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

 ramosus, rami sparsim remoteque pinnatis saepe simplicibus. Folia 

 caulina imbricata, recte patula, valde concava, apice arcte involuta, in 

 plano ovato-triangulata (2 mm. longa, 1,5 mm. lata) apice acuta, sub 

 apice irregulariter denticulata, suberosa, inferne nuda, ad medium 

 inserta, basi antica semicirculari, caulem late superante. Cellulse 

 superae 36x36ft, basales 36 X 54^ trigonis magnis acutis. Lobulus 

 semper obsoletus, ad plicam exiguam reductus. Amphigastria caulina 

 foliis parum minora, reniformia (1,— mm. longa, 1,67 mm. lata) pro- 

 funde sinuatim inserta, apice minute excisula, lobis apiculatis. Perian- 

 thia uno latere innovata, clavata, inflata, eplicata (2 mm. longa, sub 

 apice 1 mm. lata) rostro umbilicatim immerso. Folia floralia perianthio 

 subduplo breviora, anguste lanceolata vel linearia, quadruplo longiora 

 quam lata, apice apiculata, sub apice erosula, hic illic dente aucta; 

 lobulus triplo brevior, anguste linearis, haud solutus, acutus. Amphi- 

 gastrium florale foliis subaequilongum, maximum subrotundum 

 (1,17 mm. longum et latum, ad l /t inciso-bilobatum, sinu recto, lobis 

 late triangulatis apiculatis repandis. Andrcecia parva, in caule sessilia, 

 bracteis paucijugis. 



Hab. Brasilia. India occidentalis. 



49. Taxilejeunea saccatiloba St. n. sp. 



Sterilis majuscula, pallide flavicans, flaccida, aliis hepaticis conso- 

 ciata. Caulis ad 6 cm. longus, inferne nudus, superne fasciculatim 

 ramosus, ramis longisculis simplicibus. Folia caulina magna conferta, 

 recte patula, valde concava apiceque decurva, in plano late ovata 

 (1,67 mm. longa, 1,5 mm. lata) asymmetrica, margine supero late 

 rotundato, infero multo magis arcuato, apice obtusa, ad medium inserta, 

 basi antica tmncata. Cellulse superae 36 X 36 u., basales 36 X 45 

 trigonis subnullis. Lobulus parvus, saccatus, folio quadruplo brevior, 

 carina oblique adscendens, valde arcuata, sinu acuto in folium excur- 

 rens, apice quam basis triplo angustiore, oblique truncato, angulo 

 apiculato. Amphigastria caulina maxima subrotunda (0,75 mm. lata, 

 0,63 rnm. longa) profunde sinuatim inserta optimeque cordata, apice 

 breviter inciso-bidentula. Reliqua desunt. 



Hab. Brasilia. Rio verde (Pastasa). 



50. Taxilejeunea sulphurea (L. et L.) S. Hep. Am. And., 

 p. 217. 



Syn. : Jungermania sulphurea L. et L., Pug. V, 1883, p. 14. 



Omphalanthus sulphurens L. et L., Syn. Hep., p. 307. 

 Monoica, spectabilis, pallide flavo-virens, in ramulis arborum nidu- 

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