156 V. F. BROTHERUS AND W. W. WATTS. 



R. oblongifolium Broth, et Watts, n.sp. 



Autoicum; robustiusculum, csespitosum, csespitibus densiusculis, 

 extensis, laete viridibus, nitidis; caulis elongatus, filiformis, foliis 

 plerumque destructis, vage ramosus, rarnis plus minusve elongatis, 

 laxiuscule et complanate foliosis, attenuatulis, subpinnatkn ramu- 

 losis: folia ramea distiche patula, late oblonga, in apiculuin raptim 

 contracta, marginibus infiina basi recurvis, dein erectis, argute 

 serratis, nervo crassiusculo, infra apicem folii evanido, apice 

 exstante, cellulis anguste linearibus, flexuosulis, basilaribus infimis 

 laxiusculis, alaribus haud diversis. Caetera ignota. 



Santo: Bowie, 1909 (Hb. Watts, 116). Futuna: Gunn, Oct., 

 1912 (302). 



Species R. javanico affinis, sed foliorum forma optime diversa. 



HYPNODENDRACE^E. 



Hypnodendron (C. M.) Lindb. 



H. (Phcenicobryum) flagelliferum Broth, et Watts, n.sp. 



Dioicum; robustiusculum, viride, aetaterufescens, nitidiusculum; 

 caulis secundarius erectus, usque ad 7 cm. longus, stipite usque ad 

 3 cm. longo, nudo, laxe folioso, superne pinnatim ramosus, ramis 

 erecto-patentibus, laxiusule et complanate foliosis, flagellis numer- 

 osis elongatis, tenuissimis, plerumque axillaribus instructis; folia 

 stipitis laxe disposita, squarroso-patula, late cordato-ovata, longe 

 et anguste lanceolato-subulata, marginibus erectis, basi minutissime, 

 dein distinctius et geminato-serratis, nervo sat tenui, longe exce- 

 dente, levi, cellulis incrassatis, elongatis, lumine angustissime 

 lineari, levissimis; foliacaulina erectiora, majora, argutius serrata; 

 folia ramea minora, angustiora, argute serrata. Caetera ignota. 



Aneityum: Gunn, 1911 (Hb. Watts, 144, Hb. Lillie, 689), 1912 

 (Hb. Lillie 746); May-June, 1913 (Hb. Watts, 402, north side, 

 and 417, south-west side). 



Species distinctissima, a cogeneribus ad hue cognitis longe 

 diversa. 



