(Vol. V, 4912). FRANZ STEPHANI. SPECIES hepaticarum Lopholejeunea. 



15. Lopholejeunea abortiva (Mitt.) St. 



Syn. : Lejeunea abortiva Mitten. Phil. Transact., Vol. 168, p. 399. 



Cauiis vage pinnatim ramosus, procumbens ; Folia caulina divergen- 

 tia, dorso imbricata, ovali-orbiculata, apicibus incurvis planisve, inte- 

 gerrima, e cellulis rotundato-hexagonis nigro-fuscis areolata, lobulo 

 obsoleto. Amphigastria caulina parva, rotunda, integra, caule vix duplo 

 latiora. Perianthium obovatum, obtusum, dorso planum, ventre bicari- 

 natum, carinis angulato-erosis. Folia involucralia et amphigastria 

 majora, caulinis similia. 



Blackish brown, on clay rocks in tufts. 



Hab. Africa orientalis, Rodriguez Islands. 



16. Lopholejeunea abbreviata (Mitten) St. 

 Syn, : Lejeunea abbreviata Mitt. Linn. Soc. 1 8tVi. 



Caespitosa, depressa, ramis brevibus subsimplicibus, ioliis decurvis, 

 oblongis, apice rotundatis, lohulo parvo oblongo, unidmtato, cellulis 

 parvis rotundatis. Amphigastria caulina parva, oblata, suborbiculata 

 integra. Folia involucralia ronformia. Pmanlhta siiblrnninalia, obovata. 

 compressa, dorso uni-ventre bicarinata, angulis laevibus. 



Hab. Bagroo River, on bark, leg. Maun; small, luownish green spe- 

 cies ; branches 3 mm. long, resembles in form Lejeunea Sagraeana and 

 adplanata. 



Die Pflanze gehort schwerlich zu unserer Gattung. 



17. Lopholejeunea? Johnsoniana (Mitt) St. 

 Syn : Lejeunea Johnsoniana Mitt Linn. Soc. 1863. 



Caule repente, vage ramoso, foliis divergentibus, orbiculari-ovatis, 

 angulo parvo acutis, basi lobulo subsaccato inflexo oblongo, apice 

 bidentulo. Amphigustrin orbiculari-obovata, integra. Perienthia com- 

 pressa obovata obtusa, ore parvo apiculato, utrinque ala dentata 

 marginata. Folia involucralia elliptico oblonga. apice paucidentata. 

 Amphigastria majora obtusa. 



Hab : Madeira. 



Whole plant brown, about the size of Lejeunea serpyllifolia. Perianth 

 agreeing with Phragmicoma Mackayi and thus removed from the 

 vicinitv of the species; allied to Lejeunea subfusca, with which it 

 agrees in form and substancc n| its b-aw-s as iu sizr ainl colour. 



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