v.uyot.o(;k'AL flora. 25 
MERRILLIOBRYUM Ihotli. gen. nov. 
Merrilliobryum fabronioides Rroth. gen. nov. ct sji. nnv. 
Antoicnin ; tenelluin, caespitosiniij caespitibus donsis, caulibus valde 
intertextis, inoUirisiiiiiSj albescenti-viridibus, sericco-nitidis; caidis repciis, 
tenuissimus, per totaiu loiigitiidinoin fusco-tomento?iis, pinnatini ra- 
mosuSj raniis snlioroctis, 3-5 mm. longis, curvatulis, donee foliosis, 
liaud attenuatis, simplicibiis; folia erecto-patoutia^ breviter decuneutia, 
e basi truncata ovato-lanceolata, sensiiii iii piluiu longissimuni, flex- 
uosuluni atteiuiata, iiiarginil.)iis erectis, miiintissime dcntioiilatis, nervo 
tenni^ vix ultra medium folii prodncta^ saepe obsoleto, cellxilis bixe 
lineari-hexagoniSj lcptoderniil)us, hyalinip, laevissimis, basilaribus laxis, 
abbreviatis, alaribiis quadratis; hracteae pcrichactii erectae, intimae e 
basi oblonga raptim pilifonni-aciiminatae, ad basin subulao dontibns 
singulis niajupculis praeditaCj enerves; seta eirc. 1.5 cm. alta, tenuis, 
flexuosula^ rubra, laevissima; ilieca erecta, pro ])lanta majuscula, ovalis, 
regularis, eirc. 2,5 mm. longa et eirc. 1.2 mm. crassa, brevicoUis, Icpto- , 
dermis, fuscidula, aetate nigi'e^^ecn^ij sicca lacvis, nitidiuscula, cellulis 
exothecii ovali- vel subrotundo-polvgonis, parietibus crassiusculis, orifi- 
cium versus sensim minoribus; annnlus nullus; peristomium duplex; 
exostomii denies prope orificium tliecae oriundi, sicci et liumidi erecti, 
dolabriformes, eirc. OA mm. longi et eirc 0.075 mm. lati,J)asi rufescentes, 
linea media flexuosa notati, dense transverse striolati, dense articulati, 
baud lamellati : pndosfomium liberum, sordide fusco-luteum, laeve; corona 
hasUaris ad dimidiam dentium longitudinis producta, plicata; processus 
dentiuni fere longitudinis, lanceolnti, oarinati^ longitudinaliter rimosi 
vel divcrsi; cilia singula, breviuseula, laevia; spoj'i 0.035-0.030 mm. 
olivacei, papillosi ; operculum e basi alte conica breviter rostratuni. 
Calyptra ignota. 
Luzon, District of l.ppanto, Mount Data, on trees, alt. 2,120 m. (4921 Mer- 
rill). 
Genus novum in.sigiie, eaulis et foliorum stnu-tura ■ cum genere Fahronia 
omnino conveniens, sed sporogonio longe diversum. 
IJOOKEKIAC^E.E. 
CALLICOSTELLA C. Miill. 
Callicostella papillata (Mont.) Jaeg. 
Luzox, Province of Lagrma, Mount Maqniling (5148 Merrill). 
Area: Bengal, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Pacific Islands. 
imACOl^lLACE.E. 
RHACOPILUM r. Beauv. 
Rhacopilum spectabile lleiuw. et llorn>cli. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, (^amp Keitliley, alt. 800 m. (824. 883 Mrs. Clemens). 
Luzon, District of Lcpanto, :\[onnt Data, on trees, alt. 2,12(» m. (4980 Mnrill). 
