4 MEMOiRKS DE L^HERBiER BoissiER. Calycularia. 



irregularibus longe acuminalis, sa3pe hamalis. Calyptra superne tener- 

 rima. Capsida in pedicello brevi et calycem vix superante subglobosa 

 irregulariter bi-tri valvala, valvulae bi-tri stratae, cellulis internis dense 

 annulatis. Sporae 45 {x, rufescentes, longe echinatae, echinis laxe dispo- 

 sitis, cylindricis, apice truncato-bidenlulis. Elateres et Andraicia haud 

 vidi. 

 Hab. Himalaya (Hooker, Griffilh, Decoly et Schaul). 



2. G. laxa Lindb. Svenska Yet. Ac. XXIII, p. 66. 



Mediocris, fragilissima, lurido-viridis, dense caespitosa. Fro/wad25mm^ 

 longa, 12 mm. lata, simplex vel furcala, oblonga, canaliculata, crispala. 

 Costa ad 12 cellulas crassa. poslice dilute violacea, radicellis longis dilute 

 ferrugineis repens. Alae adscendentes incurvae vel explanatae, cellulis ad 

 40 |i,, basi longiores. ^/wjoA. parva. pallida, lanceolata, subulata, acutissima, 

 medio infero lacinulata. Per. magna, 6 mm. longa, ore 5 mm. lato 

 infundibulata, dilute virescentia, superne ssepe purpurascentia et leniter 

 plicata, lamellis plus minus liberis longitudinaliter aucla, basi externa 

 bracteis lanceolatis vel filiformibus, Scepe pinnatim lacinulatis laxe cir- 

 cumdata, ore late aperto, ad medium multifido, lobis erectis vel incurvis 

 longe acuminatis, pinnatim spinosis. Calyptra crassa, magna pyriformis. 

 Capsula subglobosa, pedicello 25 mm. longo, ad basin usque 5-7 valvata, 

 valvulis tristratis; stralum internum semiannulatim incrassatum. Elateres 

 300 {1. Sporae 40 [j., brunneae, remote echinatse, echinis conico-cylindricis 

 truncato-bifidulis. Androecia in planta minore et angustiore, bracteis con- 

 fertis, apice ciliatis vel lobalis. 



Hab. Sibiria, Jenisei ad flum. Dudinka (Arnell). 



B. Sporis papillatis. 



3. G. radiculosa St. Hedw. 1893, p. 146. 



Majuscula, flaccidissima (ulvoidea) saturale viridis, corticola. Frons 

 ad 6 cm. longa, 20 mm. lata, ovato-oblonga, simplex vel furcata, perssepe 

 ramis posticis innovata, radicellis purpureis vel sanguineis arcte repens. 

 Costa angusta postice maxime producta et optime carinata. Alae adscen- 

 dentes, saepe asymmetricae vel uno latere omnino deficientes, ad coslam 

 4 cellulas crassae ceterum unistratae, lenerrimse explanatae, margine 

 plicato-crispulae, integrae. Cellulae alarum 35 X 70 [i ad costam longiores. 

 Ampkig. parva, subulata, rubescentia, quaLuor cellulis superpositis for- 

 mata. Perianthia parva, saepe seriata, anguste infundibulata, eplicata, 



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