130 V. F. BROTHERUS AND W. W. WATTS. 



ramea erecto-patentia, sicca erectiora, concava, e basi elliptica 

 sensim lanceolato-acuminata, acuta, c. 2 mm. vel paulum ultra 

 longa et c. 0*45 mm. lata, marginibus apice subconniventibuS; 

 integerrimis, enervia, cellulis elongatis, valde incrassatis, lumine 

 angustissimo, alaribus numerosis, subquadratis, fuscis; bracteae 

 perichaetii internae convolutaceae, breviter acuminatae, fere ad 

 apicem setae productae; seta 1*5 cm. vel paulum ultra alta, crassa, 

 rubra; theca erecta, asymmetrica, subcylindracea, strumulosa, 

 sicca sub ore valde contracta, f usca, aetate atrofusca ; operculum 

 e basi conica, oblique rostratum. 



Aneityum: Gunn, 1911 (Hb. Lillie, 701), Feb. 1913 (Hb. 

 Watts, 375, 377a). Species a congeneribus adhuc cognitis longe 

 diversa. 



LEUOOBRYAOE^E. 



Leucobryum Hampe. 



L. Gunnii Broth, et Watts, n.sp. 



Dioicum; gracilescens, csespitosum, csespitibus densis, mollibus, 

 albescenti-glaucoviridibus, opacis; caulis erectus vel adscendens, 

 usque ad 2 cm. longus, dense foliosus, dichotome ramosus; folia 

 sicca et humida horride patentia, canaliculato-concava, e basi 

 anguste ovali lineari-lanceolata, obtusiuscula, mucronata, c.3'5mm. 

 longa et usque ad 0'5 mm. lata, dorso scaberrima, bistratosa, 

 cellulis alarum pauciseriatis. Caetera ignota. 



Futuna: Gunn, Oct. 1912 (Hb. Watts, 303); Aneityum: Gunn, 

 1913 (Hb. Watts 357c, 454a). 



Species mollitie, foliisque horride patentibus, angustis, dorso 

 scaberrimis dignoscenda. 



L. aneitense Broth, et Watts, n.sp. 



Dioicum; gracilescens, casspitosum, csespitibus densis, mollibus, 

 albescentibus, opacis ; caulis erectus vel adscendens, usque ad 3 cm. 

 longus, dense foliosus, dichotome ramosus; folia patentia, sicca 

 flexuosula, humida stricta, canaliculato-concava, e basi ovali 

 anguste lanceolata, sensim acuminata, acuta, usque ad 5 cm. longa 

 et 0*8 mm. lata, dorso scaberula, bistratosa, cellulis alarum pluri- 

 seriatis. Caetera ignota. 



