Fimbriaria. franz stephani. spegies hepaticarum. 104 



Sporae luridse, 12o ^ crenulalim alatse. Elateres 170 {x, ssepe ramosi, 

 mono- vel bispiri, spiris validis. Androecia in ramulis parvis posticis. 



Hab. Transvaal (Wilms, Maclea), Mozambique (Braga), Madagascar 

 (Baron.) (Causseque) Cap. Kumakala (Breulel). 



32. Fimbriaria marginata Nees. in Hor. phys. Berol. 1820, 

 p. 44, 



Monoica, pallide-virens, margine posticeque purpurea. Frons ad 15 mm. 

 longa, 4 mm. lata, valida, ex apiceinnovata, antice subplana; cos^a fronde 

 6-plo angustior, humilis insectione angusteelliplica, alaevalidee, margine 

 inlegerrimse. Stratum anticum in medio frondismagis altum quam costa, 

 cavernis amphs, fila hbera subnulla. Stomata minima, parum elevala, 

 6 cellulis biseriatis formata, poro minimo. Squamds posticse parvse, pur- 

 purese, appendicuUs longis, geminalis, strictis alque lanceolatis acutisque. 

 Pedunculus brevis (3-4 mm. longus) apice breviter barbatus, paleis 

 lanceolatis. Carpocephali centrum hemisphsericum , stomatis bullatim 

 prominulis, lobi breviores subhorizontaUter patuU, similiter alte papulosi, 

 cum involucro magno late hiantes, periantliia itaque obUque patula, ad 

 Vs exserta, late ovata oblusa. Capsula tenera, dilute brunnea, operculo 

 magis fusco, valde incrassato. Sporae 90 ^ fusco-brunneae, anguste alatse, 

 alis integerrimis. Elateres 170 }x flavescentes, monospiri. Androecia in 

 ramis parvis posticis, saepe repetito innovatis, omnibus innovalionibus 

 masculis. 



Hab. Africa australis. Albany (Drege), Capetown (Ecklon, Mc. Owen), 

 Caledon River (Rehmann), Deviispeak (Rehmann), Transvaal (Mc. Lea). 



33. Fimbriaria Boryana Mont. Ann. sc. nat. 1838, IX, p. 41. 

 Dioica, viridis, magna et vaUda postice margineque purpurea. Frons 



ad 30 mm. longa et 6 mm. lata, ex apice innovata, rarius furcata antice 

 subplana, postice valde convexa, costa fronde triplo angustior, haud vel 

 parum producta, alse crassae, sensim attenuatse. Stratim anticum costae 

 sequialtum (in medio frondis), cavernis angustis; fila hbera subnulla. 

 Cellulse epidermidis tenerse, trigonis parvis incrassatse. Stomata magna, 

 parum convexa 7- vel 8 cellulis, 6-seriglis eedificata. Squamae posticse 

 parvse, oblique ovatse, appendiculo longissimo (quam squama ssepe duplo 

 longiore) lanceolato, basi vix constricto, apice acuminato acuto, intense 

 sanguineo. Pedunculus ad 4 cm. longus, validus purpureus, subteres et 

 parum costatus, apice paleis purpureis longo barbatus. Centrum carpo- 

 cephali parvum convexum, lobi centro longiores oblique paluli cum 



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