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AET. 4. SHÜTAI OKAMURA 



mm. longum et c. 0.7 mm. diam., rostro longiusculo recto. Calyptra 

 ignota. 



Formosa : Prov. Shincliiku-chö, Naroynnia (Leg. Hisahiko Sasaoka ! 

 1. XII. 1912.). 



Distr. Sikkim-Himalaya ; Bhotaii. 



lleteoriella cuspidata 8h. Okamura. sp. nov. 



Habitat in truncis arborum. Plantae robustae, caespitosae, 

 caespitibus lutescenti-viridescentibus, nitidinsculis, rigidiusculis. 

 Caulis Primarius elongatus, repens, divisus, hie illie dense fascicula- 

 tim fusco-radiculosus ; secundarius longe dépendons, leviter flexuo- 

 sus, c. 6-28 cm. longus, apice obtusus rarius flagelb' for miter at- 

 tenuatus, dense vol saepe laxe regulariter pinnatim ramosus, sec- 

 tione ellipticus, c. 0.36-0.48-0.72x0.24-0.32-0.45 mm. magnus, 

 fasciculo centrali nuUo, reti centrali hyalino vel lutescenti-rubiginoso, 

 cellulis liexagonis vel oblongo-hexagonis c. 15-20-30/^ magnis, 

 parietibus tenellis vel incrassiusculis, cellulis peripliericis c. 5-7- 

 seriatis sensim minoribus valde incrassatis rubiginosis ; ramis 



1-3 cm. saepe 7 cm. longis, patenti- 

 bus horizontalis vel pendulis, strictis 

 curvatulis vel leviter flexuosis baud 

 hamulosis, obtusis rarius flagelli- 

 formiter attenuatis, simplicibus vel 

 dense vel laxe pinnatim ramulosis ; 

 ramulis c. 5-10 mm. longis, obtusis 

 rarius flagelliformiter attenuatis ; 

 caulibus secundariis ramis ramulis- 

 que dense et turgide foliosis, tereti- 

 bus vel leviter complanatis, cum foliis c. 2.5-3.0 mm. crassis. Folia 

 sicca vix mutata, e basi cordata erecta aurieulata (auriculis parce 



Fig. 14. Meteoriella cuspidata. 

 A. Folia (xl5.) 



