10 : MUSCI INDICI, 
68. B. Nepalense, Hook. l c. t. 135. Wall. Cat. n. 1581. 
—Hasz. Nepal. 
69. B. acuminatum (Harv.) ; caule breviusculo subramoso, 
foliis strictis (siccitate erectis) ovato-acuminatis acutis con- 
cavis integerrimis, nervo attingente, capsula erecta oblongo- 
pyriformi, operculo conico.—Hook. Ic. Plant. t. XIX. fig. 3. 
a, plants, nat. size; b, leaf; c, capsule; d, peristome and an- 
nulus : —magnified. 
Has. Penang.— Stems half an imb high, branched with in- 
novations ; barren shoots long, erect. ZLeaues ovato-lanceolate, 
delicately membranaceous, with large cellules. 
10. B.microstomum ( Harv.) ; caule breviusculo subramoso, 
foliis lanceolatis acutis subserratis erectis (siccitate strictis), 
nervo attingente, seta longissima, capsula erecta ovata ore an- 
gusto, operculo plano.— Hook. Ic. Plant. t. XIX. fig. 4. a, 
plants, nat. size; b. leaf; c, capsule; d, mouth of ditto; e, f, 
portions of inner and outer peristomes : —magnified. 
Has. Nepal.—Habit of the last, but differs in the subulate 
leaves, the shape of the capsule, the remarkably flat depressed 
operculum, and the great length of the seta. E 
71. B. Weissia (Hook. mss.); caule gracili breviusculo, 
foliis subulatis serratis strictis, nervo attingente, capsula erecta 
ovata, operculo conico.—Hook. Ic. Plant. t. XIX. fig. 1. a, 
plants, nat. size; b, leaf; c, capsule; d, operculum with an- 
mulus; e, portion of peristome :—magnified. 
Has. Nepal.—The smallest and slenderest of the genus. 
72. B. splachnoides (Harv.); caule elongato subramoso, 
foliis imbricatis appressis ovatis concavis integerrimis reticu- 
latis, nervo attingente, capsula erecta ovata vel pyriformi.— 
Hook. Ic. Plant. t. XIX. fig..2. a, plants, nat. size; b, leafs — 
e, apex showing the cellules; d, capsule with imperfect peri- — 
stome :—magnified. 
. Haz. Nepal.— Stems densely tufted; leaves closely imbricat- 
ed and appressed, broadly ovate, pale, with large lax cellules, 
the nerve red. Capsule ovate, with an n PoR We have 
not seen a perfect peristome. - 
