1918 
94 The Philippine Journal of Science 
TRICHOSTELEUM ( PAPI LLI Dl U M ) MINDANENSE Broth, sp. nov. 
Autoicum; tenellum, caespitosum, caespitibus densis, depressis, 
lutescenti-viridibus, opacis; caulis elongatus, repens, per totam 
longitudinem dense fusco-radiculosus, dense pinnatim ramosus, 
ramis patulis, vix ultra 5 mm longis, dense et complanate foliosis, 
simplicibus, obtusis; folia patentia, concava, e basi contracta 
oblongo-elliptica, sensim lanceolato-acuminata vel acumine bre- 
viter subulate, marginibus erectis, superne serrulatis, enervia, 
cellulis anguste ellipticis, papilla media, alta instructis, alaribus 
magnis, oblongis, vesiculosis, hyalinis vel luteis; bracteae peri- 
chaetii internae e basi vaginante raptim longe subulatae, ad 
apicem partis vaginantis utrinque incisae, subula serrulata ; seta 
vix ultra 8 mm alta, tenuissima, flexuosula, rubra, apice scaber- 
rima; theca nutans, minutissima, ovalis, grosse mammillosa, 
atropurpurea, sicca deoperculata, sub ore baud constricta ; oper- 
culum ignotum. 
Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Merrill 8355. 
Species cum T. mammoso (C. Mull.) Jaeg. comparanda. 
SEMATOPHYLLUM (Bryol. jav.) Jaeger 
SEMATOPHYLLUM GRACILICAULE (Bryol. jav.) Jaeg. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Infanta, Bur. Sci. 9^10 Robinson. 
Area: Java. 
SEMATOPHYLLUM SUBULATUM (Hamp.) Jaeg. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Infanta, Bur. Sci. 9U37 Robinson. 
SEMATOPHYLLUM (ACROPORIUM) TUBULOSUM Broth, sp. nov. 
Dioicum; gracilescens, caespitosum, caespitibus densis, rigidis, 
fusco-aureis, nitidis; caulis longiusculus, procumbens, fragilis, 
vix radiculosus, densiuscule foliosus, plus minusve ramosus, ra- 
mis patentibus, cuspidatis, brevibus, simplicibus, vel longioribus 
et ramulosis; folia sicca et humida horride patula, tubulosa, 
anguste lanceolato-subulata, c. 3 mm longa, marginibus in parte 
Bubulata conniventibus, summo apice dentibus paucis instructis, 
enervia, cellulis angustissime linearibus, laevissimis, alaribus 
pluribus, magnis, oblongis, vesiculosis, fuscis; seta c. 2 cm alta, 
tenuis, rubra, laevis ; theca inclinata, minutissima, paulum asym- 
metrica, ovalis, fusca. Caetera ignota. 
Negros, Canlaon Volcano, on trees, altitude about 2,000 m, Merrill 6819, 
6826. 
Species pulchra, S. Braunii (C. Miill.) forsan proxima, sed statura robus- 
tiore foliisque horride patulis, angustioribus, longius subulatis oculo nudo 
jam dignoscenda. 
