1974 Leaflets of Philippine Botany [Vol. VI, Art. 99 



HOOKERIACEAE 



Chaetomitrium (Leiocarpae) Elmeri Broth, n. sp. 



Dioicum; robustiusculum, caespitosum, caespitibus densis, 

 rigidis, lutescenti-viridibus, aetate fuscescentibus, nitidiusculis; 

 caulis elongatus, repens, per totara longitudinem fusco-radiculosus, 

 densissime ramosus, ramis erectis, c. 1 cm vel paulura ultra 

 longis, dense et turgide foliosis, simplicibus vel parce ramu- 

 losis, obtusis; folia ramea laxe imbricata, cochleariformi-con- 

 cava, ovalia, obtusissima vel subtruncata, dorso superne tu- 

 bereulis numerosis, in seriebus transversis dispositis ornata, 

 marginibus erectis, minutissime serrulatis, suramo apice cren- 

 ulatis, nervis binis, brevissimis, tenuibus cellulis angustis- 

 sime linearibus, basilaribus infimis luteis, alaribus paucis, 

 minutis, hyalinis; bracteae perichaetii internae multo majores, 

 erectae, plicatae, oblongae, obtusissimae, emarginatae, subula 

 brevissima terminatae, superne argute serratae, enervcs; seta 

 usque ad 2.5 cm alta, flexuosa, superne scaberrinia, rubra; 

 theca deoperculata suberecta, obovata, sicca superne contrac- 



tula, pachydermis, fusco-rubra peristomium normale. Caetera 



ignota. 



Type specimen 12393, A. D. E. Elmer, Magallanes (Mt« 



Giting-Giting), Province of Capiz, Sibuyan, May, 1910. 



Species pulcherrima, ab omnibus congeneribus adhuc cognitis 



foliorum structura jam facillime dignoscenda. 



HYPNACEAE 



Elmeriobryum philippinense Broth, n. gen, et n. sp. 



Robustiusculum, caespitosum, caespitibus densiusculis, rigidi- 

 usculis, lutescentibus, nitidis; caulis elongatus, procumbens, 

 dense et turgide foliosus, dense pinnatim ramosus, rami- «recto-pa- 

 tentibus, 1 — 2 cm longis, singulis longioribus, pinnatim ramulosis, 

 dense foliosis, teretibus, acutis; folia laxe imbricata, cochleari- 

 formi-concava, vix decurrentia, ovalia, subito in acumen breve, 

 lanceolato-subulatum contracta, marginibus plus minus ve dis- 

 tincte recurvis, superne erectis ibidamque minute serrulate, 

 nervis binis, brevibus, tenuibus, cellulis incrassatis, [amine 



