150 V. F. BROTHERUS AND W. W. WATTS. 



basilaribus infimis laxis, hyalinis; bracteae perichaetii e basi 

 vaginante raptim breviter subulatae, acumine reflexo, serrulato; 

 seta c. 2-5 cm. tenuis, fuscescenti-rubra; theca minuta, nutans, 

 ovalis, fusca; operculum, e basi convexa breviter rostratum. 

 Santo: Bowie, 1909 (Hb. Watts, 53, 106). 



Species E. intorquato (Dz. et M.) affinis, sed statura graciliore, 

 foliis scaberulis, setaque multo breviore jam dignoscenda. 



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



Species prsecedenti simillima, sed foliis subintegris, cellulis 

 multo angustioribus, levibus dignoscenda. 



Aneityura: Gunn (Hb. Watts, 383, 393, 404, 459). 



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



Dioicum; gracilescens, csespitosum, caaspitibus densis, depressis, 

 viridibus, nitidis ; caulis elongatus, repens, complanatus, densi- 

 uscule foliosus, laxe pinnatim ramosus, ramis patentibus, vix ultra 

 1 cm. longis; folia disticha, falcatula, concaviuscula, ovalia vel 

 ovata, breviter et late acuminata, marginibus erectis, superne 

 serrulatis, nervis binis, brevissimis vel obsoletis, cellulis breviter 

 linearibus, sublevibus, basilaribus infimis abbreviatis, alaribus 

 conformibus. Oaetera ignota. 



Aneityum : Gunn, May- June, 1913 (Hb. Watts, 425, 458). 



Species E. percomplanato Broth, affinis, sed foliis breviter et 

 late acuminatis, cellulis sublevibus dignoscenda. 



E. Micholitzii Broth. 



Epi, above 1,000 feet: Riddle, Aug, 1911 (Hb. Watts, 266); 

 Futuna, Oct., 1912: Gunn (298). Previous record: Papua. 



E. paeificum Mitt. 



Aneityum: Gunn, 1911 (Hb. Watts, 150, 175), 1913 (441). 

 Previous record: Samoan Islands. 



E. percomplanatum Broth. 



Santo: Bowie, 1909 (Hb. Watts, 100, 109), Vars. 52, 103-4, 



108; Epi, 2,000 feet: Riddle, Jan., 1911 (132). Previous record r 

 Papua. 



