A N:<> 9) Musci novi japonici. 49 



S h i k o k u: Prov. Tosa; ML Ushioe (S h. O k a mura 

 418). Mt. Uba (T. H i r o l u in H e r b. I i s h i b a 1584). 



Species V. Dubijanae (C. Mull.) Broth. valde affinis, sed 

 statura robustiore foliisque laxius areolatis dignoscenda. 



Vesicularia Tamakii Broth. n. sp: 



Autoica; gracilis, caespitosa, caespitibus mollibus, taxis, 

 sordide glaucoviridibus, opacis. Caulis longiusculus, repens, 

 per totam longitudinem hic illic fasciculatim fusco-radiculo- 

 sus, laxiuscule foliosus, plus minusve regulariter pinnatim 

 ramosus, ramis patulis, strictis, vix ultra 5 mm longis, laxius- 

 cule et complanate foliosis, cum foliis c. 1.2 mm latis, obtusis. 

 Folia sicca vix contracta, humida patentia, concava, margini- 

 bus erectis, integris, asymmetrica, caulina ovata vel oblongo- 

 ovata, acuta, ventralia minora, ovato-lanceolata; enervia; 

 cellulis laxis, oblongo-hexagonis (mediis c. 3 : 1), teneris; 

 ramea eisdem caulinis similia, sed minora. Seta c. 1.5 cm 

 älta, tenuissima, rubra. Theca horizontalis, minuta, asym- 

 metrica, ovalis, sicca deoperculata sub ore constricta, fusca. 

 Operculum ignotum. 



Haha Island: Ogasawarazima; Mt. Kuwanoki (T a m a k i 

 inHerb. E. Iishiba 1594) et Mt. Tibuko (T a m a k i iri 

 Herb. E. Iishiba 1593). Ad vegetabilia putrescentia. 



Species pulchella, foliis ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis, acutis, 

 integris, laxe areolatis dignoscenda. 



Vesicularia Okamurae Broth. n. sp. 



Autoica; gracilescens, caespitosa, caespitibus mollibus, 

 densis, late extensis, glaucoviridibus, opacis. Caulis elongatus, 

 repens, per totam longitudinem fusco-radiculosus, densius- 

 cule foliosus, dense et regulariter pinnatim ramosus, ramis 

 patulis, arcuatulis, infimis usque ad 5 mm vel paulum ultra 

 longis, dein sensim brevioribus, densiuscule et complanate 

 foliosis, cum foliis usque ad 1.7 mm latis, obtusis. Folia sicca 

 homomalla, paulum contracta, humida erecto-patentia, stric- 

 ta, concava, marginibus erectis, superne serrulatis, asymme- 

 trica, caulina ovata vel oblongo-ovata, raptim in acumen 

 elongatum, subulato-piliforme attenuata; enervia; cellulis 

 elongate rhomboideo-hexagonis (mediis c. 5 : 1), teneris, 

 ramea brevius acuminata, distinctius serrata, laxius areolata. 



