Contribntioiies novae ad Plorfiiu Bryophyton Japouioam. y;-3 



primordial] distincto.) c. 56-84/-« longis et c. 15-20/! latis, basilari- 

 lnis laxioribns, rectangularibus, c. 20-50//. longis et c. 20/* latis, 

 alaribus indistictis quadratis vel rectangularibus chlorophyllosis, 

 superioribus rhombeis vel breviter rhomboideis, c. 28-4< >,« longis 

 et c. 15-20,« latis. Ramulus perichaetialis rädiculosus. Brada» 

 perichaetii intima' basi semivaginantœ deltoid o-ovata; sensim 

 elongatnm attenuatse, integerrimœ vel crenulatse, énerves. Vagi= 

 nula cylindrica, c. 0.8 mm. alta, fusca; paraphysibus numerosis; 

 archegonia numerosa. Seta c. 10-12 mm. alta, flexuosula, rubura, 

 kevissima. Theca inclinata vel horizontalis, symmetrica, oblonga, 

 c. 1.2— 1.6 mm. longa et c. 0.7-0. 8 mm. crassa, f usco-rubra ; collo 

 conico; cellulis exothecii hexagonis, c. 30— 40/* in diam. , superiori- 

 bus rectangularibus, ad orincium in seriebus tribus minutis; 

 stomatibus nullis. Annulus duplex, c. 70/^ al tus. Exostomii dentés 

 sublato-lanceolati, c. 0.5 mm. longi et basi e. 0.08-0.09 mm. lati, 

 inferne lutei transverse striatuli, e medio ad apicem hyalini 

 papillosi, intns densiuscule (c. 35) iamellosi; endostomium luteum 

 minutissime papillosum; corona basilaris c. 150,« alta; processus 

 dentium fere longitudinis. carinati in carina auguste perforati, lutei, 

 papillosi; cilia terna, brevia, hyalina, papulosa. Operculum 

 conicum, apiculatum, c. 0.64 mm. longun etc. 0.72 mm. in diam. 

 Spori 0-10«, fusci, lsevissimi. Calyptra ignota. 



Hondo: Prov. Nagato, Ômine-mura, Mine-gun (Coll. Tsuxe- 

 takoOta! Janus 4, 1014.). 



Nomen speciei ab forma apicis folii dorsalis. 



Species E. japonico Broth valde affinis, seel folia dorsalia 

 rotuudato-elliptica vel rotundato-ovata apice apiculata, theca incl- 

 inata vel horizontalis dignoscenda. 



stereoûoH amblyostegus Mitt. Journal of the proceed, of 

 the Linn. soc. sup. Bot. Vol: I. p. 07, (1850). 



Syn. Hypnum amhlystegtuit WlLS. in Sched. 



(Tab. XVI. F-K.) 

 Habitatio ad rupes. Subrobutus, caespitosus, ccespitibus rubes- 

 centi-viridibus vel fulvo-viridibus mollibus laxiusculis nitidis. Caulis 



