Lophocolea. franz stephanl spegies hepaticakum. 79o 



caespitosa. Coulis ad ö cm. longus pauciramosus lenuis fuscus rigidus. 

 Folia caulina 2 mm. longa opposita imbricata rede patula plano-dislicha 

 antice decurrentia libéra, optime triangulata et symmetrica, marginibus 

 substrictis nudis apice quam basis duplo vel triplo angustiore rede trun- 

 calo angulis in spinam mulatis spinis 4 cellulas longis angustis leniter 

 divergentibus. Cellulx apicales 27 jj. basales 36 X 54 ^ trigonis subnullis. 

 Amphigastria caulina magna caule plus triplo latiora utrinque foliis late 

 coalita normaliter sexspinosa, spinis validissimis subœquimagnis regula- 

 riter distribu lis e lata basi acuminatis. 

 Hab. New Zealand (Hooker, Colenso, Ielinek, Kirk). 



84. Lophocolea erectiiolia St. Journ. Linn. Soc. 1892, p. 269. 

 Dioica mediocris flavo-virens, laxe CD3spitosa corlicola. Caulis ad 4 cm. 



longus crassus pallidus pauciramosus. ramis sterilibus simplicibus elon- 

 gatis et procumbentibus, fertilibus brevibus erectis. Folia caulina 1 mm. 

 longa, conferta opposita recte patula adscendenlia decurvula valdeque 

 concava juniora magis erecla subaccumbentia in piano laie ovato- 

 triangulala vix longiora quam lata marginibus substrictis, apice ad V s 

 emarginato-biloba, sinu subreclo obtuso lobis triangulatis acutis insequa- 

 libus anteriore vulgo duplo majore. Cellulx apicales 27 ^ basales vix 

 majores, trigonis nodulosis. Amphig. caulina caule duplo latiora renifor- 

 mia oblique patula foliis utrinque coalita ad medium grosse 4 fida, Iaci- 

 niis in utroque latere per paria approximatis lanceolatis breviusculis. 

 Folia floralia intima caulinis 3 plo majora, marginibus inlerrupte recur- 

 vis crispatis, antico integerrimo postico grosse paucidenlato, apice angus- 

 tissimo bidentulo. Amphig. florale intim, magnum subquadralum foliis 

 alte coalitum apice late truncato 5-6 dentalo. Perianthia parum emersa 

 ore breviter 3 loba to lobis regulariler lobulatis, lobulis lanceolatis inte- 

 gerrimis pectinatim consecutivis. Alaa latse irregulariter grosseque lacinu- 

 latee. Andrœcia mediana bracteis parvis paucijugis confertis erecto- 

 decurvis, apice emarginato-bidentulis lobulo antico magno inflato ovato 

 exciso-unispinoso. 

 Hab. New Zealand (Colenso, Knight). 



85. Lophocolea Zürnii St. n. sp., typus in herb. Stephani. 

 Dioica mediocris rigida brunneola apicibus flavo-virentibus in cortice 



dense cajspitosa. Caulis ad 15 mm. longus pro planta crassus durus 

 fuscus strictus pluriramosus, ramis insertione et longitudine valde irre- 

 gularibus, brevibus. Folia caulina 1,6 mm. longa conferta et conferlissima 

 opposita recte patula plano-disticha vel decurvula late triangulata basi 

 sublaliora quam longa symmetrica, marginibus substrictis, sub apice 



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