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lata; pericheetialia longiora, erecta, angustiora; theca in pedunculo 
brevi scabro, ovali-pyriformis, ore parvo sicco rotundo, operculo rostra- 
to; peristomium membrana brevissima truncata; calyptra ramentis 
crassiusculis denticulatis, superioribus appressis, inferioribus divergen- 
tibus, basalibus dependentibus obtecta. 
Hab. Ins. Ceylon, Dr. Thwaites; Central Prov. Ettangwala, alt. 3000', 
on trees, Mr. Beckett. 
Rami semiunciales uncialesve. Folia iu ramorum apicibus viridia, re- 
liqua ferruginea, sicca contorta, semilineam longa.  Pedunculus lineam 
longus. 
M. SEMINUDUM, Thw. et Mitt. 
Rami ezspitosi ramosi; folia in series quinas rectas disposita, a basi 
brevi erectiore patentia, oblongo-ligulata, apice acuta brevissime acu- 
minatave, nervo concolori subexcurrente, margine minute serrulato 
planiuseulo, cellulis eonformibus papillosis rotundis obseuriuseulis 
areolata; perichetialia longiora, conformia ; theca in pedunculo brevi 
scabro, late ovalis, sicca ovata, ore parvo siccitate plicis quatuor clauso ; 
opereulum rostratum; peristomium membrana brevissima truncata ; 
calyptra supra medium nuda, infra ramentis recurvis dentieulatis 
vestita. i: 
Hab. Ins. Ceylon, Dr. Thwaites. 
Rami semiunciales, Folia $ lineam longa, superiora viridia mox ful- 
vescentia, sicca contorta. Pedunculus sesquilineam longus, crassius- 
culus. Theca satis magna, cinnamomea. 
Leaves longer than in M. hispidulum, papille less prominent, 
capsule larger. 
M. MINUTUM, Mitt. 
Folia approximata, a basi brevi erecta patentia patulave, sicca appressa 
contorta, elongate lanceolata, apice latiusculo, nervo fusco in acumen 
longiusculum denticulatum excurrente carinata, margine crenulata, 
apice serrulata, cellulis rotundatis, basalibus infimis paucis oblongis ; 
perichzetialia elongata, vaginula duplo longiora, conformia ; calyptra 
ramentis superioribus appressis, inferioribus decurvis. 
Hab. Jàva, in Mont. Megamendong, alt. 4000'-7000', Motley. 
M. orthosticho M. appressifolioque minus, foliis quoad latitudinem 
longioribus acutioribusque. 
Zxaopow, Hook. et Tayl. Muse. Brit. 70. 
- Z. PERPUSILLUS, Thw. et Mitt. 
Monoicus ; caulis brevissimus; folia patentia, apice subrecurva, late spa- 
thulata, acutiuscula, canaliculata, nervo infra apicem evanescente, 
margine apicis integerrimo subcrenatove ; comalia majora, obtusiora, 
cellulis mollibus carnosulis, superioribus rotundis obscuriusculis, infe- 
rioribus oblongis rectangulis hyalinis; perichzetialia tria erecta, intima 
