482 DULi.KTiN DK l'hekbikr BüissiKR (2'"« siiu.)- 1^06 Lopkocolea, 



spinulosis hic illic dente majore spinulifero inlerruptis; cuticula ul in 

 foliis versus apicem solum selifera. Andrœcia in ramulo parvo subflorali 

 spicala, bracteis minulis 6 jugis remoliusculis ex inflala basi squarrose 

 recurvis bifidis, lobulo anlico magno unidenlato. 

 Hab. Réunion (Frappier) Usambara (Engler). 



252. Lophocolea inflata St. Bol. Gazelle 1890, p. 287. 



Dioica major, flaccida rulescens, in corlice dense depresso-Ccespilosa. 

 Canlis ad 4 cm. longus validus fuscus et lenax, pauciramosus. Folia 

 cmdina 1,5 mm. longa conferta, subopposila, siibrecle palula, plano- 

 dislicha vel leniler concava, in ramis ereclo-homomalla, ambilii subqua- 

 drata marginibus slrictis parallelis nudis, apice truncalo trispinoso, spinis 

 longe setaceis slrictis divergentibus, basi ssepe amplialis ideoque lobuli- 

 formibus; adsunt folia saepe minus symmetrica, margine poslico valde 

 arcualo spinam quarlam gerenle, alia folia apice emarginalo-bifida inter- 

 dum quadriflda sunt. Cellulae apicales 27 [j., basales 36 X 54 [x, Irigonis 

 magnis acutis basi minoribus. Amphigastria remota, cauli appressa foliis 

 anguste coalila, basi utrinque spinam patulam gerenlia, apice profunde 

 lunatim exciso-bifida, laciniis e lata basi longe altenuatis divergentibus. 

 Folia [loralia magna, perianlhio vaginatim apppressa, quadrato-rolundata, 

 apice patula grosse Iridenlala vel Irilobulata, sinubus recurvis crispata, 

 margine poslico paucidentato. Amphig. flor. intimiim magnum liberum, 

 laie ovato-ligulatum, basi paucispinosum apice ad 7» bilîdum, laciniis 

 lanceolatis porrectis. Perianthia in caule terminalia magna, oplime ovata, 

 valde inflala, oi^e tantum breviler triquetro, breviter trilobato, lobis trun- 

 calis breviler dentalo-spinosis vel fimbriatis. Andrœcia ignola. 



Hab. Insula Bourbon (Rodriguez). 



253. Lophocolea diversifolia G. Syn. Hep., p. 166. 



Monoica major rigidula brunneola vel olivacea, laxe caepilosa, corticola. 

 Caulis ad 4 cm. longus fuscus tenuis rigidus parum ramosus. Folia 

 caulina 2 mm. longa, parum imbricata, recte patula, plano-dislicha, sub- 

 opposila vel per paria approximata, ovato-reclangulala, mai-ginibus 

 subparallelis vel leniler curvatis, apice parum angustata irregulariter 

 2-3-4 den lata, dentibus validis brevibus acutis, sinubus plus minus pro- 

 fundis. Cellulœ apicales 36 [jl Irigonis majusculis, basales 45 X 63 jx 

 Irigonis parvis. Amphigastria caulina parva utrinque coalila vel libéra 

 basi utrinque dentifera apice ad V» emarginata, lobis divergentibus lan- 

 ceolatis. Folia floralia caulinis parum majora intima oblongo-reclangulala 

 plus minus profunde emarginalo-biloba, lobis inaequalibus triangulalis 

 acutis, margine antico et poslico irregulariter paucidenticulalis. Amphi- 



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