62 THE PLANTS OF MILANJI, NYASA-LAND, 
coriaceis, rectis vel subfalcatis, nervo longitudinali prominente notatis, margine in 
sicco vix revolutis ; amentis masculis 2-3-aggregatis, axillaribus, sessilibus, oblongo- 
cylindraceis, obtusis, crassiusculis; squamis antheriferis late ovatis, apice rotunde 
dilatatis ; pedicellis fructiferis solitariis, axillaribus, 1—2-floris. 
The somewhat crowded leaves are almost sessile, with stomata on the lower surface only, 
2-3 inches long, 3-5 lines broad; those of the male specimens are slightly broader than 
those of the female. The male spikes are 1 inch long by 2 lines in diameter, the fruiting 
pedicels 4-5 lines long. Only very young fruits were present. 
Near Podocarpus Thunbergii, Hook. fil., from the Cape, but distinguished by its 
narrower, longer leaves, and much larger, not solitary spikes. It differs from the allied 
P. elongata, L'Hérit., in its much larger leaves and the form of the male spikes, which 
are twice as thick, but shorter. 
Hab. Milanji, 6000 ft., Oct. Nos. 34 & 39. 
MOSSES. (By A. Gerr, M.A., F.L.S.) 
Fragments of DicRANUM, LEUCOLOMA, BRYUM, and THUIDIUM. 
POLYTRICHUM COMMUNE, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1109. 
Widely distributed. 
AEROBRYUM ($ ERIOCLADIUM) CAPENSE, C. Muell.in Linnea, xl. p. 262. 
Distrib. S. Africa. 
PILOTRICHELLA ($ ORTHOSTICHELLA) IMBRICATA, Jaeg. Genera et Species Muscorum, 
ii. p. 159. 
Distrib. E. and W. Tropical Africa. 
PILOTRICHELLA ($ ORTHOSTICHELLA) PSEUDO-IMBRICATA, Jaeg. loc. cif. 
The Milanji specimens agree closely with a form in Herb. Hampe collected by Hilde- 
brandt in the Comoro Islands, and bearing the MS. name Veckera (Orthostichella) 
decolorans, Hampe. 
PoROTRICHUM DENTATUM, Gepp, sp. n. Dioieum (?). Rhizoma repens. Caules ascen- 
dentes, inferne simplices, foliis sparse vestiti, pollicares, superne flabellati. Flabellum 
lutescens, complanatum, laxe dendroideum, 1-2-pollicare. Rami pollicares, subsim- 
plices vel irregulariter pinnatim ramosi. Folia caulinae basi lata (1 mm.), amplexi- 
cauli, erecto-patentia, deltoideo-ovata, breviter aeuminata, haud plicata ; ramea e basi 
angustiore ad alas impressa, patula ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, caviuscula, plerumque 
plica medio exarata, apice obtuso apiculato, margine late recurvo, inferne serrulato, 
superne serrato, versus apicem dentato, nervo valido ad 2 evanido, cellulis inferioribus 
linearibus ad alas impressas brevibus incrassatis, superioribus ovali-rotundatis. 
