(VOL. V, 1912). FRANZ STEPHANI. 



HEPATICARUM Ptychocoleus. 



truncatus, validebidentatus, margine supero mi&o.Amphigastriacaulina 

 maxima, obcuneata, caule quintuplo latiora, profunde sinuatim inserta, 

 apice truncata. Perianthia pyriformia, 5-plicata, rostro parvo. Folia 

 floralia int. perianthio longiora, oblongo-elliptica, acuta, lohulo parum 

 breviore, ad medium soluto, late lanceolato, acuminato integerrimo. 

 Amphigastrium florale int. maximum perianthium superans et obtegens, 

 anguste ellipticum, apice breviter inciso-bifidum, lobis triangulatis 

 acutis. Andrcecia terminalia, bracteis ad 8 jugis. 

 Hab. Asia et Oceania tropica, valde communis. 



67. Ptychocoleus pycnocladus (Taylor) St. 



Syn. : Ptychanthus pycnocladus Tayl., J. of Bot, 1846, p. 385. 



Autoica minor rufescens vel fusco-brunnea, corticola. Caulis ad 3 cm. 

 iongus, flaccidus, irregulariter ramosus. Foliacaulina conferta, oblique 

 patula, valde concava, in plano late ovata, asymmetrica, margine postico 

 substricto, apice rotundata, lata basi inserta, 0,75 mm. longa, 0,58 mm. 

 lata, basi antica truncata. Cellulse superae 14X18 p., basales 27X36 p 

 trigonis majusculis. Lobulus in situ occultus, in plano sublinearis, sub- 

 triplo longior quam latus, leviter attenuatus, recte truneatus, angulo 

 acuto, altero dente subapicali minuto ; carina substricta, levi sinu in 

 folii marginem excurrens. Amphigastria caulina majuscuia, caule triplo 

 latiora, subcircularia, transverse inserta. Perianthia gigantea, pyri- 

 formia, profunde 10-plicata, plicis inflatis, apice umbonatim prominulis, 

 rostro longissimo. Folia floralia intima obovata, obtusa vel rotundata, 

 lobulo duplo angustiore, late lanceolato, foliis fioralibus sequilongo, 

 acuto, ad x /3 soluto. Amphigastrium florale int. maximum, ex angusta 

 basi subrotundum Andrcecia in ramulis terminalia, bracteis ad 8 jugis, 

 ex apice vegetativa. 



Hab. Malacca, Ceylon, Philippinse Insulee. 



68. Ptychocoleus Rechingeri St. n. sp. 



Dioica major robusta olivacea, corticola. Caulis ad 4 cm. longus, 

 irregulariterbreviterqueramosus. Foliacaulina conferta, oblique patula, 

 valde concava, in plano late ovata (1,6 mm. longa, 1,2 mm. lata), apice 

 obtusa, brevi basi inserta, basi antica rotundato-appendiculata. Cellulse 

 superae 18X27 p. trigonis magnis in parietibus vaiidis, basales 18x36 o. 

 trigonis maximis acutis. Lobulus nullus. Amphigastria caulina majus- 

 cula, obcuneata, sinuatim inserta, apice truncata, rotundata. Perianthia 

 anguste pyriformia, 5-plicata, plicis longe decurrentibus, posticis in 

 unam latam confluentibus, rostro parvo. Folia floralia intima caulinis 

 multo majora, late ovata, acuminata, acuta, lobulo vix breviore, anguste 

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