42 PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA. 
MEGACEROS CALEDONICUS St., Sp. Hep. v. (1916) 9 
Monoicous ; walls of capsule without stomata ; value with upper 
portion rugulose; spores ‘03 mm.; elaters abundant; andrœcia very 
numerous and aggregate. 
Hab. Ermitage Stream. -On stones in stream bed. 152. Mont Mou. On 
stones and mud by stream. 479. Mont Canala. On vertical clay stream 
banks, 900 ft., in open country. 1241. Ignambi. Rocks by creek, 3000 ft. 
1593, 
MEGACEROS MONOSPIRUS St., Sp. Hep. v. (1916) 953. 
Monoicous : smaller than M. caledonicus St.; involucre smooth, 7 mm. 
long ; capsule 25 mm. long, walls without stomata : spores ‘027 mm.; elaters 
monospirons ; androecia few. 
Hab. Tonine. Encrusting rocks in stream. Forest, 500 ft. 1958. Mont 
Canala, Ou rocks in stream. High forest, 900 ft. 1139. 
ASPIROMITUS Parisii St., Sp. Hep. v. (1916) 968. 
Monoicous ; small size ; involucre short, smooth : capsule stomatiferous ; 
elaters numerous: androecia few. 
Hab. Paompai. On clay soil. Forest margin, 1000 ft. 1883. 
ANTHOCEROS Leratit St., Sp. Hep. v. (1916) 989. 
Monoieous; 4 near to the 9. Fronds 6 cells thick at the middle ; 
cortical cells smaller and darker; capsule wall stomatophorous ; no elaters. 
Hab. Mont Mou. On stones and mud in stream, 800 ft. 444. 
DENDROCEROS JAvANICUS Nees, Syn. Hep. (1844) 582; St., Sp. Hep. v. 
(1917) 1010. 
Anthoceros javanicus Nees, Enum. Hep. Jav. pl. 1, n. 1. 
Dendroceros granulatus Mitt. in Seem. Fl. Viti. (1865) 419. 
Costa two to three times broader than thick; involucre tuberculate ; 
capsule papulose; spores black, minutely asperous ; elaters pale yellowish 
brown, with single broad ribbon. 
Dimensions. Fronds 4 to Linch long ; cells 04 mm. ; involucre 1 centim. 
long; capsule *5 mm. long ; spores ‘04 mm.; elaters 2 mm. long x ‘01 mm. 
broad. 
Hab. Ignambi. Bark of fallen tree. Forest, 2500 ft. 1687. 
Asia and Oceania-tropica. 
DENDROCEROS CALEDONICUS St., Sp. Hep. v. (1917) 1012. 
Hab. Mont Mou. On dead twigs in forest; rare. 617. 
