136 J. TRl/tMA ET J.-E. PLii.^CIIO]\^ (c. M. GOTTSCUk), 



» tlie perfcct torus ot'this species is yet wanting, tliere are sufticient iiidi- 

 » cations présent in tlie spécimens to warrant its being placed in this 



» genus The involiicral leaves are concave and enclose 4 or 5 



» pistils, seated on the dorsal side of tlie abrupt and thickened apex of 

 » the stem itself. » Et Gymnanthen concinnam (Hook., Antarct. Voy., 

 III, p. 230, n. 6, tab. 179, fig. 6) : a Caulis apice fructifero descendons. 

 Torus juvenilis (apex caulis incrassatus) archegoniis 5-6 prseditus. » 



Secundum solum habitum hue referuntur : 



Gymnanthe ciliata (Mitten, Hepat. of the East Jndies, p. 100, n. 47, in 

 Linnœan Soc. Jowm., t. V, 1860). 



Gymnanthe unguiculaiaUiitenmUook., Antarct. Voy., II, 2, p. lUt\, 

 n. 5, tab. 99, fig. 6. a It agrées with G. Wilsoni, which is its nearest 

 » ally. » Cum amphigastriis. 



Gymnanthe erinacea (Hook., Antarct. Voy., lïl, p. 230, n. 5). Cum 

 amphigastriis, quse etiam in G. diplophylla videntur. 



Gymnanthe setulosa (Hook., Antarct. Voy., Il, p. ikh, n. 3, tab. 99, 

 fig. 5). « With the habit of G. UrvUleana and saccata. » 



7 Gymnanthe lophocoleoides (Hook., Antarct. Voy., II, p, \tili, n. 6, 

 tab. 99, fig. 7). « A small species which might, perhaps, havebeen refer- 

 » red to Jungermannia, but its appearance, areolation and the absence 

 » of stipules (? G.), seem to place it in the présent genus. w 



Gymnanthen concinnam (Hook., Antarct. Voy., III, p. 230, n. 6) 

 proxime accedere {v Itis ciosely allied to Gymn. lutescens ») ad Gymnan- 

 then lutescentem {Gymnomitrium lutescens, Synops. Hepat., p. lU, n. 5), 

 dicit cl. Mitten, unde etiam fructifîcandi modumhujusplantaesuisGym??- 

 anthis vindicat. Hsec conditio, eadem ac in Gymnomitr. Belangeriano 

 {Syn. Hep., p. h, n. 6) et in Gymn. carneo et argitlaceo {Synops. Hep. , p. 5, 

 n. 7 et 8) autem talis est. Cauhs fructifer apice in bulbum deorsum promi- 

 nulum parvum radicosum augetur, calyptra tota libéra, basi velaltiuspi- 

 stillis abortivis obsita (haud incrassata), folio involucrali solo includitur. 

 Hac ratione convenit cum Gymnomitriis veris, a quibus tamenbulbo pro- 

 minente magis recedit, sed maximam dignitatem in Synopsi nostra semper 

 fructificationis characteri tribuimus. — Has plantas a fructificandi modo 

 Gymnantharum Taylori valde ditferre charactere dato sufficienter patebit. 



Ex mea sententia propter inllorescentiam epigenam et habitum totius 

 plantée ad Gymnanthen Taylori porro referendae sunt : 



Gymnanthe approximata G. {Plagiochila approximata Ldb., Synops. 

 Hepat., p. U9, n. 66). 



Gymnanthe Fendleri G. niss. (ad Valenciam Venezuela a Dom. Fendler 



