Afd. A. N:o 17] Contribut. å la flore bryologique de la Nouv. Calédonie II. 5 
" Metzleria neocaledonica Broth. et Par. n. sp. 
Autoica; robusta, caespitosa, caespitibus densiusculis, ri- 
gidis, fuscescenti-viridibus, nitidiusculis; caulis vix ultra 5 mm 
longus, erectus, strictus, basi fusco-tomentosus, dense foliosus, 
basi innovando ramosus; folia erecto-patentia, sicca erectiora, 
rarius subsecunda, canaliculato-concava, e basi oblongo-lanceo- 
lata longe setacea usque ad 9 mm longa, marginibus summo 
apice parce serrulatis, nervo basi vix tertiam partem folii, sed 
totam partem supremam occupante, cellulis ubique elongatis, 
incrassatis, lumine angusto, basilaribus inter se vaide porosis, 
fusco-aureis, alaribus sat numerosis, laxis, subquadratis, fuscis; 
seta 1,5—2,5 cm alta, tenuissima; theca erecta, minuta, oblonga, 
leptodermis, pallida, sicca plicatula; operculum e basi conica 
longe et tenuiter oblique rostratum. Calyptra ignota. 
In monte Dzumac, ad truncos arborum in silvaticis, alt. 
700—1000 m (A. Le Rat). 
Species M. longisetae (Hook.) Broth. similis, sed foliorum 
cellulis ubique angustis thecaque minuta optime diversa. 
Dicnemonaceae. 
+ Synodontia (Hypnopsis) faleata Broth. et Par. n. sp. 
Dioica; gracilis, caespitosa, caespitibus densis, rigidis, fu- 
scescenti-lutescentibus, nitidis; caulis elongatus, repens, flexuo- 
sus, plus minusve radiculosus, densissime ramosus, ramis usque 
ad 1 cm vel paulum ultra longis, suberectis, densissime fasci- 
culatim ramulosis, ramulis brevibus, arcuatis, dense foliosis; 
folia ramulina plus minusve falcata, canaliculato-concava, e 
basi ovali vel oblonga sensim lanceolato-acuminata, margini- 
bus integerrimis, superne subceonniventibus, enervia, cellulis 
elongatis, valde incrassatis, lumine angustissimo, basilaribus 
aureis, alaribus magnis, subquadratis, fuscis; bracteae perichaetii 
internae longissime convolutae, setam totam obtegentes, su- 
bula brevi, thecam haud superante, obtusa; seta c. 1 cm alta; 
theca suberecta, asymmetrica, strumifera, sicca deoperculata 
sub ore valde constricta, pachydermis, badia. Caetera ignota. 
In monte Dzumac, ad truncos putridos (A. Le Rat). 
