KMrail du HuUet», ,le lllerl,i,r lioUsier, i serie. - Tome V (1905). 



N« 12. 



SPECIES HEPATICARUM 



lYan/. s i kimi wi 



TYLIMANTHUS Mitten 1867. 



Plantse foliiferse minores vel mediocres tropicae et sublropicae corti- 

 colae et lerncohe laxe caespilosae virides rarius flavescenles vel brun- 

 neolai. Caidis vulgo ereclus, apice attenuato nutante, e caudice crasso 

 pallido rhizifero et maxime ramoso oi tus supra basin nudus vel parvi- 

 squamulosus, _vulgo_ simplex, ramis lateralibus supra basin posticam 

 folioruni nascentibus, flagella postica parvifolia radicaptia. Folia caulina 

 succuba oblique inserta parum decurrentia disticha vel leniter ad anli- 

 cum vergenlia, margine antico plano, poslice breviter inserta apice 

 obliqtie truncata vel emarginata insequaliter breviterque biloba lobo 

 antico minore, irregulariler armala in planla sterili versus apicem caulis 

 valde decrescentia et remoliuscula. Cellulae majusculae angulis vulgo bene 

 incrassatis, cuticula laevi vel verrucosa vel slriolata vel minute aspera. 

 AiHpliigwslria imlla. [nflorescentia dioica. Folia floralia plurijuga conferla 

 comata caulinis multo majora simitia validibs armata. Archegonia in apice 

 caulis anlica, in toro cavo, paucis squamulis erecto-conniventibus 

 circumdala et occulta. Marsupia in paucis tantum cognila magna termi- 

 nalia pendula dense radicellifera apice calyptram humilem pistillis steri- 

 libus cinctam gerentia. Sporogonmm immersum marsupii fundoinsertum 

 calceolo magno. Capsula oblongo-cylindrica longe pedicellata ad basin 

 quadrivalvis, valvulis pluristratis semiannulatim incrassatis. Elateres 

 breves attenuati spiris duplicatis dense tortis sub apice desinentibus. 

 Sporse parvae brunneolae laeves vel asperae. Androecia parva vulgo 

 mediana bracleis paucijugis plus minus confertis magnis ex inflata basi 

 squarrose palulis. Antheridia 2-4, in una solitaria. 



