3229 MR. W. MITTEN ON NEW SPECIES OF MUSCI FROM CEYLON. 
culato, margine basi crenato superne remote serrulatis, cellulis ad 
angulos latioribus, reliquis angustis areolatis. 
Hab. Adam's Peak, Gardner. Sent also by Dr. Thwaites. 
Habit and appearance entirely those of M. divaricatum, for 
which it was passed over in the Musc. Ind., but different in the 
base of its leaves. 
M. ARISTINERVE, Mitt. 
Stipes tomentosus, foliis divaricatis basi deltoideis inde in subulam 
elongatam aristiformem productis, nervo tereti longe excurrente dorso 
remote dentato, margine remotiuscule serrulato, cellulis ad angulos 
suboblongis, reliquis angustis areolatis; rami abbreviati, foliis densis 
basi subdeltoideo-ovatis inde subulatis argutins serrulatis ; folia peri- 
cheetialia e basi tenuiore ovata, longe tenereque subulata, subserrulata ; 
theca in pedunculo elongato rubro, horizontalis decurvatave, cylin- 
dracea, pluries plicata, operculo a basi conica sensim subulato. 
Hab. Ins. Borneo in acumine montis Kina-Balloo, H. Lowe. 
Stipes subuncialis ramis semiuncialibus. Pedunculus sesquiuncialis. 
M. comoso habitu valde simile, foliis autem aristinerviis satis diversum. 
FissrpENs, Hedw. 
F. TERMINIFLORUS, Thw. et Mitt. 
Dioicus, humilis; folia circiter 20-juga, elongate oblongo-lanceolata 
acuta, nervo concolori percursa, lamina vera ultra medium producta 
apice quali, margine integerrimo, limbo nullo, cellulis minutis ob- 
scuris minutissime papillosis areolata ; theca in pedunculo breviusculo 
crassiusculo rubro, ovalis, inclinata, suberecta, subzqualis, operculo 
conico acuminato ; flos masculus terminalis foliorum laminis basi sinu- 
atis vaginantibus inclusus. 
Hab. Ins. Ceylon, Dr. Thwaites. 
Caulis trilinearis, cum foliis lineam latus. Folia glauco-viridia, superiora 
fere lineam longa, subflaccida, siccitate crispato-decurva. 
F. BICOLOR, Thw. et Mitt. 
Humilis; folia 6-] 2-juga, erecto-patentia, superiora conniventia incurvata 
ovato-oblonga acuta, nervo pellucido in apiculum breve excurrente, 
margine minutissime crenulato, lamina vera ultra medium producta 
apice subzequali, limbo hyalino a basi usque ad medium ascendente 
marginata, cellulis minutis opacis; pedunculus pallidus ; theca ovalis, 
erecta. 
Hab. Ins. Ceylon, ad terram, Dr. Thwaites. 
Caulis 1-13 lineam altus. Folia j lineam longa, intense viridia, nervo 
pellucido latiusculo. | Pedunculus lineam longus. 
F. semilimbato similis. 
