Metzgeria. franz stephani. species hepaticarum. 935 



dum brunneo-purpurea, corticola. Frons ad 5 cm. longa et 3 mm. lata, 

 pinnatim pauciramosa, interdum e ventre innovata, parum convexa, 

 undulata, Costa in trunco primario crassa, subteres, in pinnis pinnu- 

 lisque sensim angustata, cellulae corticales in sectione trunci 14 (6 anticse 

 et 8 posticse) in pinnis longioribus 12 (5 anticae et 7 posticee) in pinnulis 

 ultimis 10 (4 anticee et 6 posticse). Alae ad 20 cellulas latse, in ultirais 

 ramulis distincte acuminatse, poslice dense breviterque villosee, pilis 

 breviusculis flaccidis; margine similiter armalse, setulis strictis geminatis 

 divergentibiis. Cellulas alarum 36 {t, ad costam 37 X 45 [j,. Rami feminei 

 parvi, ventre et margine longe setosi. Calyptra clavata, setis longis hispida. 

 Hab. Catena Andium haud rara, Mexico (Liebman, Leibold, Schafl"ner, 

 Bourgeau), Costarica (Pittier), Brasilia, montes orientales (Ule. Glaziou), 

 Argentinia, Tucuman (Lorentz), Chile, Valdivia (Hahn). 



9. Metzgeria filicina Mitt. J. of Bot. 1851, p. 361. 



Dioica, magna et valde elongata, pallide viridis vel flavicans, corticola 

 vel rupicola, laxe efl^use csespitosa, saepeinter fruticum ramulos squarrose 

 nidulans. Frons ad 10 cm. longa, bi-vel tripinnata, valde convexa, sub- 

 revoluta, pinnis pinnulisque squarrose patulis, leniter acuminatis, quam 

 truncus multo et sensim angustioribus. Costa nuda , in trunco primario 

 maxime crassa. cellulis corticalibus 27, quarum 12 anticse et 15 posticse; 

 in pinnis longioribus 21 (anticse 9, posticae 12) in apice pinnularum 4 

 (utroque latere 2). Alae tenerrimee cellulis 36x54 |i. ad coslam longiores, 

 trigonis subnullis, margine nudo vel paucis setulis simplicibus armato, 

 ipso apice crebre setuloso. Bami feminei parvi, arcuato-suberecti, alis 

 tamen decurvis, apice rotundata celerum nudi, margine solum setosi, 

 saepe innovati. Galyptra magna clavata, superne setis validis strictis et 

 porrectis penicillatim setosa. Gapsula late ovalis, fusco brunnea. Sporae 

 20 [1, brunneae, minutissime asperae. Rami masculi ut in congeneribus 

 nudi, pro planta parvi. 



Hab. Andes quitenses (Jameson, Spruce), Bolivia, Unduavi (Pearce), 

 Nova Granada, Paramo Ghoachi*(Lindig). 



B. Furcatae. 



10. Metzgeria rigida Lindb. Monogr. Metzg. p. 43. 

 Dioica, parva, rigida, tenax et fere cartilaginea, lurido-pallida, superne 

 coerulescens, corticola. Frons ad 125 mm. longa, V* mm. lata, dense 



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