Brachiolejeunea . franz stepham. species hepaticarum (Vol. V, 1912). 



62. Brachiolejeunea Kirkii St. n. sp. 



Dioica, major, flaccida, flavo-rufescens, in cortire et nipiLms dense 

 depresso-caespitans. Caulis ad 4 cm. longus, regulariter miiltituiratus. 

 aliis ramis interjedis irregulariter distributis : flagella parvifolia rhizi- 

 fera sparsa. Folia caulina cotilVrta, maxime decurva, subinvoluta, iu 

 plano ovata (2,2 mm. longa, 1,4 mm. lata) apiculata, brevissima hasi 

 inserta, basi antica breviter rotuudata. Celluhv supera' 1XX27 u.. 

 basales 18x36 |i trigonis subnullis. Lobulus in situ occultus, in plano 

 oblongus, parvus, folio 4 plo brevior, apice attenuatus. Amphigastria 

 caulina majuscula, reniformia, caule duplo latiora, transverse inserta. 

 Penanthia (juvenilia) pyriformia, triplicata, plica tertia postica; rostro 

 valido. Folia floralia lanceolata, caulinis aequilonga, acuta, lobulo 

 parum breviore, multo angustiore, sublineari, apice acuminato, acuto, 

 ad medium soluto. Amphigastrium florale lobis aequilongum, anguste 

 spathulatum, apice ad V 6 inciso-bilobatum, lobis triangulatis obtusis. 

 Andracia ignota. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



63. Brachiolejeunea plagiochiloides St. Hedwig. 1889, 

 p. 167. 



Dioica, major, robusta, flaccida, paliide virens vel flavo-virens, dense 

 depresso-caespitosa. Caulis ad 5 cm. longus, repetito-furcatus. Folia 

 caulina recte patula, conferta, in situ falcata, margine postico arcte 

 incurvo, in plano ovata (2,8 mm. longa, 1,8 mm. lata) late acuminata 

 acuta, ad medium accreta, basi antica rotundato-appendiculata. Cellulse 

 superse 27 {t, basales 27X^4 p. trigonis majusculis, in medio parietum 

 nodulosis. Lobulus in situ occultus, in plano ovatus, parvns, folio 

 octuplo brevior, margine supero minute quadridentato, apice breviter 

 truncatus. Amphigaxtria caulina parva, caule duplo latiora, marginibus 

 arcte recurvis, in plano subcircularia, transverse inserta. Perianlhia 

 anguste pyrifonnia (juvenilia) 7 plicata, plicis compressis, inaequalibus; 

 rostro parvo. Folia floralia caulinis sequimagna simillima; lobulus par- 

 vus, oblongus, acutus, parum solutus Amphigastrium florale parvum 

 foliis duplo brevius, ovatum, apice breviter exciso-bilobatum, lobis 

 acutis. Androecia ignota. 



Hab. Australia. New South Wales. 



64. Brachiolejeunea robusta St. n. sp. 



Dioica, mediocris, robusta, rigidula, fusco-olivacea, in cortice dense 

 depresso caespitans. Caulis ad 4 cm. longus, subsimplex, validus. Folia 

 caulina conferta, oblique patula, valde eoncava, margine postico arcte 

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