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sensim longe lanceolato-subulatae, superne denticulatae ; seta 
usque ad 2 cm alte, tenuissima, rubra, laevissima ; theca erecta 
vel suberecta, minutissima, ovalis, sicca deoperculata sub ore 
valde constricta, fusca; ope7'culum conicum, apiculatum. 
POLILLO, on branches of trees, Bur. Sci, 6885 Robinson. 
Species T. instrato affinis, sed statura robustiore, foliis laxioribus, ova- 
libus, apiculatis, necnon theca minutissima, erecta vel suberecta optime 
di versa. 
TAXITHELIUM (POLYSTIGMA APTERA) BENGUETIAE Broth, sp. nov. 
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Autoicum; tenerrimum, caespitosutn, caespitibus densis, moUi- 
bus, pallide lutescentibus, nitidiusculis; caulis elongatus, repens, 
hie illic fasciculatim fusco-radiculosus, dense ramosus, ramis 
suberectis, densiuscule foliosis, brevibus, vix ultra 5 mm longis, 
vel longioribus, subpinnatim ramulosis; folia falcatula, conca- 
viuscula, ovato-lanceolata, breviter subulato-acuminata, mar- 
gfinibus erectis, superne minutissime serrulatis vel subintegris, 
enervia, cellulis angustissimis, tenerrime seriatim papillosis, 
basilaribus infimis abbreviatis, luteis, alaribus vesiculosis paucis- 
simis, minutis, hyalinis, supra alaribus, minutis, subquadratis ; 
bracteae perichaetii internae e basi vaginante sensim longis- 
sime subulatae, superne serrulatae; seta usque ad 1 cm alta, 
tenuissima, flexuosula, rubra, laevissima; theca inclinata, minu- ' 
tissima, asymmetrica, sicca deoperculata sub ore constricta, 
fuscidula; operculum ignotum. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, on tree trunks, Sanchez 10, 
Species pulchella, teneritate omnium partium, foliis falcatulis, cellulis 
alaribus vesiculosis paucissimis, hyalinis faciliter dignoscenda. 
TAXITHELIUM (POLYSTIGMA APTERA) HORRIDULUM Broth, sp. nov. 
Autoicum; tenellum, caespitosum, caespitibus densis, lutes- 
centibus, subopacis; caulis elongatus, repens, per totam longi- 
tudinem substrato afRxus, laxiuscule foliosus, dense pinnatim 
ramosus, ramis patulis, vix ultra 3 mm longis, complanatulis, 
laxiuscule foliosis, simplicibus, obtusis; folia lateralia horride 
patula, concava, e basi plerumque contracta oblongo-lanceolata, 
subulato-acuminata, marginibus erectis, integris, enervia, cellu- 
lis anguste linearibus, distincte seriatim papillosis, alaribus 
paucis, minutis, quadratis; bracteae perichaetii internae e basi 
vaginante longe subulatae, integrae vel subintegrae; seta c. 
5 mm alta, tenuissima, rubra, laevissima ; theca suberecta, minu- 
tissima, ovalis, fusca; operculum ignotum. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, Mount Banajao, on dead trees, altitude 800 
m, Bur. Sci. 977s Robinson, 
Species tenella, foliis horride patulis oculo nudo jam dignoscenda. 
