Chiloscyphus. franz stephani. species hepaticarum. 131 

 spinosis sublacinialis. Folia floralia el amphigastrium florale intima 

 parva, irregulariter dentala, apice grosse lacerala. Andrcecia parva brac- 

 teis 4 jugis conferlis cucullalis appressis bifidulis. 



Hab. Tasmania (Hooker, Weymoulh), Australia N. S. Wales (Ferd. von 

 Muller, Witherhead, Bauerlen, Eckert, Luchmann, Watts. Forsyth) Auck- 

 lands lslands (Hooker). 



Der Stengel dieser Pflanze hat grosse hyaline tafelformige Aussen- 

 zellen in einer Schichl; die inneren Zellen sind lang und schmal und 

 besitzen eng gestellte Ringfasern. 



104. Chiloscyphus trispinosus Mitl. Fl. Nov. Zel. II, p. 140. 

 Sterilis mediocris pallide viridis rigidus hepaticis consociatus. Caulis 



ad 5 cm. longus validus fuscus et tenax pauciramosus radicellis longis 

 fasciculatis arcte repens. Folia caulina 2 mm. longa conferla opposita 

 plano-disticha antice longe decurrentia longeque atlenuata coalita vel 

 libera triangularia, marginibus strictis anlico nudo postico spina longa 

 mediana armalo apice quam basis triplo angustiore sublruncato vel leviler 

 sinualo angulis in spinam validissimam abeuntibus, spinis Iate divergen- 

 tibus e lata basi acuminatis. Amphigastria caulina majuscula caule plus 

 triplo latiora ulrinque decurrentia foliisque coalita basi cuneatim angus- 

 tata nuda superne rolundata sexspinosa, spinis magnis anguslis radialiter 

 palulis supremis duplo longioribus sinu lunato discrelis. 

 Hab. New-Zealand (Lyall). 



105. Chiloscyphus triacanthus (Taylor) Syn. Hep., p. 698. 

 Syn. : Lophocolea triacantha Tayl. J. of Bot. 1846, p. 368. 



Dioicus spectabilis rigidulus pallide-olivaceus inferne brunnescens. ter- 

 ricolus denseque ca^spitosus. Caulis ad 8 cm. longus lenuis rigidus slric- 

 tus fuscus pauciramosus. Folia caulina 2,5 mm. longa tenera allerna 

 imbricata recte patula plano-dislicha ovalo-lriangulala subsymmetrica 

 marginibus aequaliter curvatis apice quam basis subduplo angusliore 

 triangulato, angulis in spinam angustam longiusculam excurrenlibus. 

 Cellulae apicales 36 ji basales duplo longiores trigonis nullis. Amphi- 

 gastria caulina majuscula uno latere breviter coalila, basi optime cunea- 

 tim anguslata superne rotundata 4-6 spinosa spinis aequimagnis anguslis 

 subsetaceis radialiter patulis sinubus oblusis aequimagnis. Perianthia 

 magna ovato-campanulata hic illic alata vel laciniis liberis obsila apice 

 breviter trilobala lobis crispatis grosse irregulariterque spinosis sublaci- 

 niatis. Calyptra inferne crassa, parum inclusa, pistillis sterilibus obsita. 

 Folia floralia intima 3 mm. longa late obovata margine dense denticulata 

 superne irregulariter spinosa varieque incisa. Amphigastrium florale inti- 

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