Fimbriaria. franz stephani. spegies hepatigarum. 96 



valde convexa, poro magno a 6 cellulis quinqueseriatis circumdaio. 

 Cellulse epidermidis tenerge, haud incrassatse. Sqtiamae posticae purpurese 

 imbricatse, appendiculo conslricto oblique ovato, acuto obtuse dentato. 

 Carpocephala parum convexa breviter pedunculata, pedunculo paleis 

 linearibus sparsis hirlo, apice paleis simihbus barbato, ceterum sublereti, 

 superficie varie obtuseque costato. Capitula e cenlro parvo hemisphserico 

 ad medium 4-loba, lobis optime cuneatis, apice truncato-rotundatis, um- 

 bellatim patulis, altenuatis et laxissime cavernosis, margine ob cavernas 

 prominentes repando-angulato. Involucra late campanulata, postice 

 tenerrima. Perianthia primo (e basi inflata) longe rostrata, laciniis fissis 

 itaque longe angusteque acuminatis, hyahnis. Capsula dilute brunnea 

 cellulis magnis in operculo brunneo multo minoribus. Sporae ad 85 [i 

 fulvee vel rufescentes, asperae grosse lobatim alatse. Elateres 370 ji, 

 tenues et attenuati, laxe bispiri. Androecia pedunculo approximata, parva 

 ostiolis longis hyalinis. 



Hab, Insulae canarienses (Perrandiere), Ins. Acores (Hochstetter), 

 Madeira (Saera, Fritze, Mandon), Algeria (Herb. Montagne). 



^' 17. Fimbriaria Pringlei Und. Bot. Gaz. XX, p. 64. 



Monoica, minor, tenuis, viridis subglauca, in setate purpurascens. 

 Frons usque ad 2 cm. longa, 4 mm. lata, iriterdum furcata, pro more ex 

 apice innovata, rami feminei semper e latere costae orti, alis adscenden- 

 tibus antice leniter canaliculata, costa bene producta, strato antico sub- 

 triplo humilior, plano-convexa, sensim in alas attenuata; alae subhyalinse 

 optime crispato-pHcatulse, margine grosse inciso-lobulatse; stratum 

 anticim costse sequialtum, cavernis angustis; stomata minima, poro parvo, 

 6 cellulis biseriatis prserupte superpositis circumdato. Sqtcamse magnse 

 purpurese vix imbricatse oblique ovalse, appendiculo hyalino, magno 

 oblongo acuminato, hic illic spina armato, basi pro more vix constricto. 

 Carpocephala longius pedunculata, pedunculo ad 2 cm. longo, purpureo, 

 tenui, basi apiceque nudo; capilula subglobosa 3 mm. in diam. valde 

 papulosa, stomatis valde convexis, poro interno 6-cell. conicis inflatis 

 circumdato, quadriloba, lobis parvis ob margines ad posticum incurvos 

 ore angustatis. Perianthia ad medium immersa, ovata, obtusa, hyalina, 

 capsula operculo bistrato fusco rumpens. Sporae nigrse, grosse tubercu- 

 latse, 102 {i; elateres dilute brunnei 2S5 {ji vermiculares 1 vel 2 spiri. 

 Androecia in frondis ramulo proprio (haud ventrali) parva, oblonga, 

 «sliolis brevibus purpureis. 



Hab. Mexico, Guadalajara (Pringle, mense Sept. cum fructu maturo). 



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