768 bulletin de l'herbier boissier. Sauteria. 



in fronde sub flore haud innovante, e fundo nudo alveoli apicalis orta. 

 Pedunculus basi nudus, apice interdirai paleaceus, leniter rimosus, sulco 

 profundo percursus. Receptaculi discus centralis parvus, parum promi- 

 nens, Stoma tis nullis ; lobi 3-5 profunde discreti, seepe inœquales, decurvi, 

 contigui, obovati ; Involucra tubulosa, apice recte truncata, late aperta, 

 haud inciso-bilabiata-hiantia, ceterum monogyna. Calyptra tenerrima. 

 Capsulse pedicellus brevis vel nullus, parvo bulbo insertus ; capsula glo- 

 bosa, vix exserta, irregulariter disrumpens, parietum incrassaLio semi- 

 annulata bene evoluta. Elateres fusiformes, curvati, 2 vel 3 spiri obtusi. 

 Sporœ plus minus papulosse. 



1. S. alpina. Nees. 1. c. pag. 143. 



Monoica, parva, tenerrima, glauco-virens ; Frons usque ad 12 mm. 

 longa, in medio ssepe viridis, marginibus hyalinis; duplo latior quam 

 crassa,postice subangulatim convexa,in sectione itaque late-trigona ; costa 

 strato antico multo angustior, duploque humilior; alae sensim attenuatee 

 tenerrimse; epidermis antica cellulis haud incrassatis formata. Squamœ 

 posticse imbricatae, quadriseriatse, hyalinse, e lata basi oblique trigonse, 

 magnis cellulis irregularibus formatée, apice sensim acuminatse, medio 

 supero cellulis clavatis irregulariter grosseque dentata vel sublaciniata. 

 Carpocephala longe pedunculata. pedunculo usque ad 20 mm., hyalino, 

 sulco profundo labiisque obtusis conniventibus integerrimis. Paleœ recep- 

 taculi magnse, oblongae, obtusse, paucis cellulis clavatis ornatse. Capsula 

 distincte pedunculata, pariete rufo-fusco. Elateres usque ad 200 ja, fla- 

 vescentes, bispiri, spiris laxe tortis. Sporœ 59 {a, fusco-brunneae, dense 

 papulosee. 



Hab. Alpes Europse, Tatra (Limpricht) Norvegia (Sahlberg) Sibiria 

 (Sahlberg) Kaschmir, Liddar Valley 13000 ' (Duthie.) 



2. S. Berteroana. Mont. 

 Syn. Grimaldia debilis Bisch. 



Monoica, parva, robusta tarnen et tenax, crassa, antice viridis, postice 

 purpurea. Frons anguste linearis, usque ad 10 mm. longa, antice plana, 

 subtus maxime incrassala ; costa in planta juvenili semicylindrica, abrupte 

 in alas attenuatas excurrens, strato antico eequialta, in planta adulta humi- 

 lior et minus producta. Cavernœ valde angustee, epidermide antica haud 

 incrassata; stomata numerosissima. Squamœ posticse parvee, purpureae, 

 e basi oblique ovata abrupte appendiculatee , appendiculo eequilongo, 

 2 cellulas lato, apice longe filiformi, papillis clavatis nubnullis. 



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