Brachiolejeunea. franz stephani. SPECIES iiepaticarum (Vol. V, 1912). 



intricata. Caulis ad 8 cm. longus, irregulariter rainosus, ramis longio- 

 ribus ad 3 cm. longis, simplicibus, inferis brevioribus sparsim pinnatis. 

 Folia caulina conferta, recte patula, valde concava, apice decurva, in 

 plano late ovata, leviter falcata (1,46 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata) obtusa, 

 lata basi inserta, basi antica truncato-rotu ndata . Cellulse supera 

 27X36 jx trigonis majusculis, basales 27X^5 ij. trigonis magnis. 

 Lobulus magnus, folio duplo brevior, ovato-triangulatus canina oblique 

 adscendens, leviter arcuata, inflata, margine supero plano nudo, apice 

 quam basis triplo angustiore, oblique truncato, obtuso. Amphigastria 

 caulia maxima, caule quintuplo latiora, subrotunda, breviter inserta, 

 optima cordata. Perianthia late pyriformia, parura compressa, decempli- 

 cata, plicis altis compressis, rostro parvo. Folia floralia perianthio parum 

 breviora, obovato-oblonga, apice rotundata, lobulo triplo breviore, sub- 

 ovato, inflato, apice truncato, obtuso. Amphigastrium florale reniforme, 

 perianthio duplo brevius, apice late rolundatura. Andracia ignota. 

 Hab. Sikkim-Himalaija. Birma. 



50. Brachiolejeunea pluriplicata St. n. sp. 



Dioica major robusta, dilute brunnea, corticola. Caulis ad 7 cm. 

 Iongus, regulariter longeque ramosus, ramis simplicibus vel sparsim 

 pinnulatis. Folia caulina dense imbricata, recte patula, parum concava, 

 io plano late ovata (3 mm. longa, 2,5 mm. lata) subsymmetrica, obtusa, 

 iata basi inserta, basi antica rotundato-appendiculata. Cellulx supera 

 27 trigonis parvis, basales 36 X 54 p trigonis majusculis. Lobulus 

 parvus, oblique adscendens, subrectangulatus, duplo longior quam 

 latus, apice truncatus, bidentulus, carina substricta recto angulo in folii 

 marginem excurrens. Amphigastria caulina maxima, foliis subaequi- 

 magna, late reniformia, sinuatim inserta, breviterque decurrentia. 

 Perianthia magna, anguste oblonga, cylindrica, triplo longiora quam 

 lata, apice cordatim ampliata, rostro parvo submerso, plicis 12, longe 

 decurrentibus angustis inflatis. Folia floralia perianthio plus duplo bre- 

 viora, obovato-oblonga, obtusa; lobulo duplo breviore, oblongo, ad 

 medium soluto, apice rotundato. Amphigastrinm florale lobulis duplo 

 longius, late obovatum vel subrotundum, integrum. Androicia ignota. 



Hab. Nova Guinea. 



51. Brachiolejeunea tortifolia St. n. sp. 



Autoica, flaccida, rufo-bmnnea, aliis hepaticis corticolis consociata. 

 Caulis ad 3 cm. longus, longe ramosus, ramis fasciculatim aggregatis. 

 Folia caulina conferta, oblique patula, concava, in sicco tortilia, in 

 plano subrotunda (1 mm. longa, 0,93 mm. lata) apice obtusa vel rotun- 

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