202 BULLETIN DE l'herbikr boissier. Fimbuaria. 



literque incrassatse. Operculum? Sporae riifse 72 ]x alis subi nlegerri mis. 

 Elateres 180 ja, concolores, iibique seqiiilati, bispiri, spiris angustis. 

 Andrœda in ratnnlo parvo poslico. 

 Hab. Mexico (Rose) (Schaffner). 



49. Fimbriaria linearis St. in Engler, Bot. Jahrb. XX, p. 302. 

 Dioica, minor, pallide virens, in aelate flavescens, posLice piirpurea. 



gracilis, valida. Fions ad 15 mm. longa, innovalionis repelilione persaepe 

 triplo longior, 2 mm. lala, linearis, sub flore ? solum ampliala, lobis 

 majoribus obcordata,nusquam furcala.ex apice vel e lalere coslse ramosa, 

 antice leniler canaliculala, poslice subcarinatim-convexa. costa valde con- 

 vexa, fronde qnadruplo angnslior, alse altenualse validse integerrimse. 

 Stratum auticum in lergo coslse humile, cavernseangustae, lamellis acces- 

 soriis valde numerosis, conlertis. fila libéra subnuUa. Stomata sparsa, 

 parura convexa, 6 celhilis bi-vel triseriatis formata; cellulse epidermidis 

 validae, trigonis nullis, Squamœ posticse purpurese, oblique ovatse, longe 

 appendiculalae, appendicula geminala, appro\imata, anguste lanceolata, 

 cellulis elongatis formata. Pedunculus ad 10 mm. longus, compressus. 

 irregulariter coslatus, apice longe paleaceus, paleis hyalinis, linearibus: 

 carpocephala parva, hemisphserica, alte papulosa, lobis capiluU centro 

 sequimagnis, profunde solutis, decurvis, papulosis, involucro tenero sequi- 

 longo; perianthia fusiformia, ad 7^ exserta, hyalina. Capsula? Sporae 

 63 [JL, flavescentes angusle alata3. Eleateres 144 ^, concolores. Andrœda 

 in ramulis magnis poslicis, apice ssepe vegetalivis, parva, ostiolis brevibus 

 purpureis. 

 Hab. Usambara (Holst.), Bourbon (Rodriguez). 



50. Fimbriaria commutata Sl. n. sp. 



Syn. : F. violacea Pearson, non Austin, in Selwyn, Survey, 1890, p, 7. 



Monoica, minor, viridis margine posliceque purpurascens. Frous semper 

 ex apice innova ta, ad 2 cm. longa, 4 mm. lata, ramis $ lale obcordatis. 

 antice ob alas oblique adscendentes, ample canaliculata; costa angusta. 

 optime obconica, valde producta, lateribus in alas attenuatas longe 

 excurrenlibus. Stratum auticum huniiliimum. subanguste cavernosum, 

 s^omatwitaque numerosis, magnis, buUatim prominentibus, poro 6 cellulis 

 prsei'upte quadriseriatis circumdaLo. Sqnamœ posticee magnse, purpurese, 

 imbricatse, appendiculis geminatis, approximatis. brevibus, angusle linea- 

 ribus, hyalinis. Carpocephala parva, minus longe pedunculala, pedunculo 

 1 cm. longo ubique sparsim paleaceo, paleis subliliformibus, hyalinis 



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