Scapania. franz stkphani. sPKcies HKfAriCAKUM (Vol. IV, 1910). 
Wir kenneii von dieser merkwurdigen Gettung nur eine Art : 
DelavayeUa serrata. St. Hedwigia 1894. Vol. 33. c. icone. 
Dioica. Caulis ad o cm. longus, validus, debilis, apiceabrupte defoliatus, 
in flagellam subnudam atlenuatus, propagtdifet us ; propagula in squamu- 
lis minutis appressis, hyalina, globosa, unicellularia. Folia caulina imbri- 
cata, arcuatim patula, antica longe decurrentia, in plano falcato-triangu- 
lala, apice quam basi triplo angustiora, ad Vb biloba, sinuaugusto obtuso, 
lobis acutis serratis inaequalibus, antico majore, ceterum integra, margine 
antico auguste recurvo, postico plano basique sacculifero, sacculo alte 
cucullato, lala basi inserto in folii margine pendulo, ore truncato inle- 
gerrimo. Cellnlse superae 18 p. medise 27 X36 {x, basales 27 X 45 {i, 
trigonis parvis ssepe confluentibus, cuticula antica papillis magnis hyali- 
nis oblecta. Amphigastria caulina omnino nulla. Folia floralia pluri- 
juga sensim sensimque majora, intima desacculata, conduplicala, arcte 
vaginanlia, apice grosse biloba, lobis lanceolatis acutis porreclis serrato- 
dentatis. 
Hab. China, Yunnan. 
Scapania Dum. 1835 
Plantae foluferae majores saepe parvae, terricolae et rupicolae, dense de- 
presso caespitosae, virides vel flavescentes, saepe purpurascentes. CcatUs e 
caudicemaxime ramoso ortus, repens superne adscendens, in paludibus 
erectus, vulgo validus et rigidus pauciramosus. ramis ex axilla interna 
fohorum ortis, sub flore sterili innovatus, innovationibus simplicibus vel 
geminalis. Folia cauHna transverse inserta.disticha.conduplicatim biloba, 
lobis saepe armatis, plus minus profunde solulis, postico semper majore 
vulgodecurvo, anlico cauli appresso CtfWfitesaepe valide incrassatae, basa- 
les mullo majores, cuticula saepeaspera vel papillata velgrosse verrucosa. 
Inflorescentia dioica, in paucis monoica. FoUa floralia cauhnis similia 
majora Perianthia in caule terminalia longe exserla.infemeinflata, inter- 
dum plicata, superne a dorso compressa decurva, ore truncato varie 
annalo. Capsula ovalis vel subsphaerica quadrivalvata, valvulis bistratis, 
strato intemo semiannulatim incrassato. Elateres breves attenuati bis- 
piri. SporsB parvae leves vel asperae. Andrwcia in caule mediana, bracteis 
sacculatis bi-triandis, folus ceterum similibus, brevioribus 
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