Leptocolea. franz stephani. species hepaticarhm (Vol. V, 1915). 



% Leptocolea cuneifolia (St.) Evans. Torr. Bot. Cl. 4944, 

 p. 280. 



Cololejeunea euneifolia. St. Hedwigia 4892, p. 467. 



Monoica pallida, foliicola. Caulis ad 15 mm. longus, irregulariter 

 multiramosus. Folia caulina contigua, oblique patula, parum concava, 

 in plano obovato-obconica, symmetrica (1 mm. longa, medio0,58 mni. 

 lata) brevissima basi inserta, apice late rotundata, basi antica longe 

 truncata, marginibus inferis inlegerrimis, snperis niinute denseque 

 crenulatis. Cellulse superae 48X21 fx, basales 48X<*5 ja, parietibus 

 validis, apicales mamillatim prominulse. Lobulus parvus, folio quadru- 

 plo brevior oblongo rectangulatus, duplo longior quam latus, carina 

 oblique adscendens, stricta, stricte in folium excurrens, apice truncato 

 angulo spina longissima armato. Perianthia uno latere innovata, late 

 obconica (1 mm. longa, apice 4 mm. lata) recte truncata, angulis 

 obtusis, rostro validissimo, cuticula papillis dense aspera, plicis posticis 

 tate divergentibus, in unam latam confluentibus. Folia floralia perian- 

 thio agquilonga, anguste lanceolata, obtusa, lobulus aequilongus, duplo 

 angustior, ad x /a solutus, apice setaceus. Andrcecia sessilia, bracteis 

 2-3 jugis, ex apice vegetativa. 



Hab. Kamerun. 



II. America tropica. 



3. Leptocolea cardiocarpa (Mont) Evans. Mem. Torr. B. Cl. 

 4902, p. 175. 



Lejeunea cardiocarpa Mont. Syn. Hep., p. 394. 



Autoica parva, dilute brunnea, foliicola et corticola. Caulis^ 15 mm. 

 longus. remote longeque ramosus. Folia caulina parum imbricata, 

 recte patula, parum concava, in plauo ovato-oblonga (1,17 mm. longa, 

 medio 0,67 mm. lata) symmetrica, apice obtusa, brevi basi inserta, 

 basi antica rotundata, caulem superantia. CeUulx superse 18 jjl, basales 

 18X36 jj., validae, apicales longissimae, angustae, profunde crenulata?, 

 fasciculum bene definitum formantes, in marginem folii impositae. 

 Lobulus majusculus, folio triplo brevior, obovato-oblongus, duplo 

 longior quam latus, apice quam basis triplo latiore, oblique truncato, 

 angulo apiculato, carina oblique adscendens, arcuata, levi sinu in 

 folium excurrens. Perianthia uno latere innovata, parva, obovato- 

 obconica, compresso-inflata (0,75 mm. longa, superne 0,58 mm. lata^ 

 apice truncato-rotundata, rostro valido, plicis posticis parum promi- 

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