Fossombronia. franz stephani. spegies hepatigarum. 35 



Monoica vel dioica. minor, viridis, dense caespilosa, fœtens. Caulis ad 

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

 vatus. Folia conferta, e basi obcuneala valde dilata ta, margine optime 

 crispata, inlegerrima. Cellulœ apicales 37x55 ji, medianae 47X92 ^, 

 basales 47x 1 30 {jL. Pmaw^Ma breviler stipitata, campanulata, ore recurvo 

 crispalo subintegerrimo, uno lalere ssepe ad basin usque flssa. Bracteae 

 magnae, spalhulatse superne longe liberae. Sporae 46 \x, brunnese, lacinulis 

 plano-compressis rectangularibus recteque patulis bispidissimse. 



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

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

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

 (Schimper). 



h. papillis longis hispidœ. 



23. F. hispidissima St. n. sp. 



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

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

 crassus, in seclione quasi saccatus, Folia parva, obcuneata, vix magis lata 

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

 incurvo-crispata. Cellulae foUorum apice 37X55 jj., medio 37X80 p^, basi 

 37X92 |j.. Perianthia vix stipitala, ex angusta basi pyriformia, fere duplo 

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

 sinuato subcrispato. Sporae fusco brunnese, 35 {jl, papillis longiusculis 

 creberrimis hispidissimae. 



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



24. F. spinifolia St. n. sp. 



Monoica, gracilis, fusco-viridis, gregaria. Caulis ad 12 mm. longus, 

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

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

 dala, varie grosseque spinosa, spinis 3 — 5 majoribus sublobuliformibus 

 acuminatis, acutis ; reliquis mullo minoribus. Cellulœ 36X36 \x, basales 

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

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

 ad 46 [j., papillis longis acutis et confertissimis hispidissimse. 



Hab. Africa australis, Gnaden thaï (Breutel). 



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



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



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