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11. Fimbriaria atrispora St. n. sp. 



Monoic.T. mediocris, viridis, margine posticeqiie purpurea. Frons ad 

 2o mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, ex apice innovata, ramis floriferis semper 

 posticis. an lice plana, medio postico late plano-convexa alis tenerrimis. 

 Costa fronde 4-plo anguslior, poslice haiid producta. Stratum anticum 

 in medio frondis cjuam cosla diiplo hiimilius, ca vernis angustis haiid 

 fiiiferis. Stomata magna alteqiie convexa, 6-celliilis, 4-5 seriatis formata. 

 Cellula? epidermidis tenerrinicC. S(/«am,^ poslicte magnte, purpureœ imbri- 

 catcc, appendiculo (interdum geminato) longo, lanceolato superne ssepe 

 longe lineari (2-ceiIiilas lato). Pedunculus tennis, subteres et lœvis, apice 

 paleis hyalinis anguste linearibus longe barbatiis. Carpocephala disci- 

 formia, antice vix convexa grosse papulosa, intégra, i. e, lobis haud 

 discretis sed omnino confluentibus, crassis, involucra tenerrima usque 

 ad marginem disci protracta, perianthia ad 7» tegentia. Perianthia ovata 

 iiyalina, horizonlalia, marginem capitnli vix superantia. Capsula flaves- 

 cens. Elateres 230 ji, crassi, stricti, dilate brunnei, bispiri. spn'is validis. 

 Sporx 108 <j. subnigrœ. alis angustis asperis. 



Andrœcia minima, sœpe ad 2 anllieridia tantum reducla. 



Hab. Mexico (Schaffner] [Maury). 



12. Fimbriaria gigantea St. n. sp. 



Monoica. pallida, lenera, in ter muscos sparsim crescens. Frons ex 

 apice innovata, 2 cm. longa, e basi angusta oblonga, apice profunde 

 inciso-biloba. celerum plana; costa angusta, pro planta tenuis, maxime 

 et abrupte producta, late obconica, medio infero radicellis longissimis 

 repens; Stratum anticum humile; stomata magna, poro magno cellulis 

 angustis pra;rupte 4-seriatis circumdato; celluhe stomatum et epidermidis 

 lenorrinue. incrassalio angulosa nulla. Squamœ pauca.', magnie purpure;L', 

 lenerrimaî, appendiculo? ((loslrucl(t). Carpocephala maxima. longe pedun- 

 culaia, pedunculo 4.") mm. longo, valido, inferne colora to. basi nudo. apice 

 bri'viler barbato, i)aleis lanceolalis hyalinis apice liliformibus. Carpoce- 

 jifiala (\\^r(n(U-:\ 1 cm. lata, antice parum convexa, vertice \ix uuibonata, 

 nifo-brunnea. papulosa, feread medium quadriloba, lobis Iruncato-niliiii- 

 dalis, sub()lanis. leniter declivibus, involucris inlra niargiiicMi loboruiu 

 orlis, lenorrimis, amplis et iuiniilibus, perianthia vix ad uuîdiuui cingcn- 

 libijs. l'erianlfUa laie ovalo-conica. [»arva, iiasi tenerrima, medio siipero 

 c^diiilis validis hyalinis formata, (jidiplra tenerrima; capsula rufo- 

 brunnea. cellulis validis. Opcniilinn magnum, (•(^iliilis bislralis parvis, 

 trig<jne inrras.salis formalum. Sjior.r U3 [j,, loi>atim crislata;, aspera*. 



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