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den alten Autoren und den meisten neueren solche Unterschiede völlig 

 verborgen geblieben sind. 



38. Symphyogyna obovata Taylor. J. of Bot. 1844, p. 581. 



Syn. : S. pulchra Tayl. ibidem. 1846, p. 410. 

 S. r/iizobola Mitten (non Nées). 



Dioica, mediocris, valida, pro more dense csespitosa, viridis, interdum 

 roseo picta. Frons erecta ad 3 cm. longa (stipite ipso 15 mm, longo) 

 superne abrupte bis furcata, furcis infimis brevissimis, ultimis oblongis, 

 10 mm. longis, 3 mm. latis undulatis interdum subcrispatis; rami postici 

 in planta male evoluta vel juvenili et repente numerosi. Costa crassa, 

 postice valde producta, versus apicem furcarum sensim angustata; alae 

 validée ad costam 4 cellulas crassse, Umbo unistrato ad 15 cellulas lato, 

 remote dentato, dentibus parvis gracilibus, 2 cellulas longis, subrecle 

 patuhs. Cellulae alarum ad costam 45 X ^0 [J^, medio 54 X 54 fi, margine 

 36 X 108 [1, parietibus validis, angulis valde incrassatis. Squama fem. 

 ad basin furcarum ultimarum la te inserta lateque ovata, margine grosse 

 dentata vel spinosa, Calyptra ad 10 mm. longa, ssepe rosea vel purpurea, 

 valida (basi 8 cellulas apice 5 cellulas crassa). Capsula oblonge cylindrica 

 acuta. Sporœ rufae 20 »j., reticulatim lamellatse. Elateres capillares, medio 

 vix ampliores, flbris laxe tortis. Andrœcia in planta minore, furcis bre- 

 vioribus et minus profunde solutis instructa, bracteis confertis, costam 

 tegentibus, lacinulatis. 



Hab. Tasmania (Hooker, Oldfield, Bufton, Weymouth), Australia Port 

 Phillip (French, Maplestone) New S. Wales, (Whitelegge, Luchmann, 

 Bäuerlen), Mount Cole (Sullivan), Swan River (Drummond), Gippsland 

 (Johnston, Stirling, Tisdale), Queensland (Miss Lamont), New Zealand 

 (Kirk, Colenso). 



Fruchtende Exemplare aus New Zealand habe ich nicht gesehen ; jeden- 

 falls ist die Pflanze daselbst selten. 



39. Symphyogyna crassifrons Süll. J. of Bot. 1850^ p. 317. 



Dioica, mediocris, crassa et rigida, olivacea. Frons adscendens, ad 2 cm. 

 longa, superne breviter furcatim ramosa, ramis anguste linearibus, milli- 

 metrurn latis, oh furcas nascentes emarginatis vel breviter bilobis, 

 ceterum leniter canaUculatis; basis frondis ad costam reducta, longe 

 stipitiformis, e latere novellas frondes proferens. Costa pro planta latis- 

 6-ima et maxime cra.ssa, in sectione lere hemisphserica, abrupte in alas 

 excurrens ; fasciculum fibrovasale hyalinum ; alse quam costa triplo 



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