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A COLLECTION OF MOSSES. 177 patentia, sicca erecta, stricta, nee fiexitosa nee falcata, 3 — 3.5 mm, longa, e basi oblongo-lanceolata, .3 — .4mm. lata, e basi fere sensim angustata, in subulam praelongam, subintegram, setaceam, strictam excurrentia, •

Cellulae superiores minutissimae; subquadratae, opacae ; internae chlorophyliosae, laeves vel sublaeves, basin versus sensim in basilares ubique breviter oblongas, pellucidas, quarum series paucae marginales aliquando aitius quam juxtacostales adscendunt, transmutatae ; alares magnae, vesiculares, internae pulchre aurantiacae, externae in serie- bus 1 — 2 plerumque hyalinae. Limbus marginalia hyalinus perno- tatus latus, inferne seriebus plus minusve 6 — 8 instructus, ad apicem minutissime denticulafcam productus. Cosfca basin versus 35 — 45 mm. lata, superne hyalioa.

Seta 1 cm. fere longa, flexuosa ; theca subsymmetrica, sub- cylindrica, operculo oblique rostrato.

Hab. On Galophyllum, Sampkhand (6444).

Nearest probably to L. Walkeri Broth., which is a smaller, more delicate plant with leaves somewhat flexuose when dry, and remarkably narrow below.

The cells are smooth, or obscurely papillose only, in raid-leaf ; the leaves entire or very minutely denticulate at apex. The habit is very distinct.

§ Bryoidium.

Fissidens Zollingeri Mont. On rotten earth inside a tree, Mirjan ; alt. 300 ft. ; rainfall 150 in. (6414).

§ Semilimbidium.

Fissidens Walkeri Broth. Earth-bank of stream, Anmod (3265). Stone in stream, Sampkhand (6436) (6449) Earth-bank in evergreen, Sirsi ; rainfall above 100 in. ; alt. 1800 ft. (6459).

var. elimbatus (Broth.) Dixon comb, nov, (Fiss. elimbatus Broth, in Eecords of Bot. Survey of India I 316 (1899). Tinai Ghat, Castle Rock, N. Kanara (3262).

I have not seen authentic specimens of the two plants described by Brotherus as independent species ; but I do not think there can be any doubt, from the descriptions, of the identity of these plants.

Brotherus separates F. elimbatus from F. Walkeri solely on the following ground : —

" Species praecedenti (F. Walkeri) simillima, sed laminis omnibus elimbatis dignoscenda. "

F. Walkeri has a weak border on the vaginant lamina, reaching only halfway up the lamina. No 3262 differs only in having no trace