(VOL. V, 1912). FRANZ STEPHANI. SPECIES HEPATICARUM Ptychocoleus. 



gine postico arcte incurvo, in plano oblongo-elliptica (0,8 mm. longa, 

 0,46 mm. lata), asymmetrica, obtusa vel acuta, lata basi inserta, basi 

 antica rotundata. Cellulae superse 13 jx, basales vix longiores, trigonis 

 majusculis acutis. Lobulus in situ occultus, in plano linearis, triplo lon- 

 gior quam latus, apice truncatus, angulo bidentulo, carina substricta, 

 stricte in folii marginem excurrens. Perianthia oblonga, subtriplo lon- 

 giora quam lata, rostro longo valido, 5-plicato, plicis longe decurrenti- 

 bus. Folia floralia intima lanceolata acuta, lobulo parum breviore, ad 

 medium soluto, ceterum simillimo. Amphigastrium florale intimum, 

 lobis aequilongum, late ligulatum, integerrimum. Andrcecia mediana, 

 bracteis 6 jugis. 

 Hab. Java, Nova Guinea, Philippinsc fnsulae. 



36. Ptychocoleus aulacophorus (Mont.) St. 



Syn. : Phragmicoma aulacophora Mont., Ann. sc. nat., 1843, p. 259. 



Autoica, mediocris, fusco-olivacea, maxime flaccida, in cortice spon- 

 giose caespitans. Caulis ad 3 cm. longus, maxime irregulariterque 

 ramosus. Folia eaulina conferta, squarrose patula, in plano subrotunda 

 (1 mm. longa, 0,86 mm. lata), apice rotundata, latissima basi inserta. 

 Cellulae superx 18x27 jjl, trigonis majusculis, basales 27x45 fi trigo- 

 nis magnis. Lobulus in situ triangulatus, in plano subrotundus, carina 

 substricta, apice et margine supero regulariter mamillato, mamiliis 7-8. 

 Amphigastria caulina majuscula, caule triplo latiora, obcuneata, latiora 

 quam longa, apice late rotundata. Perianthia pyriformia, pluriplicata 

 (plicis ad 15) rostro parvo. Folia floralia intima obovato-oblonga, 

 obtusa, lobulo subaaquimagno, truncato, angulo obtuso. Amphigastrium 

 florale intimum lobis aequilongum, late spathulatum, apice late truncato- 

 rotundatum. Andraecia parva, perianthiis approximata, longe spicata^ 

 bracteis 8-10 jugis. 



Hab. Asia, Africa, Australia, tropica et subtropica, valde communis. 



37. Ptychocoleus brunneus St. n. sp. 



Dioica mediocris, rufo-brunnea, corticola et rupicola, late expansa. 

 Caulis ad 3 cm. longus, irregulariter pinnatus, ramis ad 1 cm. longis, 

 minoribus mixtis. Folia caulina conferta, subrecte patula squarrose 

 recurva, in plano late ovata (1 mm. longa, 0,86 mm. lata), asymmetrica, 

 margine postico substricto, apice obtusa, lata basi inserta. Cellulx 

 superae 18X27 p., basales parum majores, trigonis ubique majusculis. 

 Lobulus folio duplo brevior, oblique patens, in situ angustus, 4-plo 

 longior quam latus, apice duplo angustiore, oblique truncato, angulo 

 obtuso, carina leviter arcuata, levi sinu in folii marginem abeunte, in 



