Ptychocoleus. FRANZ STEPHANI. SPECIES HEPATICARUM (VOL. V, 4912). 



caule quintuplo latiora, breviter sinuatim inserta, basi obcuneata, sub- 

 reniformia. Androzcia longissima, bracteis ad 20 jugis, confertis, squar- 

 rose patulis. 



Hab. Insulae Philippinai. 



60. Ptychocoleus Novae Guineae St. 



Syn. : Acrolejeunea Novrn Guineiv St. Hedw. 188«), p. 165. 



Autoica magna robusta, rufescens, in cortice laxe caespitans latissime 

 expansa. Caulis ad 8 cm. longus, multiramosus, ramis longioribus ad 

 3 cm. longis, irregulariter breviterque pinnatis. Foliacaulina conferta, 

 squarrose patula, in situ falcato-triangulata, margine postico arcte 

 incurvo, in plano ovata (0,65 mm. longa, 0,4 mm. lata) asymmetrica, 

 apice obtusa, brevissima basi inserta, basi antica rotundato-appendicu- 

 lata. Cellulse superae 18x27 u, trigonis majusculis, basales 27X45 jj. 

 trigonis magnis. Lobulus in situ occultus, in plano linearis, parvus, 

 folio triplo brevior, recte truncatus, angulo acuto; Amphigastria 

 caulina magna, caule sextuplo latiora, latissime obcuneata, pro- 

 funde sinuatim inserta, apice late truncato-rotundata. Perianthia bre- 

 viter pyriformia, profunde 5plicata, rostro valido. Folia ftoralia intima 

 caulinis simillima, parum majora, lobulo subduplobreviore,ad medium 

 soluto, lanceolato. Amphigastrium florale int. perianthio aequilongum, 

 ligulatum, duplo longius quam latum, apice breviter inciso-bifidum, 

 lobistriangulatisapiculatis..4nrf/m'/aterminalia, longe spicata, bracteis 

 ad 12 jugis. 



Hab. Nova Guinea, Samoa, Queensland (Australia). 



61. Ptychocoleus Nymannii St. n. sp. 



Dioica, mediocris, olivacea, flaccida, in cortice spongiose, caespitans. 

 Caulis ad 4 cm. longus, irregulariter ramosus, ramis parvifoliis radi- 

 cantibus numerosis. Folia caulina conferta, subrecte patula, in situ 

 ovato-oblonga, apice late rotundata, leviter falcata, in plano late ovata, 

 symmetrica (1,2 mm. longa, 0,93 mm. lata) apice obtusa, latissima 

 basi inserta, basi antica breviter rotundata. Celhilee superae 18X36 jt 

 trigonis magnis acutis, basales 27X45 p trigonis parvis acutis, in 

 medio parietum nodulosis. Lobulus in situ fusiformis suboccultus, in 

 plano late ovatus, carina substricta, apice oblique truncatus, 3 dentatus, 

 dentibus validis. Amphigastria caulina majuscula, caule triplo latiora, 

 transverse inserta, obcuneata, apice truncata. Perianthia obovata, 

 inflata, eplicata, apice inflato-triplicata, plicis brevibus umbonatim 

 prominulis, rostro parvo conico. Folia floralia intima maxima (1,5 mm. 

 longa, 1 mm. lata) late ovata, acuta, dense regulariterque denticulata, 



