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^ 54. Fimbriaria conocephala St. n. sp. 



Dioica, inajor, viridis vel purpurascens. Frons ad 2 cm. longa, furcata 

 vel ex apice innovala, oblongo-cuneata, parum concava; costa angustis- 

 sima, postice abrupte producta, leniter convexa, alse tenerrimae, plicaio- 

 erispalae. Stratum anticum humillimum, cavernis angustis; stomata magna 

 6 cellulis sexseriatis formata, valde convexa. Cellulae epidermidis haud 

 incrassatse; squamae poslicse magnee, roseae, appendiculo late ligulato, 

 hyalino, obtuso, valde variabih, longo vel perbrevi, angusto vel latiore, 

 parum vel haud constricto. Pedunculus ad 25 mm. longus, subteres, 

 parum coslatus, nudus, apice barbatus, paleis comatis validis, brevibus 

 et occultis, breviter lanceolatis acutis. Carpocephala magna, centro conico 

 umbonato, hemispheerico-subconico, profunde quadriloba, lobis subconicis, 

 plano-concavis, decurvulis, cum involucro sequilongo breviter campanu- 

 latis. Perianthia ovato-oblonga, hyalina, longe exserta, ore breviter tubii- 

 loso; capsula tenera, flavo-rufescens, operculum haud vidi. Sporae 108 <j., 

 late reticulatim-alatse, alis integerrimis. Elateres 170 ^, bispiri, spiris 

 angustis, Androecia in soros parvos aggregata. 



Hab. Australia Geographe Bay (Berthoud), Marrego River (Bauerlen), 

 Grampians (Sullivan), Rockhampton (Ferd. v. Miiller), Tasmania (Fitz- 

 gerald). 



55. Fimbriaria Whiteleggeana St. Hedwigia 1889, p. 8. 



Monoica, minor, valida, viridis, saepe omnino purpurea. Frons ad 

 10 mm. longa, 2 mm, lata, ex apice innovata, antice ample canaliculata, 

 medio postico valdeconvexa; costa fronde triplo angustior, strato antico 

 sequialta, cavernae angustse, filis liberis subnullis. Stomata magna, 6 cel- 

 lulis 4-5 seriatis formata. Cellulse epidermidis haud incrassatse. Sqnamse 

 posiicse purpurese, hyaline-marginataj, appendiculo ovato, hyalino tener- 

 rimo, basi plus minus constricto, Pedunculus ad 2 cm, longus fusco-pur- 

 pureus, apice barbatus, paleis brevibus lanceolatis, hyalinis. Centrum 

 carpocephali optime late conico-umbonatum, lobis umbellatim patulis, 

 centro aequilongis, cum involucro sequilongo longius campanulatis, ad 

 Vs solutis. Perianthia hyalina, ovata, ad mediunl exserta, pendula, Capsula 

 flavescens. Sporae flavidse magnse, 126 [a, alis latis, integerrimis. Elateres 

 216 {jL mono-vel bispiri, spiris laxe tortis, angustis. Androecia parva, in 

 dorso frondis femineae, a pedunculi basi remota, ostioHs magnis pur- 

 pureis. 



Hab. Australia New 5outh Wales (Whitelegge) (Sullivan). Queensland 

 (Bailey), Peel River (Musson), Wimmera (Eckert), Stewart River (Johnson). 



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