50 V. F. Brothcrus. (LXII 



Seta 1.5 — 2 cm älta, tenuissima, rubra. Theca nutans, ob- 

 longa, sicca deoperculata sub ore constricta. Operculum 

 ignotum. 



Shikoku: Prov. Tosa; Higashidera (S h. Okamura 

 700). 



A r c h i p. L i u-K i u: Insula Amami-Oshima prope 

 Naze (F e r r i é in H e r b. L e v i e r 163; forma foliis lon- 

 gius piliferis). 



Species cum V. reticulata (Doz. et Molk.) Broth. et V. 

 Y a j i m a e Sh. Okam. comparanda, sed ab hac foliorum 

 forma, ab illa foliis serrulatis jam dignoscenda. 



Chionostomum rostratum (Griff.) C. Mull. 

 var. microcarpum Broth. var. nov. 



Seta c. 7 mm älta. Theca oblongo-cylindrica, vix ultra 

 2 mm longa. 



Formosa: Prov. Ako; Ariko (Y. Maisuda in 

 H e r b. H. S a s a o k a 1294, 1300). 



Rhaphidostegium (Cupressinopsis) lutschianum Broth. et 

 Par. n. sp. 



Autoicum; gracile, caespitosum, caespitibus densis, de- 

 pressis, lutescentibus, nitidis. Caulis elongatus, repens, dense 

 pinnat im ramosus, ramis patulis, brevibus, dense et com- 

 planate foliosis, cum foliis vix ultra 1 mm latis, simplicibus, 

 obtusis. Folia falcatula, patentia, concava, e basi angustata 

 oblongo-lanceolata, in acumen subulatum vel piliforme 

 attenuata, marginibus erectis vel inferne recurvis, superne 

 serrulatis; enervia; cellulis laminalibus angustissime lineari- 

 bus, superioribus dorso hic illic papilla media minutissima 

 instructis, basilaribus infimis aureis, alaribus magnis, oblon- 

 gis, vesiculosis, aureis. Bracteae perichaetii erectae, distinc- 

 tius serrulatae. Seta 1.5 cm vel paulum ultra älta, crassius- 

 cula, sicca flexuosa, rubra, laevissima. Theca pendula, cylin- 

 drica, sicca sub ore paulum contracta, fuscidula. Operculum 

 ignotum. 



A r c h i p. L i u K i u: Yakou Sima (F a u r i e 1256, 

 1321, 1323, 1387). 



Species foliis cellulis laminalibus superioribus dorso papil- 



