(VOL. IV, 4910). FRANZ STEPHANI. SPECIES HEPATICARUM Pleuroiia. 
Folia caulina semiamplexicaulia fere oranino antica, concava, decurva, 
angusta basi inserta, in plano obliqiie ovata, apice recte lateque trun- 
cata vel leviter emarginata, irregulariter denticulata, angulis apicalibus 
utrinque incurvis, antice in caule longe angusteque decurrentia. Lohulus 
postieus utriculatus, folio duplo brevior, cauli longe accretus, ambitu 
acute eUipticus, e dorso leniter depressus, folio vix adnatus, medio 
supero semicirculariter plicatus. Cellulse superae 18 ji. trigonis magnis 
nodulosis, basales 18 X 36 trigonis raagnis ovali-nodulosis ; cuticula 
aspera. Folia floralia caulinis similia. Perianthia ovata vel cupulata, 
cylindrica, ore angustato eplicato ciiiato. Pistilla pauca maxima. 
Andracia in ramis lateralibus pinnatim inserta, breviter spicata, brac- 
teis ad 10 jugis, monandris confertis appressis conduplicatim concavis, 
apice paucidenticulatis. Antheridia longe stipitata magna, ovalia. Heh- 
qua ignota. 
Hab. Scotia, Hibernia, Scandimvia, Faroer, Danemark, Himalaya, 
Hawai, (Guadeloupe?) 
Dass die Pflanze auch in Guadeloupe gefunden ist, beruht wohl au( 
einem Irrtum. 
9. Pleurozia conchaefolia (Hooker). 
Syn. : Jungermannia conchsefolia Hook et Arn. in Beech. Voy., P- 
Dioica, magna, robusta pallide virens vel plus minus purpurasoens, 
in cortice expansa. Caulis ad 45 cm. longus parum longeque ramosus. 
Folia caulina subrecte patula, vix imbricata, valde concava, subcircu- 
laria, apice decur\'a, paucidentata. Lobi postici utriculati, foliis aequi- 
rnagni, biseriati, oblique patuli, late ovato-eUiptici, medio infero foUo 
accreti, medio supero foveolati, fovea lunata. Cellula- foliorura supei-ae 
27 (1 trigonis maxime nodulosis, basales 18X27 ^ trigonis maxiniis 
acuminatis subtrabeculatira confluentibus. Tubi vacui nulli. Perianthi^ 
maxima, angusta, raaximeplicata, ore contracto ciliolato. Folia floralia 
intima maxima, perianthio circuravoluta, apice breviter trilobata, iobis 
denticulatis vel cUiatis. Capsula ovalls ad basin quadrivalvis. Sporx'^^ 
brunneae. Elateres 250 p,. 
Hab. Hawai, Birma. 
10. Pleurozia gigantca (Weber) Lindb. 
Syn. : Jungerm. gigantea Weber, Prodrom, 1845, p. 57. 
Jungerm. ^phagnaides Rich. in Hook, Musci ex., 1818, p. 23- 
Physiotium sphagnoides Nees, Hep. Eur., III, p. 85. 
Monoica, magna, robosta, pallide virens vel flavicans, saepe purpu- 
rascens, cortieola. Caulis ad 40 cm. longus, validus, parum ramosus, 
