Metzgeria. franz stephani. spegies hepatigarum. 937 



Diese merkwiirdigePflanze bildet einenUebergang zu M.saccata Mitten, 

 deren lobi alarum tiefer getrennt sind , wahrend sie hier durch die Ein- 

 rollung der Fliigel nicht in die Erscheinung treten. 



13. Metzgeria crassicostata St. Hedwigia 1889. 



Dioica, minor et angusta, gracilis, dilute olivacea. Frons furcata, furcis 

 saepe simplicibus pinnseformibus, apice rotundata, valde convexa, postice 

 hirta. Costa validissima, postice magis producta, 10 cellulis corticalibus 

 tecta (antice 4 majoribus, postice 6 minoribus) ventre breviter setosa, 

 setulis tenuibus strictis crebris. Alse valde decurvse, 16 cellulas latse, 

 margine nudse, postice sparsim brevilerque setuloscc. Cellulae alaruni 

 37x45 {jL, trigonis nullis. Rami feminei obcordati, carinatim concavi, 

 coslcB oblique approximati, margine dorsoque longe ciliati. 



Hab. Australia, Richmond River (de Camera). 



14. Metzgeria imberbis Jack et Steph. Hedwigia 1895, p. 316. 



Dioica, major, tenerrima, pallide-virens, laxe csespitosa (pendulaf). 

 Frons regulariter furcata, optime in flabellam latam multiramosam evo- 

 luta, in vivo tamen maxime intricata radicellisque inter se afflxa, ceterum 

 ad 3 cm. longa, sub ^ mm. lata, omnino plana vel leniter undulata. Costa 

 crassa, postice magis producta ibidemque cellulis corticalibus sexseriatis 

 lecta breviterque setosa, antice nuda cellulis corticalibus 3 seriatis ; cellulae 

 internse. 7 seriatse reliquis vix minores. Alas perfecte nudae, ad 20 cellulas 

 hliR, hic illic postice, rarius e margine radicellas suctorias emittentes. 

 Cetiulae alarum 27x36 {jl parietibus fequaUter incrassatis, trigonis nuUis. 

 Rami feminei breves margine setulosi semper innovati, tempore maturi- 

 tatis calyptram longe superantes. Calyptra setis longis validis porrectis 

 penicillatim setosa. 



Hab. Argentinia, Rio seco (Lorentz). 



15. Metzgeria chilensis St. n. sp. 



Dioica, parva, angusta; gracilis, pallida, in umbrosis .viridis, corticola 

 vel terricola. Frons ad 10 mm. longa, furcata, valde convexa, apice rolun- 

 data. Costa tenuis, postice setosa, setis longis, strictis. Gellulse corlicales 

 costge utroque latere biseriatse. Alae fere revoIutEe, nudee, margine solum 

 simpliciter ciliatse, cfliis confertis, longis, tenuibus strictisque. Cellulae 

 alarum 36X54 |i, trigonis nullis. Rami feminei pro planta magni, pro- 

 funde obcordati, carinatim conduplicati, longe setosi. 



Hab. Chile (Dusen), New Zealand, in subalpinis (Colenso). 



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