Colura. 



FRANZ STEPHANI. SPECIES HEPATICARUM (VOL. V, KM6\ 



acutis. Amphigastria caulina exigua, caule triplo latiora, transverse 

 inserta, late obconica, apice late emarginata, lobis angustis divergenti- 

 bus, apice obtusis. Perianthia pyriformia, uno latere innovata (i A 7 mm. 

 longa, medio 0,58 mm. lata) apice rotundata, rostro angusto, plicis 

 posticis angustis, longe decurrentibus parallelis. Folia floralia perian- 

 thio tertio breviora, lanceolata, breviter euspidata integerrima, lobulus 

 foliis floralibus parum brevior, lanceolatus, ad V 3 solutus, acutus 

 (interdum bifidus). Amphigastrium florale parvum, perianthio quadru- 

 plo brevius, late ovatum, lobulis utrinque breviter connatum, fere ad 

 medium emarginato-bifidum, sinu recto, segmentis anguste triangula- 

 tis acutis. Androzcia in ramis terminalia, ex apice vegetativa, bracteis 

 3-4 jugis. 

 Hab. Tasmania. 



Colura. Dum. 1835 



Plantse parvaj, rarius spectabiles, interdum exiguje, vulgo foliicola 1 . 

 Caulis sparsim longeque ramosus, arcte repens, tenuis flaecidis. Foha 

 caulina remota, rarius approximata, recte patula, brevissima basi 

 inserta, semper angusta, saepe longissime attenuata, integerrima, rarius 

 remota dentata. Cellulse foliorum majuscute, vulgo incrassatae, validae 

 vel trigonis nodulosis instructse. Lobulus vuigo anguste linearis, mar- 

 gine incurvus, superne ampliatus, in sacculum excurrens, sacculus 

 ovatus vel oblongus, acutus vel obtusus, ore basali valvatim clausus, 

 valva (interna) semirotunda, aquam retinens. Folia anomala (apice 

 esacculata) haud rara. Amphigastria caulina gracillima, profunde emar- 

 ginato-bisetula, disco basali integro brevissimo, transverse inserto. 

 Perianthia uno latere innovata, ex angusta basi oblonga, triplicata vel 

 quinqueplicata, apice truncata, angulis in cornua breviuscula acuta 

 mutalis, interdum ecornuta. Folia floralia semper parva, angusta, 

 lobulo vulgo ad plicam angustam reducto. Amphigastrium tlorale cauli- 

 nis simillimum. Andrada sessilia, bracteis paucijugis. 



