478 BUi-LEiiN [)!■: l'hkruieu boissikr (2'"« skr.)- 1^07 Lophocolea. 



242. Lophocolea madagascariensis G. Reliqu. Rut. p. 344. 

 Monoica minor rigidula olivacea. Catilis luscus validus rigidus irregu- 



lai'iter ramosus. Folia caulina vix 1 mm. longa subopposila rede palula 

 plano-disticlia imbricata late ovato-triangulala siibsymmelrica apice quam 

 basis 4-plo angustiore emarginato-bidenlulo. Cellulpe apicales 18 X 27 jji 

 basales 3ß X 45 ^ trigonis parvis aculis, apice subnodulosis. Amphig. 

 caule duplo laliora utrinque laie coalila duplo longiora quam lala quadri- 

 fida, laciniis brevibus anguslis divergentibus medianis longioribus. 

 „Perianthia triquelra late alata alis et apice serrato-dentalis. Folia 

 flonUia et amphig. floralia apice paucidenta la" (G.). Andrœcia in vâmuMs 

 minimis laleralibus bracteis 6 jugis exiguis saccalis apice brevissime 

 patulis acute bifidis. 

 Hab. Madagascar (Rulenberg). 



243. Lophocolea Dusenii St. n. sp., typus in herb. Stephani. 

 Monoica minor flaccida olivacea vel flavo-virens corlicola et terricola. 



Caulis ad 2 cm. longus lenuis viridis debilis îrregulariler multiramosus. 

 Folia caulina vix 1 mm. longa opposita rede palula plano-dislicha basibus 

 parum imbricatis oplime triangulata symmetrica apice quam basis 2 plo 

 angustiore late lunatim emarginato-bidentato dentibus aculis anteriore 

 vulgo latiore. Cellulœ apicales 27 X 36 [i basales 36 X 45 jjl trigonis 

 parvis. Amph. caulina parva utrinque coalila disco inlegro brevissimo 

 utrinque unispino apice late lunatim exciso lobis lanceolatis late diver- 

 gentibus. Folia floralia caulinis multo majora intima ovato-oblonga 

 marginibus remote paucidentalis apice truncato-bidentatis, dentibus par- 

 vis aculis. Amphig. florale intim, subquadralum foliis suis late connatum 

 ad medium 4 fldum, lobis porredis externis spiniformibus internis 

 ovatis aculis, Perianthia pro planta magna 3,5 mm. longa, oblonga lobis 

 apicalibus grosse lacinialis, laciniis lanceolatis porredis insequalibus, 

 ssepe longe acuminatis et hamatis; aise latse remole valideque dentatee. 

 Andœcia in ramis lerminalia bradeis ad 15 jugis parvis approximatis 

 basi breviter saccalis ceterum recurvo-patulis apice profunde emarginato- 

 bifidis. 



Hab, Kamerun (Dusén, Jungner) New Galabar (Mönkemeyer) Angola 

 (Welwitsch), 



244. Lophocolea Cambouéna St. n. sp., typus in herb, Stephani, 

 Monoica hypogyna minor flavo-virens in cortice dense csespitosa, 



Caulis ad 10 mm. longus tenuis fuscus rigidus parum ramosus, Folia 

 caulina 1,5 mm, longa dense imbricata subrede palula allernantia plano- 

 dislicha vel decurvula vix decurrentia late ovala vel ovato-triangularia 



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