 Carpocephala parva, leniter convexa, disciformia, lobis haud discretis sed 

 ope radiorum ad discum integrum conflatis, radii e centro communi 

 versus marginem sensim ampliati ibidemque rotundato prominentes; 

 involucra brevissima ad laminam parvam basalem reducta, perianthia 

 discum capituli vix superantes late ovata, breviter acuminata, acutissima, 

 hyalina, oblique patentia vel fere horizontalia. Capsula tenerrima rufes- 

 cens. Sporae 72 [x, alis latis repandis asperis, rufescentes. Elateres flvaes- 

 centes 270 ^ tenues, flexuosi, bispiri, spiris validis. Androecia pedunculo 

 approximata parva, ostiolis grossis purpureis. 



Hab. Brasilia (Sellow, Puiggari, Ule). Siehe auch F. Zollingeri. 



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