(VOL. V, 1914). franz stephani. SPECIES hepatigarum Hygrolejeunea. 

 basi antica truncato-rotundata. Cellulse supera 27 X 27 jt, basales 

 27 X 36 (i, trigonis majusculis. Lobulus parvus, folio quintuplo brevior, 

 in situ oblongus, in plano ovatus, carina oblique adscendens. bene 

 arcuata, amplo sinu in folium excurrens, apice quam basis duplo 

 angustiore, oblique exciso, angulo obtuso. Amphigastria caulina 

 magna, caule quadruplo latiora, subrotunda, breviter sinuatim inserta 

 ad 2 /3 biloba, sinu angusto obtuso, lobis late triangulatis cuspidatis. 

 Flores feminei uno lalere innovati. Folia floralia oblonga (1,17 mm. 

 longa, 0,5 mm. lata) obtusa, grosse crenulata; Lobulus duplo brevior 

 anguste lanceolatus, ad medium solutus, acutus vel obtusus. Amphi- 

 gastrium florale late obovato-obconicum, foliis floralibus aequilongum, 

 apice rotundatuin, rima angusta, lobis acutis. Reliqua desunt. 

 Hab. Xova Caledoniu. 



70. Hygrolejeunea Ghalmersii St. Hedw. 1889, p. 474. 

 Dioica magna, fusco-brunnea, in cortice spongiose csespitans. Caulis 



ad 7 cm. longus. irregulariter pinnatus, pinnis saspe fasciculatim appro- 

 ximatis, superne longe simplex. Folia caulina parum imbricata, recte 

 patula, valde concava, in plano ovata, symmetrica (4,4 mm. longa, 

 medio 0,8 inin. lata) apice apiculata, brevi basi inserta, basi antica 

 truncata, marginibus celluloso crenulatis. CelluU superse 27 X 27 jx, 

 basales 27X54 ^ trigonis magnis. Lobulus majusculus, foiio quadruplo 

 brevior, insitu oblongus, in plano ovatus, carina arcuatim adscendens, 

 rerto angulo in folium exrurrens, apice quam basis triplo angustiore, 

 exciso, angulo apiculato. Amphigastria caulina maxima, 0,83 mm. longa 

 et lata, optime cordiformia, transverse inserta, basi utrinque grosse 

 ampliata, rotundata, ad medium inciso-biloba, sinu angusto, lobis 

 late triangulatis acutis. Andracia exigua, sessilia, bracteis 3-4 jugis. 

 Hab. Nova Guinea, Milne Bay. 



71. Hygrolejeunea discreta (Ldbg) St. 

 Syn. : Lejeunea discreta Ldbg. Syn. Hep., p. 361. 



Dioica minor, flavo-virens, flaccida, corticoL Caulis ad 2 cm. iongus, 

 regularitrr iv.nol,,,,,,. pinnalu^. paucis ramis longioribus simplicibus 

 mterjectis. Folia cauliua panim imbricaia, recte patula, valde concava, 

 in plano ovato-triangulata (1,17 mm. longa, basi 4,47 mm. lata) apice 

 rotundata, ad medium accreta, basi antica truncata. CelluUe supera- 

 27x27{t,basales 27X45jx, trignonis subnullis. Lobulus maximus, 

 folio triplo brevior, oblongus, margine supero involuto occulto, in 

 plano ovato-oblongus, duplo longior quam latus, carina oblique adscen- 

 dens, arcuata, amplo sinu in folium excurrens, apice quam basis duplo 



