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Fig. 1. Cladomastigum bijidum. 1 a. Stem, dorsal view, X 75. 1 b. Stem, ventral view, 

 X 75. 1 c. Upper part of a leaf, X 300. 1 d. Leaf cells from the base of a segment, X 700. 1 e. 

 Portion of a transverse section of a stem, X 300. 1 f. Female inflorescence and perianth, dorsal 

 view, X 50. 1 g. Female bract, outer series, X 75. 1 h. Female bract of the inner series, X 75. 

 1 i. Outline of a transverse section of a perianth. 1 j. Portion of the mouth of the perianth, X 150. 

 1 k. Male bract, X 75. Drawn from the type. 



Phycolepidozia Schuster, Bull. Torrey Club 93: 438. 1966. 

 Since the genus is monotypic, the characters of the genus are those of the species. 

 Type species: P. exigua Schuster, 1966. 



Phycolepidozia exigua Schuster, Bull. Torrey Club 93: 440. /. 1, 2. 1966. 



Plants tiny, consisting of a branched green caudex- or stolon-like axis with 

 foliaceous male and female inflorescences. Caudex opaque, subterete to elliptical, 

 irregularly branched, the branches intercalary; in transverse section the axis of 5 



