Bryopteris. franz stephanl species hepaticarum (Vol. V, 1912). 



2. Bryopteris madagascariensis St. n. sp. 



Dioica magna, rigida, dilute-brunnea, in ramulis arborum pendula. 

 Caulis ad 15 cm. longus, longe ramosus, ramis ad 10 cm. longis, 

 remotis, paucipinnatis, pinnis recte patulis. Folia caulina parum 

 imbricata, falcato-patula, margine postico arcte recurvo, in plano ovato- 

 oblonga, symmetrica (3,5 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata), acuta integerrima, 

 rarius sub apice paucidentata. Cellulse superae 14X27 jj. validse, trigonis 

 majusculis nodulosis, basales 18X57 |x trigonis nodulosis seriatis. 

 Lobulus parvus obovato-obconicus, apice truncatus, angulo obtuso. 

 Amphigastria caulina magna, in plano ovata, transverse inserta, superne 

 regulariter dentata. Folia floralia intima caulinis aequilonga, anguste 

 lanceolata, falcato-patula, acuta, sub apice paucidentata, lobulo aequi- 

 longo, ad medium soluto integerrimo vel sub apice unidentato. 

 AmphigastriumfloraU intimum lobisaequilongum, anguste lanceolatum, 

 ad 78 inciso-bifidum, laciniis porrectis acuminatis, extus unidentatis. 

 Andrcecia ignota. 



Hab. Africa orient., Usambara, Madagascar. 



America tropica 

 3. Bryopteris brevis St. n. sp. 



Dioica magna robusta olivacea rigidula, in cortice dense stratificata. 

 Caulis ad lOcm. longus, regulariter denseque pinnatus, superne bipin- 

 natus, pinnulis remotis brevibus. Folia caulina imbricata, subrecte 

 patula, parum concava, margine postico arcte incurvo, in plano ovato- 

 oblonga, symmetrica (1,83 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata), apice acuta, sub 

 apice regulariter valideque dentata, ad medium accreta, basi antica 

 rotundato-appendiculata. Cellulee superae 9Xl8(i.trigonismagnisnodu- 

 losis, basales 18x54 u, parietibus interrupte trabeculatae. Lobulus in 

 situ occultus, in plano gibbosus, inflatus, subrotundus, apice in folii 

 marginem incurvum excurrens. Amphigastriu ranlina maxiraa, late 

 obcuneata, caule quintuplo latiora, superne rotundata regulariter valide- 

 que dentata. Folia floralia intima caulinis aequilonga, anguste lanceolata, 

 superne grosse irregulariterque spinosa, denticulis interjectis sparsis. 

 Lobulus parum brevior, ad medium solutus, angustus, apice setiformis 

 integerrimus. Amphigastrium florale inttmum foliis floralibus sequilon- 

 gum, ad medium bifidum, laciniis linearibus apice longe attenuatis, 

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