98 NEW EXOTIC MOSSES. 



and others younger are only just sufficiently advanced to show 

 a rather long, straight, subulate operculum in an immature 

 condition, 



Meteorium ustulatum, n. sp. — Rami ekmgati, penduli, 

 ramulis brevibus turgidis pinnati, vel ad apicem innovationum 

 ramulis elongatis laxe fastigiatis ramosi ; folia dense patenti- 

 imbricata, concava, late oblonga, basi cordata, apice obtusa angulis 

 rotundatis, acumine subulato termmata ; neivo tenui, ultra medium 

 producto ; cellulis angustis papillis crenulatis, ad angulos basilares 

 dilatatis quadratis in glomerulum luteum aggregates. 



Ceylon, 1875, Mr. Abbay. 



A handsome moss; colour rich yellow in the newer growth, 

 the old parts being of a blackish or dark brown hue. Apparently 

 very near M. punctulatuni C. Mull., but differing therefrom, as also 

 from M. auronitcns and jilamentomtm >, in the short, straight, subulate 

 leaf-point. 



Homalia densa, n. sp. — Dioica ? Frondosa; caulis subelatus 

 (circa 2 pollicares), basi brevi subnuda, foliis squainreformibus ; 

 superne dense tripinnatus ramis complanatis ; folia caulina magna, 

 imbricata, oblique inserta, asymmetnca, oblongo-ligulata, apice 

 acute acuminata et grosse dentata, nervo tenui a 1 medium producto, 





interdum furcato ; folia ramulina multo minora, obovato- oblonga, 

 c*eteroquin similia ; cellulae inferiores elongate, angustse, sub- 

 sinuosse, superiores elliptico-ovales, alares nullse. 



Insula Oahu, 1890, K. Worthhu/ton. 



A very pretty moss, which has been sent to me by Mr. Rogers, 

 who received it from the collector. It much resembles the Xeckera 

 Javanica of C. Miiller's Synopsis, X. Australasica ejusd. (.V. den- 

 droides of Hooker's Mmci Kxotici, tal^ 69), and N. scalpeUifolia 

 Mitten, Musei India* Orientalis, all of which are referable to the 

 genus Homalia. From these and their immediate allies it differs in 

 the shorter Stature and close ramification. Fruit is wanting, but 

 the remains of a decayed seta show a very close similarity to that 

 of II. scalpel I if alia and jfiahellata* 



The figure (t. 320) is a pretty exact representation of one of 

 the two fronds I have received ; the other is still mere densely and 

 numerously ramulose, but similar in stature. 



^eticula, n - S P- — Monoicum ; dense de- 

 presso-caespitosum ; caulis procumbens fastigiatim ramosus, ramis 

 apice curvatis; folia subfalcato-secunda, anguste oblongo-lanceolata, 



subulato-acuminata. 



nentihus papilliformisT alaribus 3 1 valde conspieuis, intense 

 coloratis, aurantiacis ; pericluetiaiia erecta, lanceolata, longe 

 anguste attenuata, grosse serrata. Theca in pedunculo breviusculo 

 rubro, ovalis horizontalis. Caetera desunt. 



Nova Caledonia. 



Apparently near R. prominulum (Mitt.) of South America, but 



with leaves more elongate and more strongly serrated. Forming a 



dense yellow-coloured mat upon decayed wood ; stems creeping, 



producing from the under surface numerous long reddish rootlets. 



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