Fossombronia. franz stephani. spegies hepatigarum. 35 



Monoica vel dioica. minor, viridis, dense csespitosa, foetens. Caulis ad 

 15 min longus, subteres, plus minus ramosus, sub flore simpliciter inno- 

 vatus, Folia conferta, e basi obcuneata valde dilatata, margine optime 

 crispata, integerrima. Cellulae apicales 37x55 [x, medianee 47X92 ^, 

 basales 47x130 ^. Pmarti^a breviter stipitata, campanulata, ore recurvo 

 crispato subintegerrimo, uno latere ssepe ad basin usque fissa. Bi^acteae 

 magnse, spathulatse superne longe liberse. Sporae 46 |t, brunneae, lacinulis 

 plano-compressis rectangularibus recteque patulis bispidissimse. 



Hab. Italia (DeNotaris, Cleve, Evans, Levier); Graecia (Heldreich); 

 Portugal, Coimbra (Moller); Algeria (Paris, Bovi, Trabut); Gallia (Cleve, 

 Corbiere); Anglia (Stabler); Madeira (Fritze); Tenerifa (Krause); Abyssinia 

 (Schimper). 



h. papillis longis hispidae. 



^ 23. F. hispidissima St. n. sp. 



Dioica, minor, viridis, gregaria. Caulis ad 4 mm. longus, simplex, postice 

 maxime produclus, angustato-rotundatus (subcarinatus) minus latus quam 

 crassus, in sectione quasi saccatus. Folia parva, obcuneata, vix magis lata 

 quam longa, basi valde angustata lateribus strictis, apice repanda hic iUic 

 incurvo-crispata. Cellulae foliorum apice 37X55 ja, medio 37X80 ji, basi 

 37x92 ^L. Perianthia vix stipitata, ex angusta basi pyriformia, fere duplo 

 longiora quam lata, sub ore contracta, subinde abrupte dilatata ore recurvo 

 sinuato subcrispato. Sporae fusco brunnese, 35 ji, papilhs longiuscuhs 

 creberrimis hispidissimge. 



Hab. Amer. sept., San Francisco (Bolander). 



i 24. F. spinifolia St. n. sp. 



Monoica, gracihs, fusco-viridis, gregaria. Caidis ad 12 mm. longus, 

 repetito-furcatus, tenuis, postice valde productus subteres. Folia parum 

 imbricata, leniter adscendentia, ex angusta basi late obovala vel rotun- 

 data, varie grosseque spinosa, spinis 3 — 5 majoribus sublobuhformibus 

 acuminatis, acutis ; reliquis multo minoribus. Cellulae 36X36 ^, basales 

 parum longiores. Perianthia turbinata, fohis vix longiora, plurilobata, 

 lobis irregulariter grosse spinosis, haud crispatis. Sporae fusco-brunneae 

 ad 46 jjL, papiUis longis acutis et confertissimis hispidissimae. 



Hab. Africa australis, Gnadenthal (Breutel). 



25. F. crispa Nees. Syn. Hep., p. 469. 



Dioica, major, fusco-viridis, dense csespitosa lateque expansa. Caulis ad 



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