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decoloratis (utriculis) et eellulis gracilibus coloratis perpaucis com- 

 posito; utriculis magnis, conformibus, stride aggregatis, extus trun- 

 catis, snperficie 5-7-goniis. vallatoideis. 'AO/x (R) et 8-12ju. (T), pariet- 

 ibus radialibus tenui-rugosis (siecis) ; hypodormide 2—4 stratoso, 

 eellulis globosis ; strato corticato tenui filanientis gracilibus composite ; 

 antheridiis nondum detectis; cystocarpiis globuloso-pyriformibus, collo 

 brevi abrupto contraetis, 400/a (T) et 300-350/^ (R) ; filanientis gonimo- 

 blasticis uunierosissiniis, gracilibus, e phu^enta cellulari distincta 

 radiantibus, sporas oblongas deinceps abscidentibus ; peridermio 5-7- 

 stratoso, pseudoparenchymatico ; in Japonia prope Misaki a K. Yendo 

 lecta. 



Scinaia Cottonii sp. nt)v. 



S. roseo-rubra, 4-5 cm. alta, 5-7-plo dichotoma, moderate lata 

 apicibus plus minusve acutis, ramis inferne atteuuatis, continua, 3- 

 10 mm. diam. (sicca); axi obscuro; cystocarpiis dispersis aut parce 

 intra marginem positis; — utriculis prope quadratis ad rectangulo- 

 oblongis, 16-20|u, (T) et 13-1 7/li (R), extus truncatis; liypodermide 

 laxo; strato corticato angusto, laxo; antheridiis in fasciculis parvis; 

 cystocarpiis adultis nondum examinatis; in Japonia prope "Enoura" 

 a Saido lecta. 



Scinaia hormoides s}). nov. 



S. atropurpurea (siccitate fuscescens), 4—6 cm. alta, 7-8-plo 

 dichotoma, stipite perbrevi solida, ramis uniformiter et regulariter 

 constrictis. segmentis globularibus ad obovatis, deinde oblongis, 3 mm. 

 latis et 8-10 mm. longis; axi plus minusve obscuro (sicco) ; cystocarpiis 

 dispersis, visibilibus; — filo axiali distincto, primo filanientis latis 

 paucis parallelis composite deinde filamentis gracilibus corticantibus 

 intertextis; epidermide eellulis magnis decoloratis (utriculis) cum 

 eellulis gracilibus coloratis frequentis et regulariter positis interspersis, 

 1-4 aggregatis composite ; utriculis extus truncatis, superficie 5-7- 

 goniis, in sectione prope quadratis, 24-25/i, (R) et 20-22/z (T) ; eellulis 

 epidermidis coloratis numerosis. distantibus, subregulariter positis; 

 hypodermide unistratoso, eellulis irregulariter obpyriformibus dis- 

 tantibus, 8-10/i, diam., composito; strato corticato tenui, filamentis 

 gracilibus sparsis composito ; antheridiis in fasciculis parvis stellulatis ; 

 cystocarpiis late pyriformil)us, globulis et extus abrupte contraetis, 

 250-350|U, in diametro utro; filamentis gonimoblasticis numcrosissimis, 

 gracilibus, e placenta cellularum perpaucarum orientibus, sporas 

 brevi-ellipsoideas deinceps abscidentibus; peridermio 3-4 stratoso, 

 pseudoparenchymatico; in insulis Hawaiiensibus a J. Rock, Dom. 

 Minnie J{eed, et E. Bailey lecta, nee non in insulis Pliilii)pensibus 

 unde specimen a Doctore M. A. Howe benevolente communicatum 

 examinavi. 



Scinaia articulata sj). nov. 



S. profunde roseo-i'uI)ra, 10 cm. alta, 7-i)lo dichotoma. 3-5 mm. 

 diam. (sicca), cylindrica, regulariter et fr('(|uenter constrieta, seg- 

 mentis elongatis oblongo-cylindrieis; ramis inferne leviter atteuuatis ; 



