2 MUSCI INDICI. 
in the figure and description given in the Muse. Exot.—In 
general aspect, this plant much resembles:the Tortula angus- 
tifolia, Hook. et Grev.; but the stems are longer, the setze — . 
shorter, and the leaves are broader and slightly serrate. 
5. G. cylindricum (Hook. in Wall. Cat. n. 1548); caule 
elongato, foliis late oblongis obtusis submucronulatis undu- 
latis margine involutis apice serrulatis, capsula cylindracea, 
operculo subulatis Rl Ie. Plant. t. XVII. fig. 2. a, 
plants, nat. size ; b, upper leaf ; c, lower leaf; d, point of leaf; 
e, capsule :—magnified. 
Has. Prome.—Stems densely tufted. Leaves dull green, 
the upper ones much larger than the lower, and of a more 3 
elliptic shape, slightly involute when moist, strongly so and 
crisped when dry, minutely serrulate at the point. Capsules — 
abundantly produced, pale brown. Seta yellow.— Nearly 
related to Gymnostomum involutum, from which it differs more 
in general appearance than by any evident characters. 
6. G. spathulatum (Harv.) ; caule brevi, foliis involutis ob- 
ovato-spathulatis obtusis integerrimis, capsula cylindracea, 
operculo subulato.— Hoo. Ic. Plant. t. X VII. fig. 1. a, nat. 
size; b, leaves; c, point of leaf; d, capsule :—magnified. — — 
Has. Nepal.— A smaller plant than either of the two pre- 
ceding, and sufficiently characterized by the shape of its -— 
leaves, much smaller capsule, and shorter seta. 4 
© Il. G. vernicosum (Hook. in Wall. Cat. n. 1549); ce 
brevi subramoso, foliis pellucidis caulinis ovato-oblongis 
obtusis integerrimis seminerviis, ramorum subrotundatis, cap- 
sula ovata erecta nitidissima, operculo longe rostrato.—  - 
Hook. Ic. Plant. t. XVII. fig. 4. a, nat. size; b, leaf of the stem; T 
e, €, leaves of the innovations; d, capsule; e, operculum :— 
magnified. 
. Has. Prome. — Spreading i in wide dense patches of a pate 
green colour. Stems short, branched with innovations. Leaves, 
of the fertile stems, ovate, obtuse, of the innovations roundish — - 
or obovate, very blunt. Capsules abundant, dark glossy-brown. — 
— Well distinguished by its iin blunt c Pee leaves, and | a 
shining brown capsules. - 
