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SPECIES HEPATICARUM 



Franz STEPHAIVI 



(Suite.) 



METZGERIA Raddi. 



Plantae frondosee, tenerae, pallidse, in umbrosis virides, in tropicis 

 interdum flavo-rufescentes, statu morbido hic illic ccerulese, violaceae vel 

 purpureae, pro more corticolae, rarius rupicolee vel foliicolse, vulgo dense 

 stratificatae vel effuse inter fruticum ramulos nidulantes, radicellis posticis 

 e costa, ex alis vel marginibus ortis repentes, monopodialiter repetito- 

 furcatee, furcis linearibus, ultimis rare acuminatis, lale divergenlibus, in 

 paucis frondes alternalim pinnata^ vel pinnatim decomposilse, semper 

 fere convexee, in umbrosis subplanae, apice rotundatse cellulisque clavatis 

 muciferis obtectae. 



Costa tenuis, ssepe tenuissima, sub bifurcatione solum dilatata (dupli- 

 cata) in « Furcatis » ceterum ubique sequilata, in « Pinnatis » attenuata 

 i. e. in trunco primario maxime crassa, in pinnis pinnulisque sensim 

 sensimque angustata. Gostse cellulce corticales internis majores, posticse 

 plus minus longe setosse, in paucis nudse, antice rarissime setulosse. 



Al3e utroque latere sequilatee, interdum tamen asymmetricse vel versus 

 apicem attenuatse, vel margine lobatae, semper fere convexse vel revo- 

 lutse, nudce vel Iiirtse in paucis crassae, versus marginem unistratse, mar- 

 ginibus semper fere armatis. in umbrosis irregulariter setosis vel 

 nudis. 



Inflorescentia monoica vel dioica. Rami sexuales postici, e latere costse 

 orti, brevissimi; feminei ex angusta basi obcordatim ampliati, medio crassi, 



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