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elongatis, adscendentibus, dense foliosis, pinnatim ramulosis, 

 ramulis erecto-patentibus, vix ultra 1 cm. longis; folia patula, 

 concava, e basi subcordata ovalia, breviter acuminata, marginibus 

 erectis, superne incurvis, apice subconniventibus, integris vel sub- 

 integris, enervia, cellulis incrassatis lumine angustissimo, infimis 

 abbreviatis, aureis, alaribus magnis, vesiculosis, oblongis, aureis, 

 externis hyalinis, omnibus levissimis ; bracteae perichaetii internae 

 erectae, e basi vaginante subsensim in acumen subulatum, serratum 

 attenuatae; seta l*5-2 cm. alta, tenuis, rubra, apice scaberula; 

 theca inclinata vel subhorizontalis, minuta, ovalis, sicca deoperculata 

 sub ore vix contracta, fusca; operculum e basi conica subulatum. 

 Planta mascula minutissima, foliis affixa. 



Santo: Bowie, 1909 (Hb. Watts, 56 e. p., 63 c. fr.); Epi: Riddle, 

 Jan., 1911 (135); Aneityum: Gunn, Aug., 1912 (282), May-June, 

 1913 (398 e. p., 444, 447, 457); Futuna: Gunn, Oct., 192 (329). 



Species & brevicuspidata (Mitt.) habitu similis, sed inflorescentia 

 bracteisque perichaetii serratis dignoscenda. 



S. sigmatodontum (O. M.) Jaeg. 



Santo: Bowie, 1909 (Hb. Watts, 50, 56 e. p.). Previous range: 

 Sumatra, Java, Papua. 



S. turgidum (Doz. et M.) Jaeg. 



Aneityum: Gunn, Feb., 1913, var. (Hb. Watts, 360); North 

 side, May-June, 1913 (Hb. Watts, 399). Previous range: Ceylon 

 and Sunda Islands. 



brachytheciaoele. 



Rhynchostegium Br. Eur. 

 R. javanicum (Bel.) Besch. 



Santo: Bowie, 1909 (Hb. Watts, 114). Previous range: Java 

 and Sumatra. 



R. menadense (Br. javj Jaeg. 



Epi: Riddle, Aug. 1911, above 1,000 feet (Hb. Watts, 134 e.p., 

 164). Previous range: Celebes and Tonkin. 



