N:o 1-4] Oontributious to the Bryological Flora of tbe Philippines. 9 



vida, laevissima; tlieca erecta, symmetrica, angnste cylindrica. 

 brevicollis, 2,5 — 3 mm longa, leptodermis, laevis, rufo-fiisca: 

 annulus 0; peristomium duplex, inf ra orificiiim oriuiidnm; e.r- 

 ostomii dentes iaiiceolati, apice integri, c. 0,5 mm longi, 0,075 

 mm lati, rufuli, dense striolati, minute papillosi, remote arti- 

 cnlati; endostomium rufulum, minute papillosum; |;roce55ws an- 

 guste lineares, dentibus aequilongi, nodulosi, rarius rimosi; 

 coliimella exserta; spori 0,oio — 0,oi2 mm, olivacei, papillosi; 

 operculum e basi conica breviter rostratum. Calyptra ignota. 



Mindanao: Distr. of Davao, on rocks by Sibuyan Ri- 

 ver, alt. 700 m (Copeland n. 978). 



Species E. Bandongiae (C. Miill.) et E. ijlicato C. MilU. 

 affinis, sed exostomii dentibus duplo longioribus jam digno- 

 scenda. 



26. Erythrodontium squarrulosum (Mont.) C. Miill. 

 Luzon: Prov. of Tarlac, on brauches ot Falaquium lati- 



foliiim (Merrill n. 3589). 



Area: Sumatra, Java, Celebes and Philippines. 



Seinatopliyllaceae. 



27. Sematophyllum piliferum Brotli. n. sp. 



Dioicum; robustum, caespitosum, caespitibus densis, viri- 

 dibus vel lutescenti-viridibus, nitidis; caulis repens, fusco- 

 radiculosus, dense ramosus, ramis adscendentibus, 3 — 4 cm 

 longis, dense foliosis, parce ramulosis, cuspidatis; folia pa- 

 tentia, coclileariformi-concava, oblongo-ovalia, in acumen elon- 

 gatum, piliforme subito contracta, lamina c. 2 mm et acu- 

 mine c. 1,5 mm longa, marginibus erectis, integerrimis, ener- 

 via, cellulis incrassatis, coniiatis, lumine angustissime lineari, 

 iiexuosulo, basilaribus infimis abbreviatis, aureis, alaribus qua- 

 ternis, oblongo-vesiculosis, fusco-aureis, omnibus laevissimis : 

 hracteae p)ericliaetii erectae, foliis conformes, sed minores, acu- 

 mine denticulato, cellulis basilaribus laxioribus, alaribus haud 

 vesiculosis; seta 3 cm älta, flexuosula, rubra, superne mam- 

 millis latis, humilibus obtecta. Caetera ignota. 



Luzon: Prov. of Tayacas, Mt, Banaliao ("Wliitford 

 n. 944). 



