Fimbriaria. fraxz stepham. species hepaticarum. 



38. Fimbriaria vesiculosa Austin. Acad. Phila. 1809. 



Monoica, mediocris, pallide virens, in sicco flavescens, maxime crassa. 

 Frons ad 15 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, repetito breviterque fureala. apin- 

 saepe 4-0 ramulos nascentes gerens, ante apicem itaque latissinia ui» 

 ramulos nondum separatos, anlice valde concava. postice leniter eonvexa. 

 ubique fere ajquicrassa, alis parum attenuatis; costa latissima. frondi 

 fere aequilata, in alis attenualim excurrens. Stratinn anticnm eostae a?qui- 

 altum, cavernis antice convexo-prominulis, amplis, prismalicis. (ila libera 



parvis circumdato. Epidermidis cellulae aequaliter incrassata\ valida 1 . 

 Squum.v magme, rosese, oblique triangulares, longe acuminalnv nusquam 

 constrietie. Pedunculus ad 10 mm. longus, validus, in sectione compresso 

 ellipticus, apice paleis hyalinis longe flliformibus sparsim barbatus. Car- 

 pocephala centro heniisphaerica, lobis quam centrum duplo brevionbus 

 oblique patulis cum involucro aequilongo cupulatis usque ad basin liberis. 

 Perianthia ovata, distincte acuminata, laciniis longe cuspidalis, hyalina ad 

 2 /s exserta. Capsula medio infero cellulis elongatis, supero magnis cellulis 

 incrassatis formata, hyalina. Sporx 54 \x flavescentes, anguste alatae. 

 Elateres subhyalina 180 <j., spiris duplicatis filiformibus. Andreecia pedun- 

 culo approximata. Antheridia longe seriata totum ramulum fere percur- 



Hab. Patriaf North Pacific Exp. (Rodgers). 



Eine ausgezeichnete Art, welche an ihrer dicken, schwammigen Frons 

 leicht wieder zti erkennen sein wird. 



39. Fimbriaria californica Hampe in Austin. Hep. Bor. Am., 

 p. 135. 



Monoica,major, robusta. fusco-viridis. margineposticeque purpurascens. 

 Frons simplex vel ex apice innovata, ad 2 cm. longa, 12 mm. lata. crassa. 

 antice subplana, costa lale convexa, fronde duplo angustior. sensim in 

 alas attenuata, humilis; alae tenues. crispato-plicatulie. Stratmn anticinn 

 sat altum, cavernis angustis; stomata mauiia. Iivalina. valde concava. 



