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148 BROTHERUS. 
vel carinato-concava, spathulato-obovata, breviter acuminata, acuta, aris- 
tata, c. 3 mm longa et c. 1.3 mm lata, marginibus e basi ultra medium plus — 
minusve distincte revolutis, superne minute serrulatis, limbata, nervo 
basi crassiusculo, dein multo tenuiore, in aristam brevem strictiusculam, 
rubram excedente vel infra summum apicem folii evanido, cellulis laxis, 
oblongo-hexagonis, chlorophyllosis, basilaribus elongate rectangularibus, 
marginalibus elongatis, angustis, limbum biseriatum, rubrum efforman- 
_tibus; bracteae perichaetii minores et angustiores, longius aristatae ; 
seta 24 cm alta, flexuosula, tenuis, rubra; theca subhorizontalis, 
clavato-pyriformis, c. 4 mm longa et c. 1 mm crassa, sicca deoperculata 
sub ore haud constricta, fuscescenti-rubra, haud nitida; eaostomiti dentes 
rufescentes, lineari-lanceolata, hyalino-limbata, densissime striolata, apice 
hyalina, pay illosa, dense lamellata; endostomium sordide luteum, papillo-. 
sum; corona basilaris ultra medium dentium producta; processus late 
lanceolati, late perforati; cilia terna, longe appendiculata; spori c. 0.007 
mm, papillosi; operculum convexum, obtuse apiculatum. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Pauai, Bur. Sci. 8702 McGregor, altitude about 
2,100 m, on earth. 
Species ex affinitate B. capillaris L., sed foliis rubrolimbatis jam dignoscenda. 
Bryum ramosum (Hook.) Mitt. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Mount Pulog, For. Bur. 16398 Curran, Merritt, 
& Zschokke. 
Area: Nepal, Nilghiri, Coorg, Ceylon, Java, and Formosa. 
RHODOBRYUM (Schimp.) Hamp. 
Rhodobryum Curranii Broth. sp. nov. 
Dioicum ; robustum, caespitosum, caespitibus densiusculis, saturate viri- 
dibus, inferne fuscescentibus, haud nitidis; cawlis 2-3 em altus, erectus, 
flexuosus, inferne fusco-tomentosus, superne dense et subaequaliter foliosus, 
simplex; folia sicca contracta, humida erecto-patentia, carinato-concava 
vel planiuscula, e basi brevissime spathulata ovalia, breviter aristata, mar- 
ginibus erectis vel infima basi angustissime recurvis, e medio ad apicem 
argule serrata, nervo crassiusculo, superne multo teuniore, in aristam 
brevem excedente, cellulis stereideis nullis praedito, cellulis ovali-hexagonis, 
superioribus c. 0.05 mm longis et 0.02—0.025 mm latis, chlorophyllosis, 
marginalibus longioribus et angustioribus limbum 1-2 seriatum effor- 
mantibus, basilaribus breviter rectangularibus. Caetera ignota. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, For. Bur. 15635 Curran. 
Species FR. olivaceo (Hamp.) Broth. affinis, sed foliorum forma limboque 
angustissimo dignoscenda. 
Rhodobryum giganteum (Hook.) Schimp. : 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, Mount San Cristobal, Copeland: Province of Ben- 
guet, Pauai, Bur. Sci. 8677 McGregor, altitude about 2,100 m. 
Area: Nepal, Sikkim, Khasia, Ceylon, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, China, Japan, 
Hawaii, and Bourbon. 
