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Hab. Caldera, Mindanao, one of the Philippine Islands. Without 

 flowers or fruit. 



A large and stiff species; foliage somewhat bristly, shining, yellow. 

 Main stem 4-6 inches long, prostrate, sparingly radiculose ; branches 

 numerous, erect, 1-2 inches long, simple, or ramulose, they and the 

 ramuli cuspidate. Leaves crowded, widely spreading, almost hori- 

 zontal, ecostate, of a subelliptical outline, with a long linear often once 

 or twice twisted acumen (about I the length of the rest of the leaf) ; 

 margins more or less convolute, denticulate above; texture thin, firm, 

 and smooth, composed of very minute, linear pachydermous cellules, 

 indistinctly arranged in obliquely transverse lines ; the cellules below 

 the middle of the leaf, exhibit a subcrenate outline. The large sub- 

 auriculate basal angles of the leaves are composed of numerous 

 (30-40) large transparent, inflated, oblong cellules of a deep golden 

 yellow, arranged in concentric lines. 



Plate 15, B. — Hypnum calderense, a barren plant, of the natural 

 size. Fig. 1. Portion of a branch. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Leaves. 9. 

 Portion of the base of a leaf, showing the reticulation. 10, 11. Por- 

 tions of upper part of a leaf, showing the same. — Details magnified. 



Sec. 9. Papillata: caulis decumbens vel assurgens vage vel subpinnatim 

 rarnosus, folia tenui-acuminata plus minus papulosa. 



39. Hypnum papillatum, Harv. 



Hypnum papillatum, Harv. in Load. Jour. Bot. 2, p. 18 ; Hook. Ic. PI. Rar. t. 23, 

 f. 8 ; Mull. Synop. Muse. Frond. 2, p. 273. 



Hab. Feejee Islands. 



40. Hypnum pungens, Ekdw. 



Hypnum pungens, Hedw. Sp. Muse. p. 237, t. 60 ; Doz. & Molkb. Prod. Flo. Bryol. 

 Surin. p. 35, t. 19. 



