Lophocolea. franz stephani. speciks hepaticarum. 885 



Hab. Tasmariia (Moore). 



113. Lophocolea variabilis Si. n. sp., typus in herb. Stephani. 

 Slerilis mediocris lenera flaccida pallida in corlice laxe csespilosa. 



Caulis ad 2 cm. longus, pallidus debilis pariim ramosus. Folia eau- 

 lina adulta 1 mm. longa, imbricala rede palula subopposila plano- 

 dislicha laie Iriangulala, apice quam basis 4 plo angustiore, ad V 7 

 emarginalo-bilobo, lobis et sinu dentatis, denlibus ad 12, brevibus aculis 

 margine poslico leviter arcualo anlico subslriclo quam poslicus mullo 

 longiore. Folia eaulina juniora adscendenlia, apicibus decurvis oblique 

 truncalis angulis in den lern prominulurn mulalis, marginibus ceterum 

 integerrimis. Cellulœ apicales 27 p, basales 36 X 45 p, trigonis magnis 

 aculis. Amphig. eaulina majuscula sinuatim inserla ulrinque coalita 

 normaliler quadrilida, laciniis basalibus parvis anguslis rede palulis, 

 apicalibus magnis Iriangulatis breviler acuminalis hic illic dente vel 

 lacinia accedente armalis. 



Hab. New Zealand, M* Eden (Kirk). 



Die Pflanze färbt das Wasser intensir schwefelgelb. 



114. Lophocolea heterophylloides Nées Syn. Hep., p. 157. 

 Dioica, major palüde-virens vel flavicans, corlicola vel terricola, laxe 



esespitosa. Caulis ad 4 cm. longus, lenuis pallidus debilis parum ramosus, 

 Folia eaulina per paria approximata 1.2 mm. longa imbricata, rede 

 patula, plano-dislicha, symmetrica late triangulata, laleribus subslriclis, 

 apice quam basis triplo angusliore, in foliis inferis breviler emarginalo- 

 bifido, lobis angusle Iriangulatis aculis porreclis, in foliis medianis 

 reluso, in apicalibus truncalo-rotundalo. Cellulae apicales 18 {i parietibus 

 validis, basales 36 ;x trigonis parvis. Amphigastria eaulina caule duplo 

 latiora, uno vel utroque lalere coalita, basi ulrinque deute valido armata, 

 apice ad 3 / 4 emai-ginaLo-bilida, sinu profunde lunalo, lobis lanceolalis 

 porrreclis vel parum divergenlibus. Folia floralia intima caulinis mullo 

 majora, ovato-oblonga asymmelrica margine integerrimo anlico subslriclo 

 poslico leniter arcualo, apice truncato-rotundato. Amphigastrium florale 

 inlimum late coalitum, apice 6 fido, laciniis ulrinque 3, magnis, supremis 

 maximis lanceolalis, sinubus recurvis. Perianthia magna, oblongo- 

 Iriquelra, apice breviler trilobala, lobis rolundalis grosse laciniatis, 

 laciniis insequalibus simplieibus vel furculis; alse angustse parum 

 dentatae, Andrœcia in planta graciliore terminalia,bradeisad6jugis con- 

 fertis, basi longe saccatis, squarrose palulis apice rotundatis inlegerrimis. 

 Hab. Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand ubique communis, plan la 

 frudifera rarissima, 



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