CONTRIBUTIONES NO"\'AE AD FLOEAM BEYOPHYTON JAPONICAM. 



39 



Distr. Celebes, ins. Ceram, Banca, Java, ins. Fidji, Samoa, 

 Borneo, New Guinea, Philippines etc. 



Neckevojisis iJseudonitidiila Sh. Okamuea. sp. nov. 



Habitat in truncis arborum. Plantae valde graciles, caespitosae, 

 caespitibus lutescentibus vol lutescenti-viridibus, nitidiuscnlis, moUi- 

 usculis. Caulis primarius repens, elongatus, filiformis, c. 4-6 cm. 

 longus, hie illic dense et fascicnlatim fnsco-radiculosus ; secundarius 

 densiusculiis, dependens, strictus vel fere strictus, c. 2-7 cm. longus, 

 apice flagelliformis, simplex vel laxiuscule vel densiuscule et ir- 

 regulariter pinnatim ramosus, sectione teres vel oblongus, c. 0.12- 

 0.24x0.12 mm. magnus, fasciculo centrali nuUo, reti centrali hya- 

 line, cellulis oblongo-hexagonis vel hexagonis c. lO-loA« magnis, 

 parietibus tenellis vel incrassinsculis, cellulis periphericis c. 4-6- 

 seriatis c. 10-15/^ magnis valde incrassatis lutescentibus vel aureis ; 

 ramis c. 7-25 mm. longis, patentibus vel dependentibus, fere strictis, 

 apice obtusis vel longe attenuatis et saepe flagelliformiter productis, 

 simplicibus rarius parce (1-2) brevi- 

 ter ramulosis ; caulibus secundariis 

 ramisque densiuscule foliosis, valde 

 complanatis, cum foliis c. 1.0-1.3 

 mm. latis, saepe flagelliferis, flagellis 

 elongatis microphyllinis. Paraphyllia 

 nulla. Folia sicca immutata, hand 

 rugulosa, quadristicha sed ut videntur 

 distiche complanata, erecto-patentia 

 vel divaricato-patentia, asymmetrica, 

 breviter decurrentia, obovata vel 



rotundato-obovata, apice rotundato-obtusa, c. 0.64-0.8-0.9 mm. longa 

 et c. 0.48-0.58-0.64 mm. lata, subplana, marginibus e basi ad 



X300 



Fi(J' 17. Neckeropsis 

 pseudonitidula. 



A. folia ( X 20) ; B. Celliilae e parte 

 apicis folii ( x 300). 



