(VOL. V, 4916). FRANZ STEPHANI. SPECIES HEPATICARUM Physocolea. 



rotundato, brevissima basi inserta, basi antica truncato-rotundata. 

 Cellulx superae 18X18 ji, basales 18X36 jjl, validae, trigonis nullis. 

 Lobulus maximus, folio subsequilongus, ovato-ellipticus, duplo longior 

 quam latus, carina valde arcuata, stricte in folium excurrens, apice 

 quam basis vix angustiore, exciso, angulo valide dente armato, vulgo 

 occulto. Perianthia uno latere innovata (1,17 mm. ionga) inferae longe 

 cylindrica, quasi stipitata, superne globosa, decemplicata, plicis regu- 

 lariter distributis, angustis inflatis, longe decurrentibus, rostro valido. 

 Folia floralia obovato-oblonga (0,58 mm. longa) apice obtusa. Lobulus 

 parum brevior, linearis, quintuplo longior quam latus, parum solutus, 

 obtusus. Andrcecia ignota. 

 Hab. Madagascar. 



9. Physocolea elegans. St. n. sp. 



Sterilis, fusco-virens, pusilla, foliicola. Caulis ad 8 mm. longus, 

 irregulariter multiramosus. Folia caulina contigua, suberecta caulique 

 parallela, concava, in plano oblongo-elliptica leviterque falcata 

 (0,67 mm. longa, medio 0,33 mm. lata) brevissima basi inserta, basi 

 antica longe truncata, apice obtusa, in facie antica et marginibus dense 

 papillata. Cellulx supera 18X18 ja, basales 14X27 p,, parietibus 

 validis. Lobulus maximus, folio duplo brevior, obovatus, carina alte 

 papillata, oblique adscendens, arcuata, amplo sino in folium excurrens, 

 apice quam basis multo latiore, oblique truncato, bidentato, dentibus 

 subaequalibus, stylus minimus, angustus, bicellularis. 



Hab. Kamerun (Africa occidentalis.) 



10. Physocolea erectifolia. St. Hedw. 1895, p. 248. 

 Sterilis minor, dilute rufo-brunnea, aliis hepaticis consociata. Caulis 



ad 15 mm. longus, parum longeque ramosus. Folia caulina conferta, 

 subrecte patula, concava, in plano ovato-triangulata (1,5 mm. longa, 

 1,25 mm. lata) asymmetrica, margine infero substricto, supero valde 

 arcuato, brevissima basi inserta, basi antica longe truncato-rotundata, 

 apice obtusa, integerrima, stylo unicellulari. Folia ramulina valde 

 aberrantia, erecta caulique parallela, imbricata, anguste ligulata 

 (1,17 mm. longa, 0,33 mm. lata) ceterum caulinis similia. Cellulx 

 superae 18X18 |i, basales 27X54 {j., parietibus validis, trigonis nullis. 

 Lobulus maximus, folio duplo brevior, obovatns, carina oblique adscen- 

 dens, leviter arcuata, levi sinu in folium excurrens, apice quam basis 

 multo latiore, recte truncato, angulo rotundato, altero dentej apicali 

 valido triangulato acuto. 

 Hab. Insula Mauritius. 



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