Fossombronia. franz stephani. specles hepaticarum. 



Monoica vel dioica, minor, viridis, dense caespitosa, foetens. Caulis ad 

 15 mm Iongus. subteres, [tlus miiuis ramosus, sub flore simpliriter inno- 

 vatus. Folia conferta, e basi obcuneata valde dilatata, margine optime 

 crispata, integerrima. Cellulae apicales 37x55 ix, medianae 47X92 (i, 

 basales 47x130(1. Perianthia breviter stipitata, campanulata, ore recurvo 

 crispato subintegerrimo, uno latere ssepe ad basin usque fissa. Bracteae 

 magnse, spalhulatae superne longe liberae. Sporae 46 [x, brunneae, lacinulis 

 plano-compressis rectangularibus recteque patulis bispidissimae. 



Hab. Italia (DeNotaris, Cleve, Evans, Levier); Graecia (Heldreich); 

 Portugal, Coimbra (Moller); Algeria (Paris, Bovi, Trabut); Gallia (Cleve, 

 Corbiere); Anglia (Stabler); Madeira (Fritze); Tenerifa (Krause); Abyssinia 

 (Schimper). 



h. papillis longis hispidas. 



23. F. hispidissima St. n. sp. 



Dioica, minor, viridis, gregaria. Caulis ad 4 mm. longus, simplex, postice 

 maxime produclus, angustato-rotundatus (subcarinatus) minus latus quam 

 crassus, in sectione quasi saccatus. Folia parva, obcuneata, vix magis lata 

 quam longa, basi valde angustata lateribus strictis, apice repanda hic illic 

 incurvo-crispata. Cellulae foliorum apice 37X55 medio 37x80 (j., basi 

 37X->2 a. Perianthia vi\ stipitata, ex angusta basi pyriformia, fere duplo 

 longiora quam lata, sub ore contracta, subinde abrupte dilatata ore recurvo 

 sinuato subcrispato. Sporae fusco brunnese, 35 [x, papillis longiusculis 

 creberrimis hispidissimae. 



Hab. Amer. sept., San Francisco (Bolander). 



24. F. spinifolia St. n. sp. 



Monoica. gracilis. t'usr<»-\ intli>. gregaria. Caulis ad 12 mm. longus. 

 repelito-furcatus, tenuis, postice valde productus subteres. Folia parum 

 imbricata, leniter adscendentia, ex angusta basi late obovata vel rotun- 

 data, varie grosseque spinosa, spinis 3—5 majoribus sublobuliformibus 

 acuminalis. aculis; reliquis multo minoribus. Cellulae 36X36 fx, basales 

 parum longiores. Perianlhia turbinata, foliis vix longiora, plurilobata, 

 lobis irregulariter grosse spinosis, haud crispatis. Sporae fusco-brunneai 

 ad 46 (i, papillis longis acutis et confertissimis hispidissimae. 



Hab. Africa australis, Gnadenthal (Breutel). 



25. F. crispa Nees. Syn. Hep., p. 469. 



Dioica, major, fusco-viridis. dense c;e>pitosa lalequ»' e.vpanst. Canlis ad 

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