OF THE GENUS SYMBLEPHARIS. 493 
DISTRIBUTION : 
N. America — Mexico : Oaxaca (D. Andrieux); Cerro de los 
Nebejos (C. Ehreuberg); Forét del Desierto Viejo, vallée de 
Mexico (M. Bourgeau, 1865), under S. helicophylla; Orizaba, 
12,000 ft. (Liebmann), under Didymodon vaginatus, Hook. ; 
Prov. Mechoacan, Cerro San Andres, and Jalapa (Chrismar, 
1849), under S. Chrismari. 
Central America—Costa Rica: 5000-8000 ft. (A. S. Oersted, 
1848); V. Irazu, near Cartago, 9000-11,000 ft. ( Wendland, 1857 ), 
under S. Oerstediana. 
Asia — India, Himalaya: Bhotan, Sanah, 8000-10,000 ft. ; Pun- 
jaub, Mahasso ; British Garhwal, 8000-10,000 ft. (J. F. Duthie, 
1885); Nepal (Wallich) (J. D. Hooker); Sikkim, 7000-12,000 ft. 
(J. D. Hooker), 8000-13,000 ft. (S. Kurz); Kumaon, 6000-9000 ft. 
(Strachey, Winterbottom, T. Thomson), under Leptotrichum 
himalayanum, Mitt.; Symblepharis himalayana, Mitt.; S. 
Hookeri, Wils.; S. vaginata, Hook.; and Didymodon vaginatum, 
Hook. China: Yun-nan; bois de Tong-chan et de San-tchang- 
kiou (Hokin), 2500 mtr. (Delavay, 1890, no. 4875), under 
S. asiatica. 
Var. MICROTHECA. 
S. microtheca, C. Müll. 
DisrRiBUTION.— Asia, India, Himalaya: near Deota, Tihri- 
Garhwal, 9000-10,000 ft. (J. F. Duthie, 1893); Mahasso (Herb. 
Griffith, no. 97) ; Chola, Sikkim, 10,000-12,000 ft. (J. D. Hooker, 
no. 125 b, bottom specimen only). 
Var. TENUIS. 
S. tenuis, Schimp. MS. in Herb. 
DisrnriBUTION.— Asia, India, Himalaya: Simla, Delhi (Lady 
H. M. Lyell, 1853) ; Mahasso (Herb. Griffith, no. 19); between 
Konrin and Mandali, 7000-9000 ft. (J. F. Duthie, 1895, ho. 
17943). 
Var. MACROSPORA. 
S. Hookeri, var. capsula elliptica, operc. oblique rostrato, 
Wils. in Kew Journ. Bot. ix. p. 292 (1857). 
8. Kurzii, Hampe, MS. in Herb. uu 
DisrgiBvTION.— 4sia, India, Himalaya: Tonglo, Sikkim, 
