( Vol. V, 1913). franz stephani. species hepaticarum Taxilejeunea . 



Monoica minor, pallide flavicans, in cortice et rupibusdense depresso 

 csespitans. CauliszA 2 cm. longus, irregulariter pinnatus. Folia caulina 

 contigua , recte patula, concava apice decurva, in plano ovato-triangu- 

 lata (4,33 ram. longa, 1 mm. lata) acuta vel apiculata, integerrima, ad 

 medium inserta, basi antica late rotundata. CeUulse superae 27 X27 [x, 

 basales 36 X 45 ji, trigonis parvis vel subnullis. Lobulus parvus, folio 

 quintuplo brevior, in situ oblongus, in plano late ovatus, carina arcuata, 

 sinu plus minus profundo in folium excurrens, apice quam basisangus- 

 tiore, oblique truncato, angulo acuto. Amphigastria caulina majuscula, 

 caule subtriplo latiora, leviter sinuatim inserta, ad medium inciso- 

 biloba, sinu recto, lobis triangulatis acutis. Perianthia uno latere inno- 

 vata, parva, anguste oblonga, triplo longiora quam lata, medio leviter 

 constricta, plicis ad medium decurrentibus, angustis, parum divergen- 

 tibus, rostro valido. Folia floralia perianthio aequilonga, lanceolata 

 acuta, hic illic angulata ; lobulus duplo brevior, linearis, breviter solutus, 

 acuminatus. Amphigastrium florale lobulis parum longius, obovatura, 

 ad x /3 emarginato-biiobatum, sinu angusto, lobis late triangulatis acutis. 

 Andrcecia sessilia , bracteis 3-5 jugis. 



Hab. Insula; Mascareiuc. 



9. Taxilejeunea vallis gratiae St. Hedw. 1896, p. 137. 



Dioica major pallida, tenerrima et flaccida, muscis consociata. Caulis 

 ad 4 cm. longus, irregulariter ramosus. Folia caulina parum imbricata, 

 recte patula, plano disticha, ovata (1,33 mm. longa, 0,9 mm. lata) 

 symmetrica, apice acuta, ad medium inserta, basi antica truncata; 

 integerrima. Cellulse supera; 27x27 ji basales 27x45 p. trigonis nullis. 

 LobuluH parvus, folio quintuplo brevior, late ovatus (sa;pe obsoletus) 

 carina oblique adscendens, arcuata, recto sinu in folium excurrens, 

 apice quam basis triplo angustore, oblique truncato, angulo obtuso. 

 Amphigastria caulina majuscula, caule quintuplo latiora, subrotunda, 

 transverse inserta, ad medium biloba, sinu angusto obtusa, lobis acutis. 

 Perianthia oblonga, plicis angustis inflatis longe decurrentibus, apice 

 unbonatim prorainulis, rostro valido. Folia floralia periantho squilonga, 

 late oblonga, acuminata acuta, sparsim valideque dentata. Lobulus duplo 

 brevior, linearis, parum solutus acutus integerrimus. Amphigastrium 

 florale perianthio duplo brevius, maximum, subrotundum, ad medium 

 bifidum, sinu angusto acuto, lobis late triangulatis, apiculatis. Androecia 

 ignota. 



Hab. Africa australis. 



