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117. Pungentella capillariseta n. sp.; eespites lati maxime intricati 
flavo-lutescentes; caulis rainis et rainulis perbrevibus valde di- 
visus pollicaris; folia caulina parva laxiuscule imbricata, madore 
patula, plus minus secunda summitatem surculi uncinatulam si- 
stentia, e basi latiuscula cellulis alaribus vesiculosis praesertim 
duabus magnis albidis subauriculata in laminarn ovato-acuininatam 
margine parmn undulatam et in subulam elongatam piliformem 
curvatam saepius valde flexuosam minute denticulatam attenuata 
concava enervia, e cellulis distincte ellipticis areolata; perichae- 
tialia minora, e basi vaginata in subulam breviorem serrulatam 
exeuntia; theca in pedunculo elongato flexuoso pertenui rubro 
inferne glaberrimo apice valde acutiuscule verrucoso areuato erecta 
minuta ovalis, siccitate sub ore constricta. Reliqua ignota. 
Habitatio. Insulae Hawaiicae, West Maui, Kanapali: Dr. W. 
Hillebrand Augusto 1870 legit. 
Species distinctissima: foliis piliformi-subulatis denticulatis, 
cellulis alaribus 2—3 magnis hyalinis, areolatione elliptiea, pe¬ 
dunculo elongato apice asperrimo atque theca minuta. E mino- 
ribus atque tenerioribus. 
118. Pungentella lepto-cylindracea n. sp.; monoica; eespites parvi 
tenelli flavo-lutescentes valde intricati teneri molles; caulis pusillus 
ramulis tenuibus setifoliis summitate secundis; folia caulina parva 
siccitate et madore patula, e basi angustiore chrysea cellulis ala¬ 
ribus parvis vesiculosis 2—3 hyalinis ornata in laminam angustain 
oblongo-acuminatam longe curvate subulatam denticulatam pro- 
tracta, planiusculo-concava enervia, e cellulis angustis longiuscule 
ellipticis areolata pallidissima; perichaetialia 'minora vaginata in 
subulam minute serrulatam protracta; theca in pedunculo tenui 
rubro valde flexuoso breviusculo glaberrimo apice autein maxime 
densissime hispidulo-verrucoso erecta minuta, e collo brevi tumi- 
dulo verrucoso obconico-cylindracea rubra leviter mammillosa 
siccitate sub ore constricta; peristomium minutum densc conicum. 
Habitatio. Insulae Hawaiicae, sine loco speciali: Dr. W. 
II i 11 e b r a n d. 
Minor quam P. capillariseta et differt foliis angustis, reticu- 
latione longiore angusta, cellulis alaribus minoribus, pedunculo 
brevi apicem versus hispidulo atque theca angusta cylindracea 
mammillosa. 
119. Pungentella fusco-ßava n. sp.; monoica? eespites lati fusco-flavi 
duri densi sed nec compacti nec tomentosi pollicares; caulis ro- 
bustiusculus irregulariter ramulosus, ramulis brevibus vel longio- 
ribus summitate brevissima gemmaceo-cuspidatis vix curvatis; 
folia caulina dense imbricata subhorride patula secunda madore 
valde patula majuscula, e basi angustiore late ovato-acuminata 
breviter acute subulata integerrima enervia, inferne planiusculo- 
concava superne parum involutacea, e cellulis a,ngustissimis in 
membranam scariosam pallide flavam conflatis glaberrimis areo¬ 
lata nitidula, cellulis alaribus magnis vesiculosis semilunato- appressis 
