JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 
I.—Muscr Invic1; or List of Mosses collected in the East 
Indies by Dr Wallich; with references to the Figures of the 
new Species published in Hooker’s Icones Plantarum, vol. I. 
tabs. XVII —X XIV; by the Honorasie W. H. Harvey: 
to which are added those collected by Dr Royle in the north- 
ern part of India, by J. D. Hooxer, M.D., Assistant-Sur- 
geon and Botanist in Her Majesty's Discovery Ship Erebus. 
A * placed before a species, implies that it is in the collections of both Dr Wal- 
lich and Dr Royle ;— denotes that it is contained in Dr Royle's collection only. 
#1. Gymnostomum xanthocarpum. Hook. Musc. Ex. t. 153. 
— Wall. Cat. n. 1546. - 
Has. Nepal and Himala,—Dr Royle’s collection contains 
3 very distinct varieties of this plant, only one of which, the 
var. y. exists in Dr Wallich's; they are the following :— 
+ «. Stems long, leaves narrow, capsule cylindrical.—1 £. 
Stems short, leaves secund broad, capsules elliptical. 7. 
Stems long, leaves narrow, capsule globose. 
2. G. pyriforme. Hedwig, Sp. Muse. I. p. 21.— Has. Nepal. 
3. G. rufescens. Schwaeg. Suppl. t. 206. Wall. Cat. n. 1541. 
Hook. Icon. Plant. t. XVII. fig. 8. a, plants, nat. size ; b, leaf ; 
c, section of do., showing the recurved margin ; d. capsule, with 
annulus partly removed; e, operculum : —magnified. — Has. 
Nepal. ; 
* 4. G. involutum. Hook. Muse. Ex. t. 154.— Wall. Cat. n. 
1545. | E 
Has. Nepal and Himala.— The apices of the leaves appear yu 
usually to be serrulate, a character which has been overleg ke 
. Journ. of Bot. Vol. II. No. 9. Feb. 1840. | 
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