Mosses of the Solomon Islands

Mosses of the Solomon IslandsAuthor(s): Edwin B. BartramSource: The Bryologist, Vol. 41, No. 6 (Dec., 1938), pp. 127-132Published by: American Bryological and Lichenological SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3239192 .

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THE BRYOLOGIST JOURNAL OF

THE SULLIVANT MOSS SOCIETY

THE BRYOLOGIST JOURNAL OF

THE SULLIVANT MOSS SOCIETY

VOL. XLI DECEMBER, 1938 No. 6 VOL. XLI DECEMBER, 1938 No. 6

MOSSES OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS1

EDWIN B. BARTRAM

For such an extensive archipelago the moss records from the Solomon Islands are surprisingly few. Seven species listed by Brotherus (1) are the only published items I know of.

The following list is based principally upon the collections made by L. J. Brass and S. F. Kajewski in 1930-1932 for the Arnold Arbor- etum, Harvard University, and the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii. Such a lean list of thirty species reflects only a fraction, probably less than ten per cent, of the actual moss flora but it is at least a beginning. One especially interesting collection from the interior of Bougainville Island representing a new and very dis- tinct Dicranaceous genus is a direct challenge to further bryological exploration. These high insular mountains surely support a luxuriant moss flora and offer one of the most fertile fields in the world for productive work.

FISSIDENTACEAE

FISSIDENS MANGAREVENSIS Mont. San Cristoval Island: Hinua- haoro, 900 m., L. J. Brass, no. 3061a.

DISTRIBUTION: Tahiti, Austral Islands, Mangareva.

DICRANACEAE

Cryptodicranum Bartr. gen. nov. Robustum, habitu fere Cryptopodii. Caulis simplex vel furcatus.

Folia e basi brevi abrupte longissime setacea. Theca immersa. Peristomii dentes laeves, infra medium irregulariter fissi. Spori magni, irregulares, ad 50 ,u longi.

I Contribution from the Laboratories of Cryptogamic Botany and the Farlow Herbarium, Harvard University, No. 165.

MOSSES OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS1

EDWIN B. BARTRAM

For such an extensive archipelago the moss records from the Solomon Islands are surprisingly few. Seven species listed by Brotherus (1) are the only published items I know of.

The following list is based principally upon the collections made by L. J. Brass and S. F. Kajewski in 1930-1932 for the Arnold Arbor- etum, Harvard University, and the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii. Such a lean list of thirty species reflects only a fraction, probably less than ten per cent, of the actual moss flora but it is at least a beginning. One especially interesting collection from the interior of Bougainville Island representing a new and very dis- tinct Dicranaceous genus is a direct challenge to further bryological exploration. These high insular mountains surely support a luxuriant moss flora and offer one of the most fertile fields in the world for productive work.

FISSIDENTACEAE

FISSIDENS MANGAREVENSIS Mont. San Cristoval Island: Hinua- haoro, 900 m., L. J. Brass, no. 3061a.

DISTRIBUTION: Tahiti, Austral Islands, Mangareva.

DICRANACEAE

Cryptodicranum Bartr. gen. nov. Robustum, habitu fere Cryptopodii. Caulis simplex vel furcatus.

Folia e basi brevi abrupte longissime setacea. Theca immersa. Peristomii dentes laeves, infra medium irregulariter fissi. Spori magni, irregulares, ad 50 ,u longi.

I Contribution from the Laboratories of Cryptogamic Botany and the Farlow Herbarium, Harvard University, No. 165.



Cryptodicranum setosum Bartr. sp. nov. Dioicum: planta mascula minuta. Caespitosuin, caespitibus densis,

lutescenti-fuscescentibus, haud nitidis. Caulis ad 7 cm. altus, dense foliosus, inferne fusco-tomentosus. Folia erecto-patentia vel lenissime falcata, 10-12 mm. longa, e basi concava, ovata, abrupte longissime setacea; marginibus erectis, superne denticulatis; costa valida, in aristam denticulatam, 8-10 mm. longam, excurrens; cellulae omnes elongatae, circa 6-8 X 1, parietibus magis incrassatis, porosis, alares numerosae, subquadratae. Folia perichaetialia vix distincta; seta (cum vaginula) 2.5 mm. longa, erecta; theca turgide elliptica, laevissi- ma, deoperculata 1.8 mm. longa; operculum oblique conico-rostratum; calyptra cucullata, brevirostrata, basi integra.

Bougainville Island: near Lake Luralu, August 1930, S. F. Kajewski no. (D.).

A curious and striking moss with much the general appearance of

Cryptopodium bartramioides (Hook.) Brid. The immersed fruit and smooth peristome teeth are unusual characters in Dicranaceae and sharply distinguish this genus from any of its associates. The male plants, scarcely 1 mm. high, are attached to the tomentum of the fertile stems.

LEUCOBRYACEAE

LEUCOPHANES GLAUCULUM C. M.' DISTRIBUTION: Philippines?

LEUCOPHANES CANDIDUM (Hornsch.) Lindb.' DISTRIBUTION: Ceylon, Malaya, New Guinea, Philippines, Fiji,

Samoa.

LEUCOBRYUM PENTASTICHUM Doz. & Molk. Bougainville Island: near Lake Luralu, S. F. Kajewski no. (E.)

DISTRIBUTION: Siam, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Fiji.

EXODICTYON DENTATUM (Mitt.) Card. Faisi, coll. Lee. This record is provided through the kindness of Mr. H. N. Dixon.

DISTRIBUTION: New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Fiji, Samoa, Tahiti.

CALYMPERACEAE

SYRRHOPODON TRISTICHUS Nees. Bougainville Island: near Lake Luralu, S. F. Kajewski no. (D.) a.

DISTRIBUTION: Ceylon, Sumatra, Amboina, Philippines, Borneo, Java.

CALYMPERES BRACHYPHYLLUM C. M.' DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

CALYMPERES POPERANGENSE Broth.' Endemic.

I Recorded by Brotherus but not seen.

Cryptodicranum setosum Bartr. sp. nov. Dioicum: planta mascula minuta. Caespitosuin, caespitibus densis,

lutescenti-fuscescentibus, haud nitidis. Caulis ad 7 cm. altus, dense foliosus, inferne fusco-tomentosus. Folia erecto-patentia vel lenissime falcata, 10-12 mm. longa, e basi concava, ovata, abrupte longissime setacea; marginibus erectis, superne denticulatis; costa valida, in aristam denticulatam, 8-10 mm. longam, excurrens; cellulae omnes elongatae, circa 6-8 X 1, parietibus magis incrassatis, porosis, alares numerosae, subquadratae. Folia perichaetialia vix distincta; seta (cum vaginula) 2.5 mm. longa, erecta; theca turgide elliptica, laevissi- ma, deoperculata 1.8 mm. longa; operculum oblique conico-rostratum; calyptra cucullata, brevirostrata, basi integra.

Bougainville Island: near Lake Luralu, August 1930, S. F. Kajewski no. (D.).

A curious and striking moss with much the general appearance of

Cryptopodium bartramioides (Hook.) Brid. The immersed fruit and smooth peristome teeth are unusual characters in Dicranaceae and sharply distinguish this genus from any of its associates. The male plants, scarcely 1 mm. high, are attached to the tomentum of the fertile stems.

LEUCOBRYACEAE

LEUCOPHANES GLAUCULUM C. M.' DISTRIBUTION: Philippines?

LEUCOPHANES CANDIDUM (Hornsch.) Lindb.' DISTRIBUTION: Ceylon, Malaya, New Guinea, Philippines, Fiji,

Samoa.

LEUCOBRYUM PENTASTICHUM Doz. & Molk. Bougainville Island: near Lake Luralu, S. F. Kajewski no. (E.)

DISTRIBUTION: Siam, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Fiji.

EXODICTYON DENTATUM (Mitt.) Card. Faisi, coll. Lee. This record is provided through the kindness of Mr. H. N. Dixon.

DISTRIBUTION: New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Fiji, Samoa, Tahiti.

CALYMPERACEAE

SYRRHOPODON TRISTICHUS Nees. Bougainville Island: near Lake Luralu, S. F. Kajewski no. (D.) a.

DISTRIBUTION: Ceylon, Sumatra, Amboina, Philippines, Borneo, Java.

CALYMPERES BRACHYPHYLLUM C. M.' DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

CALYMPERES POPERANGENSE Broth.' Endemic.

I Recorded by Brotherus but not seen.

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POTTIACEAE

BARBULA RECHINGERI Broth.' Endemic.

HYPNODENDRACEAE

HYPNODENDRON VITIENSE Mitt. Bougainville Island: near Lake Luralu, 1700 m., S. F. Kajewski no. 2170d.

DISTRIBUTION: Philippines, Fiji. MNIODENDRON DIVARICATUM (Hornsch. & Reinw.) Lindb. Bougain-

ville Island: Lake Luralu, 1700 m., S. F. Kajewski nos. 2169, 2170b. San Cristoval Island: Hinuahaoro, 900 m., L. J. Brass no. 3059.

DISTRIBUTION: Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, Philippines.

SPIRIDENTACEAE

SPIRIDENS REINWARDTI Nees. Bougainville Island: near Lake Luralu, L. J. Brass no. (A.); S. F. Kajewski no. (B).-San Cristoval Island: Hinuahaoro, 900 m., L. J. Brass no. 3061.-Guadalcanal Island: Lutuve Mt., 1700 m., L. J. Brass no. 2635.

DISTRIBUTION: Java, Timor, Celebes, Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea.

RHACOPILACEAE

RHACOPILUM SPECTABILE Hornsch. & Reinw. Bougainville Island: Lake Luralu, 1700 m., S. F. Kajewski no. 2170a.

DISTRIBUTION: Sumatra. Java, Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Fiji, Samoa.

PTEROBRYACEAE

ENDOTRICHELLA SAMOANA (Mitt.) C. M. San Cristoval Island: Hinuahaoro, L. J. Brass no. 3060.

DISTRIBUTION: Samoa.

METEORIACEAE

PAPILLARIA INTRICATA (Mitt.) Jaeg. Bougainville Island: near Lake Luralu, L. J. Brass no. (A) b.

DISTRIBUTION: Fiji, Samoa.

AEROBRYOPSIS LONGISSIMA (Doz. & Molk.) Fleisch. San Cristoval Island: Hinuahaoro, L. J. Brass no. 2634a.

DISTRIBUTION: India, Ceylon, Malaysia, China, Philippines to Hawaii.

HOOKERIACEAE

CALLICOSTELLA PRABAKTIANA (C. M.) Jaeg. San Cristoval Island: Waimamura, L. J. Brass no. 2661e.

DISTRIBUTION: Java, Borneo, Philippines, Annam, New Caledonia. 1 Recorded by Brotherus but not seen.

POTTIACEAE

BARBULA RECHINGERI Broth.' Endemic.

HYPNODENDRACEAE

HYPNODENDRON VITIENSE Mitt. Bougainville Island: near Lake Luralu, 1700 m., S. F. Kajewski no. 2170d.

DISTRIBUTION: Philippines, Fiji. MNIODENDRON DIVARICATUM (Hornsch. & Reinw.) Lindb. Bougain-

ville Island: Lake Luralu, 1700 m., S. F. Kajewski nos. 2169, 2170b. San Cristoval Island: Hinuahaoro, 900 m., L. J. Brass no. 3059.

DISTRIBUTION: Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, Philippines.

SPIRIDENTACEAE

SPIRIDENS REINWARDTI Nees. Bougainville Island: near Lake Luralu, L. J. Brass no. (A.); S. F. Kajewski no. (B).-San Cristoval Island: Hinuahaoro, 900 m., L. J. Brass no. 3061.-Guadalcanal Island: Lutuve Mt., 1700 m., L. J. Brass no. 2635.

DISTRIBUTION: Java, Timor, Celebes, Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea.

RHACOPILACEAE

RHACOPILUM SPECTABILE Hornsch. & Reinw. Bougainville Island: Lake Luralu, 1700 m., S. F. Kajewski no. 2170a.

DISTRIBUTION: Sumatra. Java, Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Fiji, Samoa.

PTEROBRYACEAE

ENDOTRICHELLA SAMOANA (Mitt.) C. M. San Cristoval Island: Hinuahaoro, L. J. Brass no. 3060.

DISTRIBUTION: Samoa.

METEORIACEAE

PAPILLARIA INTRICATA (Mitt.) Jaeg. Bougainville Island: near Lake Luralu, L. J. Brass no. (A) b.

DISTRIBUTION: Fiji, Samoa.

AEROBRYOPSIS LONGISSIMA (Doz. & Molk.) Fleisch. San Cristoval Island: Hinuahaoro, L. J. Brass no. 2634a.

DISTRIBUTION: India, Ceylon, Malaysia, China, Philippines to Hawaii.

HOOKERIACEAE

CALLICOSTELLA PRABAKTIANA (C. M.) Jaeg. San Cristoval Island: Waimamura, L. J. Brass no. 2661e.

DISTRIBUTION: Java, Borneo, Philippines, Annam, New Caledonia. 1 Recorded by Brotherus but not seen.

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EXPLANATION OF FIGURES

CRYPTODICRANUM SETOSUM. Figures 1-8. 1. Plant X 1. 2. Leaf X 6. 3. Apex of leaf X 40. 4. Leaf cells and margin at shoulder of leaf X 250. 5. Capsule X 6. 6. Calyptra X 6. 7. Part of peristome X 80. 8. Male plant X 6.

RHAPHIDOSTICHUM LEEANUM. Figures 9-12. 9. Plant X 1. 10. Leaf X 18. 11. Apex of leaf X 40. 12. Upper median leaf cells X 250.

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CRYPTODICRANUM SETOSUM. Figures 1-8. 1. Plant X 1. 2. Leaf X 6. 3. Apex of leaf X 40. 4. Leaf cells and margin at shoulder of leaf X 250. 5. Capsule X 6. 6. Calyptra X 6. 7. Part of peristome X 80. 8. Male plant X 6.

RHAPHIDOSTICHUM LEEANUM. Figures 9-12. 9. Plant X 1. 10. Leaf X 18. 11. Apex of leaf X 40. 12. Upper median leaf cells X 250.

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THUIDIACEAE

PELEKIUM VELATUM Mitt. San Cristoval Island: Waimamura, L. J. Brass no. 2661d.

DISTRIBUTION: Malay Penins., wide in Malaysia, Philippines to Samoa.

SEMATOPHYLLACEAE

TRISMEGISTIA RIGIDA (Hornsch. & Reinw.) Broth. Bougainville Island: near Lake Luralu, S. F. Kajewski no. (G).

DISTRIBUTION: Siam, Annam, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines, New Caledonia, New Guinea.

Rhaphidostichum Leeanum Dix. & Ther. sp. nov. Robustiusculum, pallide virens, nitidum. Caulis irregulariter

ramosus, ad 4 mm. latis. Folia conferta, erecto-patentia, ecostata, 2.5-3 mm. longa. oblonga, concava, in subulam denticulatam con- tracta; marginibus erectis, superne leniter denticulatis; cellulae superiores laevissimae, incrassatae, fusiformes, 8-9 [, latae, basilares sensim longiores, alares magnae, vesiculosae. Seta circa 2 cm. alta, superne humiliter mamillata, theca pendula, collo mamilloso.

Solomon Islands: Faisi, coll. Lee, 1912, ex herb. G. Webster, comm. H. N. Dixon.

Very near R. bunodiocarpum (C. M.) Fleisch. but apparently dis- tinct in the pale green color and in the leaves which are less abruptly contracted to a shorter more denticulate and scarcely loriform subula.

ACROPORIUM LAMPROPHYLLUM Mitt. Bougainville Island: S. F. Kajewski no. (D.) b.

DISTRIBUTION: Sumatra, Java, Celebes, Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa.

ACROPORIUM SECUNDUM (Hornsch. & Reinw.) Fleisch.? Bougain- ville Island: near Lake Luralu, L. J. Brass no. (F.) Sterile and eroded.

DISTRIBUTION: Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Celebes, Ceram.

ACANTHORRHYNCHIUM PAPILLATUM (Harv.) Fleisch. Bougainville Island: near Lake Luralu, L. J. Brass no. (A.) c.

DISTRIBUTION: Nepal, Malay Penins., Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa.

TAXITHELIUM INSTRATUM (Brid.) Broth. San Cristoval Island: Waimanura, L. J. Brass no. 2661b.

DISTRIBUTION: Malay Penins., Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Celebes, New Guinea.

TAXITHELIUM LINDBERGII (Bryol. Jav.) Ren. & Card. Bougainville Island: near Lake Luralu, L. J. Brass no. (A.) a.

DISTRIBUTION: Annam, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Ceram, Am- boina, Fiji.

THUIDIACEAE

PELEKIUM VELATUM Mitt. San Cristoval Island: Waimamura, L. J. Brass no. 2661d.

DISTRIBUTION: Malay Penins., wide in Malaysia, Philippines to Samoa.

SEMATOPHYLLACEAE

TRISMEGISTIA RIGIDA (Hornsch. & Reinw.) Broth. Bougainville Island: near Lake Luralu, S. F. Kajewski no. (G).

DISTRIBUTION: Siam, Annam, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines, New Caledonia, New Guinea.

Rhaphidostichum Leeanum Dix. & Ther. sp. nov. Robustiusculum, pallide virens, nitidum. Caulis irregulariter

ramosus, ad 4 mm. latis. Folia conferta, erecto-patentia, ecostata, 2.5-3 mm. longa. oblonga, concava, in subulam denticulatam con- tracta; marginibus erectis, superne leniter denticulatis; cellulae superiores laevissimae, incrassatae, fusiformes, 8-9 [, latae, basilares sensim longiores, alares magnae, vesiculosae. Seta circa 2 cm. alta, superne humiliter mamillata, theca pendula, collo mamilloso.

Solomon Islands: Faisi, coll. Lee, 1912, ex herb. G. Webster, comm. H. N. Dixon.

Very near R. bunodiocarpum (C. M.) Fleisch. but apparently dis- tinct in the pale green color and in the leaves which are less abruptly contracted to a shorter more denticulate and scarcely loriform subula.

ACROPORIUM LAMPROPHYLLUM Mitt. Bougainville Island: S. F. Kajewski no. (D.) b.

DISTRIBUTION: Sumatra, Java, Celebes, Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa.

ACROPORIUM SECUNDUM (Hornsch. & Reinw.) Fleisch.? Bougain- ville Island: near Lake Luralu, L. J. Brass no. (F.) Sterile and eroded.

DISTRIBUTION: Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Celebes, Ceram.

ACANTHORRHYNCHIUM PAPILLATUM (Harv.) Fleisch. Bougainville Island: near Lake Luralu, L. J. Brass no. (A.) c.

DISTRIBUTION: Nepal, Malay Penins., Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa.

TAXITHELIUM INSTRATUM (Brid.) Broth. San Cristoval Island: Waimanura, L. J. Brass no. 2661b.

DISTRIBUTION: Malay Penins., Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Celebes, New Guinea.

TAXITHELIUM LINDBERGII (Bryol. Jav.) Ren. & Card. Bougainville Island: near Lake Luralu, L. J. Brass no. (A.) a.

DISTRIBUTION: Annam, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Ceram, Am- boina, Fiji.

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HYPNACEAE

ECTROPOTHECIUM ARFAKENSE Broth. & Geh. det. from desc. Bougainville Island: Lake Luralu, 1700 m., S. F. Kajewski no. 2170c.

DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

ECTROPOTHECIUM ADNATUM Broth. San Cristoval Island: Wai- mamura, L. J. Brass no. 2661.

DISTRIBUTION: Fiji.

ECTROPOTHECIUM SUBDISTICHELLUM Broth.' Endemic.

VESICULARIA RETICULATA (Doz. & Molk.) Broth. San Cristoval Island: Waimamura, L. J. Brass no. 2661a.

DISTRIBUTION: Himalayas, Malay Penins., Sumatra, Java, Celebes, Philippines.

LITERATURE CITED

1. BROTHERUS, V. F. 1913. Musci der Hawaiischen und Salomoninseln. Denk. math.-natur. Ki. K. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien 89: 464-467.

MOSSES FROM LA TUQUE, QUEBEC

E. A. MOXLEY

The town of La Tuque, which is situated on the St. Maurice River, eighty miles north of Trois Rivieres, and over one hundred miles northeast of Montreal, is built on pure sand overlying granite, and has for its only industry the production of pulpwood and lumber. From the surrounding hills, none over twelve hundred feet high, numerous small streams cascade down over rounded granite boulders to form miniature lakes in the valley below. The largest, Lake Waya- gamack, is seven miles long and six miles wide, and lies eight and a half miles southeast of La Tuque. Five smaller lakes in the area are Parker Lake, Lake La Tuque, Lake A Beauce, Little Wayagamack, and Lac Thomas. Except for canoe transportation on the lakes and rivers in summer, communication is restricted to the one road and the Canadian National Railway, both of which pass through the town.

The station for Fontinalis Lescurii and F. missourica is at Lac La Cache, twenty miles north of La Tuque.

Members of the Moss Exchange who have received specimens of mosses from La Tuque, Quebec, will undoubtedly be interested in the following list of bryophytes. The collections were made in the

1 Recorded by Brotherus but not seen.

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