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SPECIES HEPATICARÜM 



Franz STEP1ÎA]\I 



(Suite.) 



FIMBRIARIA Nées. 



in Hor. phys. Berol., p. 45, 1820. 



Plantse frondosse, terrestres, arcte repentes, minores vel parvee, virides 

 vel purpurascentes. Frons linearis, rarius furcata, pro more ex apice 

 innovata, ramis posticis, prsecipue floriferis, haud raris, tennis vel tener- 

 rima, rare crassa, antice plana vel parum canaliculata, apice inciso biloba 

 prsesertim in ramis femineis. Costa bene evoluta, ssepe angusta, interdum 

 carinatim acutata, antice fere semper valde convexa. Stratum hypoporum 

 vel anticum humile, rarius magis evolutum, cavernse angustse^ sœpe valde 

 irreguläres, lamellis accessoriis numerosis, sub poro saepe fîliferis. Sto- 

 mata simplicia, parum convexa, rare alte conica. Squamœ posticse in 

 utroque latere costae uniseriatae, longe appendiculatœ, radiculas punctatim 

 incrassatas e basi paginaque proferentes. Inflorescentia monoica vel 

 dioica. Andrœcia disciformia, strato antico recedente sessilia, nuda, pedun- 

 culo approximata vel in ramulis parvis posticis, in plantis dioicis ssepe 

 linearia. Antheridia numerosa, alveolis monandris, ostiolis brevibus vel 

 brevissimis. Capitula plus minus longe pedunculata, pedunculo, strato 

 hypoporo recedente, ex apice costse orto, sulco singulo percurso, basi 

 apiceque paleaceo, antice convexa vel conica vel alte umbonata, cavernis 

 inflatis papulosa, stomatis duplicatis vel compositis i. e intus cellulis 



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