BRYOLOGICAL FLOKA. 19 
BRYUM Dill. 
Bryum coronatum Schw. 
Luzon, Province of Nueva Ecija, San Isidro, on damp stone walls of an old 
house (4197 Merrill). Palawan, Puerto Princesa (Bur. Sci. 243 Bermejos). 
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Bryum ambiguum Dub. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, on earth, alt. 800 m. {Mrs. Clemens). 
Bryum (Erythrocarpa) chrysobasilare Broth, sp. nov. 
Dioicum; sat gracile^ caespitosum, caespitibus densis, fusceseenti-virid- 
ibus, nitidiusciilis ; caulis erectus, 7 mm. altus vel paulum ultra, iiifcrne 
fusco-tomentosus, supeme dense foliosus, innovationibus brevibiis erectis 
infeme laxe, apice dense foliosis; folia comalia sicca laxe imbricata^ liu- 
mida suberecta, hand decurrentia^ concaviuscula, ovato- vel oblongo-lan- 
ceolata, breviter acuminata^ nervo excedente, aristata, marginibus fere 
ad apicem recurvis, superne denticulatis^ limbata, nervo crassiTi?^ciilo, 
rufescente^ in aristam longinseulam strictam denticulatam excedente^ 
cellulis rliomboideis, paulum incrassatis, basilaribus abbreviatis, laxis, 
pulclire fusco-aureis, marginalibus angustissimis, limbum lutcscentem 
angustum efformantibus; hracteae pericJiaetii minores et angustiores, 
angustius acuminatae; seta 2-3 cm. alta, tenuis, sicca flexuosula, pallide 
rubra, nitidiuscula ; theca horizontalis vel nutans, paulum asymmetrica 
vel subregularis, e collo longiuseulo elongato-oblonga vel subcylindrica, 
cum collo usque ad 5 mm. longa, pachydermis^ fusca, aetate atrofusca 
sicca sub ore vix vel paulum constricta ; annulns latus revolubilis ; 
exostomii dentes lineari-lanceolati, breviter subulato-acuminati, circ. 0.5 
mm. longi, rufescentes, apice hyalini et papillosi, late limbati, lamellis 
15-20; endostomium liberum, sordide luteum, papillosum; corona ban- 
laris ad dimidiam partem dentium producta; processus lanceolati, late 
perforati; cilia bina, bene evoluta, appendieulata ; spori 0.010-0.012 mm. 
ferruginei, laeves; operculum conicum, apiculatum, nitidiusculum. 
Luzon, District of Lepanto, Mount Data, on trees, alt. 2,120 m. (495G Merrill). 
Species habitu B. erythrocarpo Sehwaegr. sat similis, sed foliis limbatis, 
cellulis basilaribus fusco-aureis dignoscenda. 
Bryum argenteum Linn. 
Luzon, District of Lepanto, Balili, banks of streams on rocks, alt. 1,670 m. 
(4950 Merrill). 
Area: \Yidely distributed in all parts of the world. 
Bryum (Argyrobryum) erectum Broth, sp. nov. 
Dioicum; gracile, caespitosum, caespitibus densiusculis, mollibus, niv- 
eis, nitidiusculis; caulis erectus, vix ultra 1 cm. altus, infeme fusco- 
radiculosus, dense foliosus, in axillis foliorum corpuscula micropliyllina 
gerens, ramosus, ramis erectis, teretibus, brevibus, obtusis; folia imbri- 
cata, baud decurrentia, concaviuscula, ovata vel ovalia, breviter lanceo- 
lato-aouminata, acuta, marginibus erectis, integerrimis, hand limbata, 
