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of it; if further specimens distinguish it, I propose the name of LOPHOLE- 
JEUNEA MICROLOBA for it. 
Endemic. 
Hab. Mont Koghi, from bark and rocks, near stream, 1000 ft. Forest. 801. 
BRACHIOLEJEUNEA MACROBRACTEOLA Pearson, sp. nov. 
Dioica (f), mediocris pallide brunnea corticola prostrata. Caulis irregu- 
lariter pauci-ramosus. Folia horizontalia (90°) vel patenti-divergentia (70°) 
arcte imbricata sub-opposita concava semi-rotundata, margine antico 
(superiore) arcuato caulem obtegente, postico (inferiore) fere recto vel paulo 
curvato ; lobulus quam lobus fere 4-plo minor ovalis superne complanatus 
inferne inflatus, margine minute mamillato, mamillis 8-6 unicellulatis, carina 
arcuatà lævi; cellulæ mediocres oblongo-quadratæ, cellulæ marginales minores 
quadratæ. Foliola approximata quam caulis 3-4-plo latiora, sub-reniformia 
vel orbicularia, cellulis marginalibus minoribus. 
Inflorescentia feminea terminalis innovationibus binis suffulta ; bractearum 
lobus ovalis, apice obtuso; lobulus similis fere æquimagnus ; bracteola 
maxima ultra perianthium emersus late cuneata. Perianthium inter bracteas 
immersum oblongo-ovatum 10-plicatum, carinis obtusis lævibus. 
Androecia haud visa. 
Dimensions. Stems 1 inch long; diam. of stem ‘15 mm.; with leaves 
1:5 mm. wide ; leaves, lobe 1 mm. x *5 mm., ‘9 mm. x '6 mm., *75 mm. x 
'6 mm., lobule *4 mm. x :25 mm. ; cells 03 mm. ; underleaves *4 mm. high x 
‘6 mm. broad, ‘4 mm. x'5 mm.; bracts, lobe 1 mm. x:5 mm., lobule 
‘9mm. x ‘5 mm. ; bracteole 1'3 mm. x 1'3 mm.; sub-bracteole 1:2 mm. x 
1-2 mm. ; perianth 1:5 mm. x ^75 mm. 
Obs. No Brachiolejeunea recorded from Asia-Oceania approaches this 
species. 
Hab. Casuarina, near ground, very dry conditions. 91. Mont Koghi. On 
upper surface of fallen log. Forest, 3000 ft. 740. Ermitage Stream. 
On trunk, fallen across stream. 194. Mont Arago. On old fronds of a 
filmy fern. Moist forest, 1000 ft. 1447. 
DREPANOLEJEUNEA CoMPTONII Pearson, sp. nov. 
Dioiea (2), minuta hyalina supra muscos hepaticasque repens. Caulis 
simplex vel furcatus, ramis paucis cellulas 3 latis, radieulosus, rhizoideis 
paucis hyalinis. Folia erecta (10°) vel erecto-patentia (30°) alterna dissita ; 
lobus ovalis vel elliptieus acutus vel ovali-acuminatus, apice reflexo, 
margine superiore (antico) ad caulis medium vel paullo ultra, inferiore 
(postico) ad caulis medium, attingente ; lobulus paulo minor ovalis inflatus, 
carinä paulo areuatá levi ; cellule minutze quadrate vel oblongo-quadratæ 
leptodermes, trigonis nullis. Caulis appendiculis (an foliis imperfectis ?) 
numerosis parvis triangularibus instructus. Foliola bicruria, cruribus diver- 
gentibus cellulas 4 uniseriatas longis, disco humili cellulas 2 alto. 
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