Brachiolejeunea. franz stephani. species bepaticahi .m ( Vol. V. 1912). 



Dioica magna et maxima, flaceida, brunnea vel glauco-virens, in 

 cortice late expansa, spongiose caespitans. Caulis ad 5 cm. longus, 

 valde ramosus, ramis primariis ad 3 cm. longis, bipinnatis, sub flore 

 siinpliciter vel geminatim innovatus. Folia caulina conferta, subrecte 

 patula, concava, in plano late ovata (1,2 mm. longa, 0,93 mm. lata) 

 apice rotundata, ad medium inserta, basi antica rotundato-rotundata 

 Cellulse superse 27x36 jj. trigonis majusculis, basales 36X^5 jj. trigonis 

 magnis acutis. Lobulus in situ oblongus, in plano late ovatus, apice 

 quam basis duplo angustiore, truncato, margine supero quadri- 

 mamillato. Amphigastria eaulina magna, caule quadruplo latiora, sub- 

 rotunda vel parum latiora quam longa, leviter sinuatim inserta. Perian- 

 thia pyriformia, 10 plicata, plicis ad medium decurrentibus, inflatis ; 

 rostro parvo. Folia floralia perianthio parum breviora, oblique patula, 

 obovato-oblonga, apice rotundata, lobulo duplo breviore, oblongo, 

 apice truncato, haud soluto, angulo obtuso. Amphigastrium florale 

 perianthio duplo brevius, subrotundum, integerrimum. Sporx pallidae 

 hispidai, 63 [jt. Andrcecia ignota. 



Hab. Asia et Oceania tropica, valde communis. 



Die Pflanze variirt je nach dem Standort ausserordentlich ; daher 

 die vielen Synonyma. 



54. Brachiolejeunea Micholitzii St. Hedw. 1895, p. 64. 



Monoica, parva, pallide virens, flaccida, in cortice laxe caespitans 

 lateque expansa. Caulis ad 2 cm. longus, parum irregulariter ramosus. 

 Folia caulina conferta, squarrose recurva, valde concava apiceque 

 arcte recurva, margine postico late incurvo, in plano ovato-rotundata 

 (1,2 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata) apice rotundata, ad medium inserta, basi 

 antica breviter rotundato-appendiculata. Cellulx superae 18X27 p., 

 basales 27X36 trigonis magnis. Lobulus in situ triangulatus, folio 

 duplo brevior, carina oblique adscendens, inflata, margine supero 

 stricto, dense mamillato, in plano rectangulatus, parum longior quam 

 latus, apice late truncatus, margine supero stricto, carinae parallelo, 

 5 mamillato. Amphigastria caulina magna, subrotunda, transverse 

 inserta, caule 6 plo latiora; Perianthia pyriformia, 7 plicata, plicis 

 longe decurrentibus, rostro valido. Folia floralia perianthio duplo lon- 

 giora, obovata, apice rotundata, lobulo duplo breviore, oblongo, haud 

 soluto, truncato, angulo obtuso. Amphigastrium florale foliis floralibus 

 aequimagnum, subrectangulatum, parum longius quam latum, apice 

 truncatum. Andracia longe spicata, in ramis terminalia, bracteis ad 

 S jugis, ex apice ssepe vegetativa. 



Hab. Insulx Philippinx. 137 



