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4 — 5-gonis earunique parietibus rectis et stratis in- 

 crassatis subfuscis parvam laminis partem explenti- 

 bus, sporis flavo-fuscis, frondibus aggregatis orbi- 

 cularibus diametro 3 — 8-lineari ininorive. 



Synonyma : Notothylas valvata Snllivaut Musci 

 et Hepatic. of tlie United States p. 685. (tab. VI.) — 

 Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Scien- 

 ces. New Series. Vol. III. 1848. p. 65. c. tab. — 

 Musci Alleghanieusis II. n. 289. — Silliman Ameri- 

 can Jonrnal of Sciences and Arts. 1846. p. 75. — 

 Synops. Hepat. p. 843. n. 2. — Gottsche Icon. Hep. 

 inedit. — iV. valvata Gottsche e. p. in „Uebersicht 

 und kritische WürdiguDg etc. 1858." Beiblatt zur 

 bot. Ztg. p. 20. — Carpolipum valvatum Nees ab 

 Es. Synops. Hep. p. 792. 



Habitat in humidiusculis circa Columbus Ohionis 

 sat frequens, maturescit aetate — autumno (Sulliv.) 



3. Notothylas melanospora Sullivant. 



N. Capsula elongato-cylindrica deflexa cum vel 

 absque sutura, cellulis capsulae elongatis 4-gonis 

 earumque parietibus undulatis et stratis incrassatis 

 coloratis nigricantibus , sporis atro-fuscis dimidio 

 fere majoribus quam in praecedentibus, frondibus ut 

 in 2. 



Synonyma : JV. melanospora Sullivant Musci et 

 Hepat. of the United States p. 685. — Memoirs of 

 the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1848. 

 p. 65. — Musci Alleghanienses II. n. 290. — Silli- 

 man American Journal of Sciences and Arts 1846. 

 p. 75. — Synops. Hepat. p. 843. n. 3. — Carpoli- 

 pum inelanosporum N. ab E. Synops. Hep. p. 792. 

 n. 3. 



Habitat iisdem locis cum JV. valvata (Sullivant). 



4. Notothylas orbicularis Sullivant. 



N. Capsula suberecta oblongo-ellipsoidea coin- 

 pressa cum vel absque sutura concolore demum de- 

 cidua, cellulis capsulae brevioribus 5 — 6-gonis ea- 

 rumque parietibus rectis et stratis incrassatis luteis 

 parvam Iuminis partem explentibus, sporis luteo- 

 fuscis , frondibus aggregatis orbicularibus diametro 

 12-lineari minorive. 



Synonyma: Notothylas orbicularis Sullivant 



Musci et Hepat. of the United States p. 685. n. 3 



Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sci- 

 ences. Vol. III. 1848. p. 65. — Musci Alleghanien- 

 ses II. n. 288. — Silliman Americ. Journal of Sci- 

 ences and Arts. 1846. p. 75. — Synops. Hepat. p. 

 834. n. 1. — Gottsche Icon. Hepat. inedit. — Car- 

 polipum orbiculare Nees ab Es. Synops. Hep. p. 591 

 et p. 792. n. 1. — Carpobolus orbicularis Schwei- 

 niz in Journal Acad. Philad. Vol. II. 1821. p. 367. 

 f. 2. — Targionia orbicularis Schweiniz Hepat. 



Americ. sept. p. 28. n. 1. — Nees ab Es. Hepat. 

 Europ. IV. p. 317. 



Habitat in Carolina septentrionali : in horto pro- 

 prio Decembri et Januario cum fructu legit Schwei- 

 niz; in Pensylvania Lesquereux. CincinnatiJ. G. Lea 

 misit Tayluri (Lehmann herb, accep. 1847.). Ab ipso 

 Schweinizio exemplaria Hooker accepit 1830. (Herb. 

 Lehmann). 



? 5. Notothylas javanica Gottsche. 



N. Capsula cylindrico-conica curvula apice per- 

 tusa, ejus cellulis brevibns 5 — 6-gonis earumqne 

 parietibus rectis et stratis incrassatis minorem par- 

 tem Iuminis explentibus, sporis flavescentibns, fron- 

 dibus singulis orbicularibus costatis diametro 12-li- 

 neari. 



Synonyma: JV. javanica Gottsche in „Ueber- 

 sicht und kritische Würdigung." Beiblatt zur botan. 

 Zeitg. 1858. p. 20. — Blasia javanica Van der 

 Saude Lacoste in Synopsi Hepatic. Javauicaruin p. 

 94. n. 245. c. tab. XIX. 



Habitat in Java insula. (Holle in Herb. Dozy 

 et Molkb.) 



§. II. Acanthouotothflas Gottsche. 



Semina muriculata, elaterum strata incrassata li- 

 nealia. 



6. Notothylas Breutelii Gottsche. 

 N. Capsula cylindrica deflexa duplo majori quam 

 in N. fertili, sutura colorata semper instructa, cel- 

 lulis capsulae brevibns 4 — 5-gonis earumque parie- 

 tibus rectis et stratis incrassatis coloratis fuscis mi- 

 norem partem Iuminis explentibus, sporis nigris mu- 

 riculatis dimidio majoribus quam in N. fertili et val- 

 vata, frondibus aggregatis orbicularibus diametro 

 12-lineari minorive. 



Synonyma : Anthoceros Breutelii Gottsche Syn- 

 ops. Hepat. p. 585. n. 1. 



ß. minor , capsulis minoribus , frondis marginem 

 plerumque non excedentibus. 



Habitat utraque forma in Insulis Indiae Occiden- 

 tal is ; forma «. in Insula St. Jean, in monte Corall- 

 berg a Keverendissimo Breutel lecta et communicata 

 est; alteram formain minorem ß. ex Insula Dominica 

 apportavit Poiteau. 



Nach den gewonnenen Resultaten muss , wie 

 ich glaube, die Diagnose des Genus Notothylas auch 

 ein wenig modificirt werden. Ich werde hierbei, 

 wie ich überall gethan, die präcise Fassung von 

 Gottsche's Definitionen ohne Noth natürlich nicht 

 ändern. 



