BRYOLOGICAL FLORA. 
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BRYUM Dill. 
Bryum coronatum Sehw. 
Luzon, Province of Nueva Ecija, San Isidro, on damp stone walls of an old 
house (4197 Merrill). Palawan, Puerto Princesa (Bur. Sci. 243 Bermejos) . 
Bryum ambiguum Dub. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keitliley, on earth, alt. 800 m. (Mrs. Clemens). 
Bryum ( Erythrocarpa) chrysobasilare Broth, sp. nov. 
Dioicum ; sat gracile, caespitosum, caespitibus densis, fuscescenti-virid- 
ibus, nitidiusculis; caulis ereetus, 7 mm. altus vel paulum ultra, interne 
fuseo-tomentosus, superne dense foliosus, innovationibns brevibns erectis 
interne laxe, apice dense foliosis; folia comalia sicca laxe imbricata, liu- 
mida suberecta, baud decurrentia, concaviuscula, ovato- vel oblongo-lan- 
ceolata, breviter acuminata, nervo excedente, aristata, marginibus fere 
ad apicem recurvis, superne denticulatis, limbata, nervo crassiusculo, 
rufescente, in aristam longiuseulam strictam denticulatam excedente, 
cellulis rliomboideis, paulum incrassatis, basilaribus abbreviatis, laxis, 
pulchre fusco-aureis, marginalibus angustissimis, limbum lutescentem 
angustum efformantibus ; bracteae perichaetii minores et angustiores, 
angustius acuminatae; seta 2-3 cm. alta, tenuis, sicca flexuosula, pallide 
rubra, nitidiuscula ; theca horizontalis vel nutans, paulum asymmetrica 
vel subregularis, e collo longiusculo elongato-oblonga vel subcylindrica, 
cum collo usque ad 5 mm. longa, pacliydermis, fusca, aetate atrofusca 
sicca sub ore vix vel paulum constricta; annulus latus revolubilis; 
exostomii dentes lineari-lanceolati, breviter subulato-acuminati, circ. 0.5 
mm. longi, rufescentes, apice hyalini et papillosi, late limbati, lamellis 
15-20; endostomium liberum, sordide luteum, papillosum ; corona basi- 
laris ad dimidiam partem dentium produeta; processus lanceolati, late 
perforati; cilia bina, bene evoluta, appendiculata ; spori 0.010-0.012 mm. 
ferruginei, laeves ; operculum conicum, apiculatum, nitidiusculum. 
Luzon, District of Lepanto, Mount Data, on trees, alt. 2,120 m. (4950 Merrill). 
Species habitu B. erythrocarpo Schwaegr. sat similis, sed foliis limbatis, 
cellulis basilaribus fusco-aureis dignoscenda. 
Bryum argenteum Linn. 
Luzon, District of Lepanto, Balili, banks of streams on rocks, alt. 1,670 m. 
(4950 Merrill). 
Area: Widely distributed in all parts of the world. 
Bryum (Argyrobryum ) erectum Broth, sp. nov. 
Dioicum; gracile, caespitosum, caespitibus densiusculis, multibus, niv- 
eis, nitidiusculis ; caulis ereetus, vix ultra 1 cm. altus, interne fusco- 
radiculosus, dense foliosus, in axillis foliorum corpuscula microphyllina 
gerens, ramosus, ramis erectis, teretibus, brevibus, obtusis; folia imbri- 
cata, baud decurrentia, concaviuscula, ovata vel ovalia, breviter lanceo- 
lato-acuminata, acuta, marginibus erectis, integerrimis, haud limbata, 
