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folia ramea eisdem caulinis similia, sed brevius piliferis, mar- 
ginibus superne distincte serrulatis. Caetera ignota. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Tagcauayan, on trunks of trees, Bur. Sci. 
IS 100 Foxworthy & Ramos. 
Species V. pilireti (Broth.) Broth, affinis, sed foliis falcatulis foliisque 
longissime piliferis raptim dignoscenda. 
VESICULARIA SPLENDIDA Broth, sp. nov. 
Autoica; robustiuscula, caespitosa, caespitibus laxis, lutes- 
centi-viridibus, nitidis ; caulis elongatus repens, per totam longi- 
tudinem hie illic fasciculatim fusco-radiculosus, laxiuscule et 
valde complanate foliosus, laxe et irregulariter pinnatim ramo- 
sus, ramis inaequilongis, usque ad 1.5 cm longis, valde com- 
planatis, laxiuscule foliosis, simplicibus, obtusis; folia caulina 
lateralia patentia, asymmetrica, ovalia breviter lanceolato- 
subulata, marginibus erectis, superne minutissime serrulatis, 
enervia, cellulis teneris, elongate rhomboideis (6:1 usque ad 
10:1), parce chlorophyllosis, ventralia et dorsalia erectiora, 
subsymmetrica ; folia ramea eisdem caulinis similia. Caetera 
ignota. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Antipolo, Bur. Sci. 11875 Robinson & Ramos. 
Species pulchra, V. campylothecio alRnis, sed nitore, statura robustiore 
foliisque angustius reticulatis dignoscenda. 
TAXITHELIUM Spruce 
TAXITHELIUM INSTRATUM (Brid.) Broth. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, on dead tree. Bur. Sci. 136^3 Ramos. POLILLO, 
Bur. Sci. 10521 McGregor. Lumbucan Island, (Sulu Sea), Merrill 7193. 
TAXITHELIUM NEPALENSE (Schwaegr.) Broth. 
Mindanao, Subprovince of Butuan, on decaying prostrate tree, altitude 
10 m, Weber 1325. 
Area: Nepal, Bengal, Ceylon, Java, Borneo, and Amboina. 
TAXITHELIUM (POLYSTIGMA VERA) PERCAPILLIPES Broth, sp. nov. 
Autoicum; robustiusculum, pallide lutescenti-viride, opacum; 
caulis elongatus, repens, per totam longitudinem substrato 
afRxus, laxiuscule foliosus, dense pinnatim ramosus, ramis 
patulis, vix ultra 1 cm longis, laxiuscule foliosis, complanatis, 
simplicibus, obtusis ; folia lateralia patentia, cochleariformi- 
concava, e basi contracta ovalia, apiculata, marginibus erectis, 
superne minutissime denticulatis, enervia, cellulis angustissime 
linearibus, dense et seriatim papillosis, basilaribus brevioribus 
et latioribus, laevibus, alaribus magnis, oblongis, vesicularibus, 
hyalinis; bracteae perichaetii internae erectae, e basi vaginante 
