Southbya. franz stephani. species hepaticarum. 379 



concava in piano reniformia anlice breviter decurrentia postice ampliata 

 caulem superantia inflexa. Cellulae apicales 30 [x basales 30 X 60 {j, 

 trigonis magnis subnodulosis. Amphigastria caulina majuscula concava 

 cauli approximala quadrato-rotundala apice late emarginata angulis 

 acutis ceterum integerrima vel ulrinque angulala. Folia floralia intima 

 majora simillima. Amphigastrium florale inlimum caulinis majus magisque 

 angulalum. Perianthia exserta inferne ovata inflata sub ore profunde 

 constricla, ore ipso carinato-bilabiato labiis hiantibus integerrimis. 

 Andrœcia mediana bracleis minoribus apice cucullatim inflexis lobulo 

 antico magno quadrato acuto involulo. 



Hab. Merida (Moritz). 



Leioscyphus abnormis B. et M. Mission du Cap Horn 1889, p. 217 

 gehört nach der Abbildnug des Perianths wohl jedenfalls zur Gattung 

 Lophocolea. 



Leioscyphus juliformis Mitten J. of Bot. vol. III, p. 358 ist daselbst 

 nur genannt ohne beschrieben zu werden. 



SOUTHBYA Spruce 1850. 



Plantee foliiferee parvee vel exiguee terricolee et muscicolee virides vel 

 pallidee in una fusco- marginales dense ceespilosee lateque expansée. 

 Canlis brevis simplex sub flore innovatus rarissime aliter ramosus, 

 crassus pallidus carnosus radicellis longis arcle repens, sub flore adscen- 

 dens, postice convexus anlice planus subduplo latior quam crassus. 

 Folia caulina succuba opposita basi anlica conligua vel leviter connala 

 rede patula, juniora adscendentia adulta plus minus disliche explanata, 

 valde conferla subplana integerrima. Cellulœ magnee pellucidee trigonis 

 distinclis incrassatee. Amphigastria caulina nulla. Inflorescentia dioica. 

 Folia floralia caulinis majora similia vel eroso-dentata pericheetium 

 compresso-clavalum vel capilatum formanlia, apicibus liberis recurvis, 

 intima longe exserla anlice et postice plus minus longe coalita in tubum 

 m uta la tubo a lalere compresso bicarinalo apice grosse eroso-dentato. 

 Amphigastria floralia ovato-lanceolala jugo foliorum ultimo accreta vel 

 nulla. Perianthia plus minus occulta ore amplo dentato vel lobato inferne 

 tubo florali coalila. Calyptra libéra pistillis sterilibus obsila basique 

 cincla. Capsula globosa ad basin quadrivalvis valvulis semiannulalim 

 incrassalis. Elateres vermiculares i. e. haud attenuati spiris validis dupli- 



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