Lophocolea. fränz stephani. spegies hepaticarum. 307 



Andrœcia in ramulis parvis terminalia spicala, bracleis ad 8 jugis remo- 

 liusculis alternantibus erectis apice recurvis insequaliter bilobis, lobulo 

 antico inflato emarginato-unidentato. 



Hab. Congo, Bolobo (Dewévre, Gillet) Usambara (Engler). 



229. Lophocolea opposita Mitt. Phil. Transact. 1879, p. 396/401. 

 Dioica minor olivacea flaccida in cortice pulrida dense csespitosa. Cmdis 



ad 2 cm. longus parnm iongeque ramosus validus fuscus. Folia caulina 

 0,8 mm. longa opposita imbricata, subrecte patula angulo 80° disticha, 

 marginibus decurvis valde concava, apice quam basis duplo angustiore 

 plus minus profunde emarginalo-bilobo, lobis triangulatis aculis porrectis 

 vel curvatim connivenlibus semper insequalibus nunc anteriore nunc 

 posteriore majore. Celhdae apicales 18 X 27 [i basales 18X36[j, trigonis 

 nullis. Amphigastria caulina foliis late coalita caule subduplo latiora, 

 «inualim inserta, latiora quam longa apice 4-flda vel bis bifida laciniis 

 angustis sequimagnis ineurvis sinu mediano majore. Folia floralia intima 

 cauliiiis parum longiora falcata optima canaliculalim concava apice 

 breviter bidentata dentibus validis ineurvis acutis, ceterum circumcirca 

 remole denliculata. Amphigastr. florale int. magnum foliis suis late coali- 

 tum quadrato-rotundatum ulrinque bispinosum apice ad V» exciso- 

 bifidum rima angusta lobis triangulatis breviter acuminatisconniventibus. 

 Perianthia obconica ore profunde 3 lobalo lobis grosse irregulariterque 

 iaciniatis, alae angustse valide paucidentatee. 

 Hab. Insula Rodriguez (Balfour). 



230. Lophocolea Staudtiana St. n. sp., typus in herb. Stephani. 

 Monoica major fusca flaccida in cortice late ex pan sa. Caulis ad 3 cm. 



longus tennis subniger, flaccidus pluriramosus. Folia caulina 2,5 mm. 

 longa subopposita dense imbricata recte patula piano -disticha ovata 

 «symmetrica margine antico substricto poslico bene curvato apice quam 

 basis duplo angustiore truncato-bidentato dentibus brevibus angustis 

 leniter divergentibus. Cellulae apicales 27 ]x basales 36 X 72 [i trigonis 

 nullis. Folia floralia intima parva, vix 3 mm. longa anguste rectangulata 

 quadruplo longiora quam lata remote longispina, spinis posticis sub 4, 

 anticis 2 vel 3, apice ad 'A emarginato-bifido, lobis porrectis insequaUbus 

 anteriore late triangulato acuto, posteriore 3-plo angustiore vix breviore. 

 Amphig. florale intimum 1,6 mm. longum basi leniter angustatum medio 

 «trinque unispinum apice truncato 4 fido, laciniis externis validis, inter- 

 nis longioribus apice bifidulis hie illic spina parva armatis. Perianthia 

 profunde Lrilobala, lobis apice longe grosseque bilidis, marginibus cete- 

 rum remole spinosis subpilosis. Andrœcia in caule terminalia bracteis 



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