28 V. F. Brotherus. [LI 
Species pulchella, E. submammillosulo (C. Mäll.) habitu 
persimilis, sed foliis cellulis laevibus necnon seta duplo longi- 
ore jam dignoscenda. 
Acanthocladium extenuatum (Brid.) Mitt. 
Mont Koghi (A. Le Rat), 
" Isopterygium taxirameum (Mitt.) Jaeg. | 
Koumac in parte septentrionali insulae, ad terram (C o m- 
piene). 
> Taxithelium Ludovicae Broth. et Par. n. sp. 
Autoicum; tenellum, caespitosum, caespitibus densis, mol- 
libus, pallide viridibus, nitidiusculis; caulis elongatus, repens, 
per totam longitudinem fasciculatim fusco-radiculosus, dense 
pinnatim ramosus, ramis patulis, vix ultra 5 mm longis, valde 
complanatis, laxiuscule foliosis, obtusis; folia disticha, subfal- 
catula, concaviuscula, ovato-lanceolata;-anguste acuminata, mar- 
ginibus erectis, minutissime serrulatis, enervia, cellulis elonga- 
tis, angustis, sublaevibus, alaribus paucis, minutis, subquadra. 
tis, ramea brevius acuminata, distinctius serrulata; bracteae 
perichaetit internae longissime subulatae, minutissime serrula- 
tae; seta 1—1,5 cm alta, flexuosula, rubra, laevissima; theca 
horizontalis, asymmetrica, oblonga, sicca curvatula, sub ore 
constricta. Caetera ignota. i ä 
Inter Col d'Annieu et fl. Negropo, ad ramos arborum 
(A. Le Rat). ; 
- Species T', faleatulo Broth. et Par. affinis, sed statura 
minore cellulisque folii sublaevibus dignoscenda. 
Vesicularia reticulata (Doz. et Molk.) Broth. 
Mont Dzumac (A. Le Rat). 
V. pinnatula (C. Mäll.) (Hypnum pinnalulum C. Miäll. 
mss.; Ectropothecium reticulatum Besch. FI. Bryol. Nouv. 
Caléd. p. 241 nec Hypnum reticulatum Doz. et Molk.). 
Species a V. reticulata statura robustiore, caule dense et 
regulariter pinnato ramisque longioribus (5—10 mm), magis 
complanatis, laxius foliosis dignoscenda. 
