Öfversigt af Finska Vetenskaps-Societetens Förhancllingar. 

 XLVn. 190i— 1905. N:o 14. 



Contribiitions to the Bryological Flora 

 of the Philippines. I. 



by 

 V. F. Brotherus. 



For the material upon whick this paper is foimded, I 

 liave to tliank Mr. Elmer D. Merrill, who, at the end of 

 last year, sent it to me for determination. In now publish- 

 iug, the resnlt of my examination, I allow myself to express 

 the hope that I may, through Mr. MerrilTs kindness, have 

 the opportunity continuing these studies of the bryological 

 flora in an interesting and for the present, in this respect, 

 but little known field. 



Dicrauaceae. 



1. Dicranoloma perarmatum. Broth. n. sp. 



Dioicum; robustum, caespitosum, caespitibus laxiascnlis, 

 Intescentibus, nitidis; caulis 5 cm altns, adscendens, nbique 

 ferrugineo-tomentosus, densiuscule foliosus, simplex vel fur- 

 catus; folia patula, comalia subsecunda, canalicnlato-concava, 

 breviter decurrentia, lanceolato-subulata, c. 7 mm longa, basi 

 c. 1,1 mm lata, marginibus erectis, superne dense spinuloso- 

 serratis, limbata, limbo angusto, hyalino, basi 4-seriato, su- 

 perne sensim angustiore, dein evanido, nervö tenui, basi c. 

 0.0 6 mm lato, continuo, dorso superne sulcato, dense ser- 

 rato, dentibus geminatis, grossis, argutis, cellulis elongatis, 



