Taxilejeunea. franz STEPHANi. species HEPATICARUM (Vol. V, 1913). 

 rotundata profundissime emarginato-bifida, lobis lanceolatis attenuatis 

 porrectis. Perianthia uno latere innovata, clavata, integerrima, duplo 

 longiora quam lata, subcylindrica, plicis posticis brevibus in unam 

 latam confluentibus, rostro conico, valido. Folia floralia perianthio 

 duplo breviora, obovato-oblonga, obtusa, integerrima; lobulus duplo 

 vel tripJo brevior, anguste lanceolatus, acutus, ad medium solutus. 

 Amphigastrium florale obovato-obconicum, ad V 3 inciso-bifidum, lobis 

 late triangulatis acuminatis acutis conniventibus. Andrcecia exigua, 

 sessilia, bracteis bijugis. 

 Hab. Brasilia orientalis. 



26. Taxilejeunea florida S. Hep. Am. And., p. 224. 

 Monoica tenella, saturate viridis, in cortice caespitans. Caulis ad 



15 mm. longus, pinnatus et bipinnatus, ramis superis confertis, inferis 

 sparsis. Folia caulina parum imbricata, oblique patula, subplana, late 

 oblique ovata, apiculata, basi antica ampliata, caulem transeuntia, 

 integerrima. Cellulae 30X35}}.. Lobulus obsoletus vel nullus. Amphi- 

 gastria caulina foliis duplo minora, ovato-orbiculata, fere ad medium 

 bifida, sinu triangulari subobtuso, segmentis acutis, basi utrinque 

 rotundata vel obscure cordata. Perianthia subemersa, obconica, vel 

 clavata, rostro minuto, plicis papulosis, posticisapice rotundatis, haud 

 prominulis. Folia floraiia caulinis duplo breviora, erecta, obJonga vel 

 semi-obovata apiculata vel obtusa, integerrima ; lobulus nullus vel 

 minutus. Amphigastrium florale obovatum, emarginato-bifldum. An- 

 dratcia sessilia, bracteis trijugis. 

 Hab. Andes quitenses. 



27. Taxilejeunea Gottscheana (Ldbg) St. 



Syn. : Jungermannia tenera Nees. Martins, Fl. bras. I., p. 356. 

 Lejeunea Gottscheana Ldbg. Syn. Hep., p. 382. 



Monoica minor, pallide flavicans, foliicola et corticola. Caulis parum 

 longeque ramosus, arcte repens. Folia caulina remota, recte patula 

 valde concava, apice arcte decurva, in plano late ovata (i mm, longa, 

 0,75 mm. lata) subsymmetrica, apice obtusa, late basi inserta, basi 

 antica truncato-rotundata, integerrima. Cellulse supera 18{t, mediaa 

 27 jx, basales 18X36 ^ trigonis in medio et angulis parietum parvis. 

 /,<>/>)/ tu.s iimjusculus, folio quintuplo brevior, in situ oblongus, in plano 

 late ovatus, carina oblique adscendens, arcuata, levi sinu in folium 

 excurrens, apice quam basis triplo angustiore, emarginato, angulo 

 acuto. Amphigastria caulina magna, caule quadruplo latiora, ambitu 

 subrotunda, transverse inserta, basi utrinque rotundata, profunde 

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