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C. DEPREssuM, sp. n. Caulis repens, ramis brevibus dense insertis 

 pinnatus, depresse csespitosus; folia patentia, anguste ovato-lanceolata, 

 acuta, parura concava, margine inferne anguste reflexo serrulate; ramea 

 lineari-lanceolata, excavata, marginibus recurvis serrulatis, apice plana, 

 cellulis angustis finibus prominulis papillosa, nervis brevibus; peri- 

 chaetialia majora, erecta, lanceolata, sensim acuta, profunda plicata, 

 marginibus creberrime denticulatis ; theca in peduuculo breviusculo 

 rubro papilloso scabro, ovalis, inclinata, collo elongato, ore inaequali, 

 operculo longe subulate ; peristomium internum processibus angustis 

 perforatis fuscis in membrana ad tertiam partem dentium longitudmis 

 exserta insidentibus ; calyptra apice setosa, basi ramentis barbaia. 



Hab, Tutuila, trees in low shady woods. No. 81. Very rare, only once 



found. 



rugifolium 



t. 22 (IIolohlepTiaruin) ; but tbe seta is not Lispid, and the habit 

 appears to be more depressed. 



Callicostella papillata, Mont. Ann. des Sc. Nat, 1845, p. 93 

 (Hookeria). — Hookeria oblongifolia, Sull, in Proceed, Amer. Acad, of 

 Arts and Sc. 1854. 



Hab. Tutuila, on trees by the ascent to Matafao (1500-2000 ft.> 



No. 69. 



Caltptothecium, gen. nov. 



Caulis primarius repens, ramos elongates liberos basi substipi- 

 tatos inde ramulis breviuseulis bipinnatos ex apicibus productis 

 proliferos prodens. Folia lata, plus minus compressa undu- 

 lataque, cellulia angustis areolata, nervo debili evanescente. 

 Fructus e partibus ulterioribus ramorum ramulorumque oriens. 

 Theca sequalis, fere sessiiis, perichaetio immersa, peristomio pro- 

 cessibus angustis in membrana brevi insidentibus apices den- 

 tium superantibus. Calyptra parva, basi Integra. 



C. PR^LONGUM, sp. n. Dioicum ; rami rubri, basi simplices, superne 

 in frondem elongatam plumaeformiter sensim decrescenter pinnatam 

 divisi; folia subbifaria, compressa, transverse undulata, lateralia, 

 patula, e basi cordata, auriculis circinatis undulatis caulem amplec- 

 tentibus, ovato-ligulata, apice acuta subacuminatave, plus minus com- 

 pUcata, in ramulis excavata, omnia nervo angusto tenui ad medium 

 producto vel abbreviato fere obsoleto, marginibus apicem versus ser- 

 rulatis, cellulis superioribus elongatis, basi paucis latioribus, parietibus 

 hie illic interruptis; perichaitialia interna erecta, a basi ovah convo* 

 luta, subulata, nervata, apicibus subintegerrimis ; theca ovalis, im- 

 mersa, peristomio dentibus angustis, processibus filiformibus sequi- 

 longis, in membrana brevissima impositis. 



Hab, Upohi, on trees. No. 102. Also in the Society I»lands, Bidwell 

 in herb. Hooker,, 



