Fimbriaria. franz stepham. spegies hepatigarum. 108 



38. Fimbriaria vesiculosa Austin. Acad. Phila. 1869. 



Monoica, mediocris, pallide virens, in sicco flavescens, maxime crassa. 

 Frons ad 15 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, repetito breviterque furcata, apice 

 saepe 4-6 ramulos nascentes gerens, ante apicem itaque latissima oh 

 ramulos nondum separatos, antice valde concava, postice leniter convexa. 

 ubique fere sequicrassa, alis parum attenuatis; costa latissima, frondi 

 fere aequilata, in ahs attenuatim excurrens. Stratum anticum costae sequi- 

 altum, cavernis antice convexo-prominuUs, amplis, prismalicis, fila libera 

 nulla; stomata parva, numerosa, parum convexa, poro magno 6 cellulis 

 parvis circumdato. Epidermidis cellulse Eequaliter incrassatee, vahdce. 

 Squamae magnee, roseee, oblique triangulares, longe acuminalee, nusquam 

 constrictEe. Pedunculm ad 10 mm. longus, vahdus, in sectione compresso 

 elhpticus, apice paleis hyahnis longe fihformibus sparsim barbatus. Car- 

 pocephala centro hemisphaerica, lobis quam centrum duplo brevioribus 

 obhque paluhs cum involucro sequilongo cupulatis usque ad basin hberis. 

 Perianthia ovata, distincteacuminata, lacinus longe cuspidatis, hyahna ad 

 7s exserta. Capsula medio infero celluhs elongatis, supero magnis cellulis 

 incrassatis formata, hyalina. Sporie o4 ^. flavescentes, anguste alatse. 

 Elateres subhyalina 180 jj., spirisduplicatisfiliformibus. Androecia pedun- 

 culo approximata. Anlheridia longe seriata totum ramulum fere percui-- 

 rentia. 



Hab. Patria? North Paciflc Exp. (Piodgers). 



Eine ausgezeichnete Art, welche an ihrer dicken, schwammigen Frons 

 leicht wieder zu erkennen sein wird. 



• 39. Fimbriaria californica Hampe in Austin. Hep. Bo]-. Am.. 

 p. 135. 



Monoica,major, robusta, fusco-viridis, margineposticeque purpurascens. 

 Frons simplex vel ex apice innovata, ad 2 cm. longa, 12 mm. lata, crassa, 

 antice subplana, costa late convexa, fronde duplo anguslior, sensim in 

 alas attenuata, humilis; alae tenues, crispato-plicatulae. Stratum anticum 

 sat altum^ cavernis angustis; stomata magna, hyalina, valde concava, 

 cellulis triseriatis formata, poro amplo, Cellulae epidermidis sequaliter 

 incrassatse. Squamae posticee purpurese, magnae, semilunatae, appendiculis 

 (2 vel 3) brevibus, basi valde consLrictis, lanceotatis, hyalinis. Capitula 

 dilute viridia, longe pedunculata, pedunculo ad 2^'2 cra. longo. valido. 

 superne stramineo, basi flavo-rufescens, nudo. apice barbato, paleis 

 longissimis, hyalinis, linearibus vel lanceolatis, e cellulis elongatis sedifi- 

 catis. Carpocephala centro hemisphserico, ad medium quadriloba. lobis 



BULL. HERB. Boiss., fevriei' 1899. 121 o6 



