140 V. F. BROTHERUS AND W. W. WATTS. 



incrassatis, luraine angustissimo, flexuosulo, basilaribus brevioribus 

 et laxioribus, omnibus levissimis ; bracteae perichaetii internae 

 alte convolutae, subsensim in acumen longissimum, loriformi-subu- 

 latum, minutissime serrulatum attenuatae; seta brevissima; theca 

 erecta, breviter oblonga, fusca; peristomium normale. Caetera 

 ignota. 



Aneityum: Gunn, 1911 (Hb. Watts, 145, 225, c. fr.j Hb. Lillie, 

 536); Feb. 1913 (Hb. Watts, 358, 366), May-June, 1913 (422, 424, 

 435, 462). 



Species foliis patulis, dorso levibus dignoscenda. 



E. assimile Broth, et Watts, n.sp. 



Species prsecedenti habitu persimilis, sed statura minore foli- 

 isque apice argutius serratis, cellulis superioribus brevioribus, 

 lumine latiore dignoscenda. 



Futuna: Gunn, 1910 (Hb. Watts, 208, Hb. Lillie, 530); 

 Aneityum: G^inn, 1611 (Hb. Watts, 181). 



Symphysodon Doz. et Mk. 



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



Dioicus; gracilis, lutescenti-viridis, nitidus ; caules secundarii 

 remotiusculi, usque ad 22 cm. longi, inferne simplices, foliis 

 squamseforniibus remotis, plerumque destructis, dein dense foliosi, 

 laxe pinnatim ramosi, ramis erecto-patentibus, usque ad 5 cm. 

 longis, superne decrescentibus, dense foliosis, singulis longioribus, 

 parce ramulosis; folia patentia, concava, e basi subcordata oblonga, 

 subito loriformi-subulata, marginibus superne subconniventibus, 

 integris, subula tantum minutissime serrulatis, nervis binis, bre- 

 vissmris vel nullis, cellulis linearibus, flexuosulis, haud incrassatis, 

 inter se porosis, alaribus paucis, parenchymaticis, minutis, fuscis ; 

 brachteae perichaetii internae alte convolutaceae, in subulam 

 elongatam,loriformem,integram sensim attenuate; seta brevissima, 

 lutea; theca erecta, immersa, oblonga, pachydermis, demum fusca; 

 exostomii dentes geminati, lutei, leves; spori ovales, c. 0*35 mm. 

 longi; operculum e basi conica breviter rostratum; calyptra 

 minuta mitraeformis, operculo brevior nuda. 



