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gine asperrimis. Elateres 270 ^. bispiri, spiris angustis. Anclroecia in 

 ramuTis parvis posticis vel in fronde dorsalia. 

 Hab. Cuba (Wright). 



20. Fimbriaria persica Sl. Hedwigia. 1894, p. 7. 



Monoica, major, robusta, omnino purpurea. Frons ad 20 mm. longa, 

 o mm. lata, ex apice innovata, ramis floriferis semper poslicis, antice 

 plus minus canaliculata, postice plano convexa, costa haud prominens, 

 fronde triplo angustior et 3-plo humilior quam stratum anticum; cavernae 

 angustissimse, sub poro dense longeque fihferae. Stomata magna, 6 ceUuhs 

 quadriseriatis conflata. Epidermidis ceUulas aequahter incrassatse. Squam^ 

 magnse atropurpurece, imbricatse, longe appendiculatse, appendiculis 

 geminatis, subremotis, filiformibus basi grosse paucispinosis. Pedunculus 

 ad 7 mm. longus crassus, purpureus, compressus varie humihterque 

 costatus, apice paleis hyalinis anguste lanceolatis barbatus. Carpocephala 

 niagna, centro plano-convexa lobis duplo longioribus, decurvis, profunde 

 solutis cum involucro eequilongo cupuhformibus. Perianthia late ovata. 

 apice inflato-rotundata obtusissima. Capsula vahda fusco rufa, operculo 

 maxime incrassato. Sporx subnigrse, ahs angustis asperrimis, 108 ]x. 

 Elateres 130 [i, fusco-rufi, bispiri, spiris vahdis, laxe tortis. Androecia 

 m ramulo parvo postico, 



Hab. Persia (Hausknecht). 



2i. Fimbriaria Drummondii Taylor. I. of Bot. 1844, p. 374. 



Monoica, major, crassa etrobusta, viridis margineposticeque purpurea. 

 Frons ad lo mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, interdum furcata, pro more ex apice 

 innovata, ramis floriferis semper poslicis, antice subplana, ventre late et 

 humiliter convexa, alisbreviusciihs validisattenuaUs acutis, integerrimis. 

 Costa fronde triplo angustior, haud producla, strato antico mediano 

 aequialta, cavernas angustissimse, sub poro longe filiferse; stomata magna, 

 8 cehulis quinqueseriatis formata; cellulse epidermidis teneree, trigonis 

 magnis incrassatee, duplo fere altiores quam latae. Squamae posticse 

 niagnse, oblique ovatee purpureae, appendiculo hyalino basi haud con- 

 stricto squamae fere wqiiilato, longe ligulato apice oblique breviterque 

 acuminato. Pedunciilus ad 2 cm. longus, purpureus, crassus, apice paleis 

 anguste lanceolatis breviter barbatus. Carpocephala magna, centro parvo 

 leniter convexo, grosse papuloso, lobis quam centrum multo longioribus, 

 latissimis, crassis, simihter papulosis, umbellatim patulis cum involucro 

 sequilongo cupuliformibus. Perianthia ovata, semiexserla hyalina, inter- 



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