200 BULLETIN DE l'herbier boissier. Fimbriaria. 



Monoica, minor, angusla, viridis, postice hyalina. Frons ad 12 mm. 

 longa, 3 mm. lala; margine subinlegerrima, ex apice innovata, rami cf' 

 interdum poslici, antice subplana, postice partim convexa, alis longe atté- 

 nua tis; Costa parva, fronde ^ plo angustior, Strato anticosequicrassa, postice 

 convexo-prominula. Cavernas angustse, sub poro breviter filiferee. Cellulae 

 epidermidis lenerse. Stomata magna, partim convexa, 6 celliilis 5 serialis 

 formata. Squamœ posticœ parvse, purpurese, appendicuio (saspe geminato) 

 longissimo, angusle lanceolato apice setaceo. Pedunculus tenuis, 10 mm. 

 longus, apice paleis longiusculis linearibus hyalinis barbatus, compressus. 

 Cenlrum carpocephali parvum hemisphsericum alte papulosum, iobis lon- 

 gioribus, alle papulosis, decurvo-patulis cum involucro sequilongo campa- 

 nulatis. Perianthia oblonga, fere ad V^ exserta, hyalina, oblique palula; 

 capsula rufa. Sporae 90 ^. fusco-rufse, alis angusle alte papillatis. Elateres 

 180 [jL, dilute brunnei bispiri, spiris validis. Andrœcia vel terminalia vel 

 in ramulo poslico laterali, magna, valde convexa, subnigra, ostiolis bre- 

 vibus. 



Hab. Cw6a(Olto jun, Wright, Underwood). 



Proxima F. elegauti, quse differt ramis floriferis semper poslicis, appen- 

 dicuio squamarum angusle lineari, usque ad apicem fere 2 cell, lato, 

 sporis et elateribus mullo majoribus. F. Wrightii differt capitule multo 

 minus longe papuloso, pedunculo crasso et squamarum appendicuio 

 spinam magnam basalem gerenle. 



46. Fimbriaria Bolanderi Austin, Ac. Phila, 1869, p. 230. 



Monoica, minor, viridis, postice purpurea. Frons linearis, 15 mm. longa 

 2 mm. lata, ex apice innovata, antice late canaliculata, venire valde con- 

 vexa, costo fronde plusduplo angustior alis adscendentibus, crassis, alle- 

 nualis. Stratum auticum (in medio frondis) costse sequialtum, cavernis 

 angustis, fila libéra subnuUa. Stomata magna, parum convexa, 8 cellulis 

 quadriseriatis formata, poro magno. Cellulae epidermidis haud incrassalse. 

 Squamœ posticœ itürptiredB, imbricatae, late lunalae, appendicuio filiform!, 

 inferne 2 cellulas lato, apice longe setaceo. Pedunculus in ramulo parvo 

 poslico purpureus, tenuis, in seclione ovalis, humililer costalus, apice 

 longe barbatus, paleis purpiireis linearibus pendulis. Carpocephala parva, 

 hemisphaerica, Stoma, is parvis papulosa, lobi oblique paluli, centre capituli 

 sublongiores, ore angustato basique leniler constricta, cum involucro 

 inflato-lubulosa. Perianthia oblongo-ovala, ad 7» exserta, lenerrima, hya- 

 lina. Capsula fiavo-virens, lenerrima, opercule magnis trigonis incrassalo. 

 Sporœ sulphureae 72 |jl, aUs angustis remole crenulatis. Elateres 180 [x 



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