16 V. F. Brotherus. [LI 
incrassatis, laevibus, infimis aureis; braecteae perichaeti foliis 
subsimiles; seta 5 mm alta, tenuis, strictiuscula, rubella, laevis; 
theca erecta, oblonga, laevis, fuscidula, ore minuto, rubro pli- 
cata; peristomium 0; spori 0,018—0,020 mm, virides, papillosi; 
operculum recte rostratum; calyptra maximam partem thecae 
obtegens, plicata, inferne pallida, apice fuscidula, glabra. 
L' Hermitage pr. Noumea, ad corticem arborum (A. Le 
Rat). 
Species pulchella, minuta, folii cellulis basilaribus laevi- 
bus ab affinibus (Goniostoma K. in Engler-Prantl p. 484) 
jam diversa. 
M. pacificum Besch. 
In summo m. Mou (A. Le Rat). 
M. villosum (Besch.) Broth. 
Mont Dzumac (A. Le Rat). 
"M. subvillosum Broth. et Par. n. sp. 
Dioicum? robustiusculum, rigidissimum, fuscescens, haud 
nitidum; caulis longissime repens, hic iilic fusco-tomentosus, 
densissime ramosus, ramis adscendentibus vel suberectis, vix 
ultra 5 mm longis, versus apicem caulis sensim decrescentibus, 
dense foliosis, simplicibus, acutiusculis; folia ramea sicca hor- 
ride spiraliter contorta, humida erecto-patentia, carimåto-con- 
cava, e basi breviter oblonga lanceolato-acuminata, acutiuscula 
vel acuta, c. 1,3 mm longa et c. 0,28 mm lata, marginibus in- 
ferne anguste recurvis integris, nervo crassiusculo, lutescente, 
subceontinuo, rarius brevissime excedente, cellulis subrotundis, 
c. 0,010 mm, papillosis, basilaribus elongatis, valde incrassatis, 
lumine lineari, ad plicas elevato-papillosis; bracteae perichaetui 
internae foliis longiores et latiores; paraphyses numerosi, longe 
exserti; seta c. 1 cm, tenuis, sicca dextrorsum torta, rubra, te- 
nuis; calyptra (junior) longe pilosa. Caetera ignota. 
Mont Dzumac (A. Le Rat). 
Species praecedenti affinis, sed  rigiditate, foliis an- 
gustius acuminatis, acutis, cellulis duplo majoribus facillime 
dignoscenda. 
