r -^ 



■ - 1 --. • 



'I j-1 ^„ i-.- 



■m I 



WOLLASTON EXPEDITION TO DUTCH NEW GUINEA^ 



491 



Lasiii versus sensim latioreSy hreviores^ laxat?, infimse elliptic^?, vesiculosa}, 

 liyalinre, alares numerosce^ magnpe, pellucidse, auriculas majxtscalas decurrentes 

 instruentes. Folia ramea minora, angustiora^ acumiue latiore, sa^pe sub- 

 (lenticulato, 



Dioicum. Periclirotiniu e medio caiili, maijmtm^ bracteis internis eredis^ 

 arde appressis, e basi late vaginante externis sensim filiformi-acuminatisj 

 internis magis abrupte in acumen brevius filiforme, subintegrum contractis^ 

 ad basin acuminis dentihus paucis loiujis laceratis. Seta elongata, ad 5 cm. 

 alta, crassiuscula, IteviSj apice cjgneo-arcuato ; tbeca magna^ circa 4 mm. 

 longa, turgide ovata, ])endulaj ad basin in setam abrupte coarctata, sicca 



deoperculata sub ore constricla, fuscescens; operculo nmgno^ exade conico, 

 UQuto I peristomium magnum, saturate purpureum. 



Camp VI/>, 4475 ft., 2 Feb, 1913 (No. 42), Forma minor, densius 

 pinnata, Camp III, circa 2500 ft. (No. 37). 



Near perhaps to E. goliathense, Floisch.^ but less robust, stem-leaves wider 

 and shorter, not plicate, basal and alar cells laxer and more distinct. The 

 toothing of the inner perich^etial leaves is very notable, resembling that of 

 Flagiotliechnn Mlquelii (Bry. Jav.). 



No. 37 is very different in habit^ smaller, more densely pinnate, and may 

 be a different gpecies, but the structural characters seem practically identical. 



EcTEOPOTHKCiUM AUREUM, Dixou, sp. nov. (PL 28. fig. 9.) 

 Dense cpospitosum, pulclive aureo-fiavescens^ nitidum, caulibus prostratis, 

 5-8 mm. longis, suba3qualibus, graciliusculis, dense pinnatis, ramis brevibus, 

 5-8 mm. longis, subrequalibus. ^ o\ivi fortiter falcato-decurvay caulina usque 

 ad 2 mm. longa, e basi deltoideo-trlangulari sensim in acumen subulatum 

 plus minusve clongatum, denticulatum, angustata, pluxitida^ ecostata, mar- 

 ginibus planis, iihupie denlicidatis ; cellulte anguste Uneares^ hreviusculw^ 



deusfie, marginales subsimiles, basin versus /^a?'in/i latiores^ brevioreSj alaribus 

 pluribus, parvis, 1-2 ad angidos extremos magnls^ hgaUnis^ vesiculosis. Folia 

 ramea angustiora, brevius acuminata, sicpe dense argutius denticulata. 



Dioicum. I*ericha3tium breve, vaginula crassa, bracteis ^xfrtvV, brevibus^ 

 acumine flexuoso, dentato. Seta 2 cm. alta Theca ignota- Flores masculi 

 in caulis axi numerosi. 



(^ 



(No. 2,pp) 



A pretty little species, nearest, perhaps^ among the dioicous species ^vith 

 short seta to E. tapes^ Broth. This, however, is described as bright green, 

 with wider cells. It is, however, a species which I do not quite understand. 

 Brothcriis describes it as dioicous and sterile only; but the Kew specimen 

 (leg. Giuiianetti) is in large quantity, is autoicous, with numerous capsules, 

 and can hardly be the plant described by Brotherus. The colour, however, 

 whicli appears to be a specific character, would aloneidistingulsh his species 

 from this* 



