470 MR. E. S. SALMON ON 
HYLOCOMIUM SPLENDENS, Bry. Eur.—Yatung, Tibet, 27?51' N., 
88? 35' E. (H. E. Hobson). 
HPNACEEX. 
BRACHYTHECIUM Wrcuun, Broth.—China: Glen nr. Ichang, 
c. fr. (Dr. A. Henry, no. 7912). 
From Brotherus's clear description (22. p. 239), I feel no doubt 
that this fine Brachythecium from China belongs here. In the 
diagnosis of the Japanese plant, Brotherus describes the seta as 
1-14 cent. high, in Dr. Henry's plant it reaches to 23 cent. 
B. PLUMOSUM, Bry. Eur.—China: on stones among wood, 
Tung-zan Inlet (Dr. W. T. Alexander, Feb. 1816). Japan: 
Miyanoshita (C. Ford, Oet. 1890, no. 293). 
RHYNCHOSTEGIUM CONFERTUM, Bry. Eur.—China: Chefoo 
Mts., Prov. Shantung (Dr. E. Faber, 1889, no. 12). Agrees 
better with this species than with R. inclinatum, Mitt. 
R. RUSCIFORME, Bry. Eur.—M. Tsien Mts, Manchuria 
(Dr. E. Faber, no. 1506). 
AMBLYSTEGIUM IRRIGUUM, Bry. Eur.—Altai Mts., Western 
Mongolia (Mr. & Mrs. St. George Littledale, 1897). 
ANOMODON DEYOLUTUS, Mitt.—China: Hongkong (C. Ford, 
1879 & 1889, nos. 223, 282). 
THUIDIUM CYMBIFOLIUM, Bry. Jav.—China: glen near 
Ichang (Dr. A. Henry, March 1888, no. 7911); Journey 
from Mukden to Kirin, Chang-pei-shan, 1000-7500 ft. (H. E. 
M. James, 1886). 
T. DELICATULUM, Mitt.—China: Hongkong (C. Ford, June 
1888, no. 21); Lo Fau Shan, 1000 ft. (Idem, Aug. 1883, 
no. 69). 
T. TIBETANUM, sp. nov. (Pl. 17. figs. 35-41.) 
Cespitosum, ochraceo-viride, satis robustum; caule arcuato- 
assurgente depresso irregulariter pinnato- et bipinnato-ramoso 
eparaphylloso, foliis caulinis erecto-patentibus laxe imbricatis 
subsecundis e basi vaginante late ovata vel subcordata integra 
ad angulos subdecurrente in acumen angustum denticulatum 
acutum abruptius contractis, nervo validiore sub apice evanido, 
margine infra revoluto, cellulis plus minus ellipticis 10-20p longis 
circiter Bn latis minute papillosis parum incrassatis, basilaribus 
