154 V. F. BROTHERUS AND W. W. WATTS. 



distinctius denticulatis, enervia, cellulis anguste ellipticis, papilla 

 media, elevata instructis, infimis aureis, alaribus c. 4, magnis, 

 oblongis, vesiculosis, aureis vel fusco-aureis; bracteae perichaetii 

 internae erectae, e basi vaginante raptim longe subulatae, superne 

 serratae; seta c. 9 ram. alta, tenuissima, rubra, apice grosse 

 papillosa; theca pendula, minutissima, ovalis, grosse mammillosa, 

 sicca deoperculata sub ore constricta, fusca. Caetera ignota. 



Aneityum: Gunn, 1912 (Hb. Lillie, 755), Feb., 1913 (Hb. 

 Watts, 384, 382c). 



Species L. LeRatii Broth, et Par. valde affinis, sed statura 

 paulum robustiore foliisque brevius acuminatis dignoscenda. 



Sematophyllum (Mitt.) Jaeg. 



S. bunodiocarpum (0. M.) Broth. 



Aneityum: Gunn (or Epi: Riddle) 1911 (Hb. Watts 172, 176); 

 Aneityum: Gunn, Aug., 1912 (277). Previous record: Papua. 



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



Gracillimum, csespitosum, caespitibus densis, mollibus, pallide 

 viridibus, sericeis; caulis repens, fusco-radiculosus, hie illic filis 

 elongatis, articulatis, fuscis instructus, densissime ramosus, ramis 

 erectis, vix ultra 5 mm. longis, dense foliosis, simplicibus; folia 

 ramea erecto-patentia, concava, anguste lanceolata, breviter subu- 

 lato-acuminata, marginibus anguste revolutis, inferne minute, 

 superne distinctius serrulatis, enervia, cellulis haud incrassatis, 

 angustissimis, levissimis, alaribus minutis, oblongis, vesiculosis, 

 fuscis. Caetera ignota. 



Aneityum, south-west side: Gunn, May -June, 1913 (Hb. Watts, 

 436a). 



Species distinctissima, S. Etessei Broth, et Par. affinis, sed foliis 

 brevius acuminatis, minutius serrulatis, cellulis levissimis optime 

 diversa. 



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



Pseudautoicum; robustiusculum, csespitosum, csespitibus densis, 

 lutescenti-viridibus, nitidis; caulis repens, dense ramosus, ramis 



