128 V. F. BROTHERUS AND W. W. WATTS. 



on the islands will also interest themselves in a field of 

 natural science that is bound to yield many new species, 

 and, may be, some new genera. 



It is interesting to know that Dr. Gunn has been suc- 

 cessful in getting some of the natives to collect material. 

 The result has been that specimens have been received 

 from different sides of Aneityum, and from parts of Futuna 

 difficult of access. 



An interesting feature of this contribution to the know- 

 ledge of the moss flora of the New Hebrides is the evidence 

 it affords of a close connection with the flora of the Dutch 

 Archipelago and Papua, as well as with that of Fiji and 

 Samoa. 



Group ACROCARPI. 



DIORANAOE^]. 



Dicranoloma Ren. 



D. brachysteleum (CM.) 



"New Hebrides": teste Broth., "Bryales," p. 322. 



D. Braunii (O. M.) 



Aneityum: Dr. Gunn, March, 1911 (Hb. Watts, 242, 250), 

 Aug. 1912 (276), May-June, 1913 (347, 432: S.W. side). Previous 

 range: Java, Sumatra, Papua. 



Leucoloma Brid. 



L. (Subvittata) subtenui folium Broth, et Watts, n.sp. 



Dioicum; gracilescens, csespitosum, csespitibus densis, pallide 

 viridibus vel lutescentibus, nitidiusculis ; caulis usque ad 6 cm. 

 longus, nigrescens, densiuscule foliosus, simplex vel dichotome 

 ramosus; folia faciliter decidua, patula, superiora subsecunda, 

 comalia adpressa, caudam brevem saepe falcatulam efformantia, 

 canal iculato-concava, e basi lanceolata longe et anguste subulata, 

 usque ad 8 mm. longa, marginibus erectis, in parte superiore 

 subulae minute serrulatis, limbata, limbo hyalino, basi c. 4 seriato, 

 dein sensim angustiore, infra summum apicem subulae evanido, 



