204 BULLETIN DE l'herbier boissier. Fimbriariü, 



ramis floriferis utriusque sexus posticis, parvis, anlice subplana, costa 

 fronde 3 plo angustior, sat convexa, sensim in alas attenuata, alœ tener- 

 rimse, venosee; Stratum anticum humillimum, costa duplo humilius, 

 angusle cavernosum, filis sub poro longis confertis; s^oma^a magna, valde 

 convexa, 6 cellulis quinqueseriatis iormaia. Epidermis tenera. Sqtiamœ 

 poslicee, lunatee, in appendiculum late breviterque ligulatum transeunles. 

 Pedunculus 20 mm, longas, crassus et tenax, purpureus, apice paleis 

 brevibus liyalinus barbatus, compressus varie profundeque costatus. 

 Carpocephala conica, obtusa, papulosa, lobis centro vix brevioribus, obli- 

 que patulis inflatis, cum involucro aequilongo subtubulosis. Perianthia 

 late ovata, hyalina, ad medium exserta, oblique patula. Capsula vuîescens, 

 operculo trigonis magnis incrassato. Sporœ 108 |t, latealatse, rufescentes. 

 Elateres 180 [x, monospiri. Andrœcia magna elongata, valde convexa, 

 ostiolis brevibus. 

 Hab. Australia Lindos Valley (F. von Müller). 



53. Fimbriaria australis Taylor. J. of B. 1844, p. 573. 



Monoica, major, fusco- viridis, postice marginibusque purpurea. Frons 

 ad 3 cm. longa, 5 mm. lata, inlerdum furcata, pro more ex apice innovata, 

 crassa, antice plana, marginibus validis integerrimis; costa convexa, bene 

 producta, triplo angustior quam Stratum anticum, sensim in alas 

 attenuata; Stratum anticum costae sequialtum. Stomata magna, hyalina, 

 valde convexa, poro amplo 6 cellulis bi-vel triseriatis circumdato, cellulaî 

 epidermidis trigonis magnis incrassatse; squamœ posticae magnse, vix 

 imbricatse, semilunatae, purpureae, appendiculo maximo ovato obtuso, 

 hyalino, basi valde constriclo inlegerrimo. Carpocephala in fronde vel 

 in parvis ramulis posticis terminalia, pedunculo ad 15 mm. longo, inferne 

 purpureo, basi nudo apice sparsim longeque barbato, paleis lanceolatis 

 vel subfiliformibus. Capitula late conica, vertice obtusa, fere ad medium 

 quadriloba, lobis oblique patulis, cono centrali fere aequilongis, involucra 

 itaque late tubulata, ore bilabiatim incisa, labiis rotundalis, integerrimis. 

 Perianthia longe exserta, involucro 3 plo longiora, oblique patula, oblonge 

 ovata, apice breviter tubulosa, hyalina. 



Calyptra tenerrima. Capsula viridis, tenuis, operculo bistrato, cellulis 

 trigone incrassatis. Sporae flavo-virescentes, humiliter reticulatim cris- 

 tatae 51 ^. Elateres pallidi, mono-vel bispiri, ad 200 ^. Andrœcia semper 

 in ramulo postico, ostiolis brevibus purpureis. 



Hab. Nova Zelandia, Thames (Kirk, Colenso). 



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