(VOL. V, 1942). FRANZ STEPHAM. SPECIES HEPATICARUM Ptychocoleus. 



rotundatum. Androtcia in ramis longissima, bracteis ad 15 jugis, ex 

 apice saepe vegetativa. 



Hab. Australia orientalis. Norfolk Island. 



85. Ptychocoleus Wildii St. 



Syn. : Acrolejeunea Wildii St. Hedwig. 1889, p. 165. 



Dioica, minor, rufo-brunnea, corticola. Caulis ad 25 mm. longus, 

 irregulariter denseque bipinnatus. Folia caulina plus minus conferta, 

 subrecte patula, parum concava, in plano late obovata (1 mm. longa, 

 0,93 mm. lata) apice rotundata, lata basi inserta, basi antica brevjter 

 rotundata, truncato - rotundata. Cellulm superae 18x27 [t, basales 

 21X^5 {t trigonis parvis. Lobulus in situ anguste oblongus, duplo 

 longior quam latus, carina oblique adscendens, substricta, inflata, 

 apice oblique truncatus angulo obtuso, in plano subquadratus, apice 

 oblique truncatus, 4 mamillatus. Amphigastria caulina magna, caule 

 triplo latiora, subrotunda, leviter sinuatim inserta. Perianthia pyri- 

 formia, longe stipitata, 11 plicata, plicis angustis inflatis, apice umbo- 

 natim prominulis, rostro parvo submerso. Folia floralia caulinis parum 

 majora, similia, lobulo parum breviore, duplo angustiore, anguste 

 ligulato, ad V 3 soluto, apice obtuso. Amphigastrium florale intimum 

 maximum, foliis floralibus aequilongum, duplo latius, subrotundum, 

 apice late rotundatum. Andracia in ramulis terminalia, longe spicata, 

 bracteis 8 jugis. 



Hab. Australia orientalis. 



Lopholejeunea Spruce 1884 



Plantae mediocres vei parvae, corticolae, vulgo flaccidae, saepe spon- 

 giose caespitantes lateque expansse, brunneae vel rufescentes, in umbrosis 

 olivaceae. Caulis 2-6 cm. longus, irregulariter ramosus. Folia caulina 

 imbricata, saepe conferta, concava, acuta vel obtusa integerrima vel 

 armata. Lobulus folii parvus, gibboso-inflatus, apice planus, truncatus, 

 integerrimus. Amphigastria sinuatim inserta (rarius transverse inserta) 

 majuscula vel magna, interdum gigantea, integerrima. Infloresccntia 

 monoica vel dioica, rarius autoica. Perianthia in ramis ierminalia, 

 innovatione nulla, pyriformia, compressa, quadriplicata, plicis posticis2, 

 omnibus alatis, profunde cristatis, saepe maxime laciniatis, in una longe 

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