A FfRST LIST OF MOSSES FliOM WESTERN INDIA. 9/59 



but the Kiuiara flora gives promise of an entirely different typo. 

 This is no doubt due to the i'act that in that district both the moun- 

 tains and the jungle approach nuich closer to the coast so that the 

 influence of sea breezes is combined with the liigh altitudes and heavy 

 rainfall of the whole mountain system of the Western Ghats. 



The thanks of the present writer are due to Mr. Dixon, and also 

 to ]\Ir. G. B. Savery of Exeter, without whose assistance no head- 

 way could have been made with the study of these most facinating 

 plants. 



In the list below the new species are marked with* and those the 



fruit of which was new withf 



Pogonatum tdoides, P, Beauv. 



c. fr., Mahableswar, on banks, Wood,, Sedg. 



This is the large oriental form mentioned in Dr. Braithwaite's British Moss 

 Flora. 



Campijlopiis aureus, v. d, B. & Lac. 



Sterile, on the ground, Mahableshwar, Wood., Sedg. 



OctohlepharuiH albidum, Hedw. 



c. fr., Ratnagiri, Wood. Matheran, Kiit. On a toddy pahn, Khairne, Thana 

 District, Sedg. 



f Flssidens splachnobrijoides, Broth. 



Sterile, Thana, Sedg. c. f r. on stones at Trimbakeshwar, Nasik District, Sedg. 

 The fruit was previouly unknown, and was described from the Trimbak 

 specimei: by Mr. Dixon in J. of B., Vol. 47. May I'JO'J. 



Fisshlens (SemUimbidium) Walken, Broth. 



On an earth bank in the Krishna R., Walva, Satara District, c. fr. Sedg. 

 On an earth bank in a torrent course, Waishakhare, Thana District, Sedg. 



In both these cases the bank on which the moss was growing is submerged 

 in the rains, and it is probable that the moss will be found to be common in 

 such places. 



Flssidens crenulatus, Mitt. 



c. fr,, on earth banks, Mahableshwar, Sedg, 



AncGctaufjium Wallceri, Broth, 



On stones, Panchgani, sterile, Sedg, 



Hijmi'Hodomum edentulum (Mitt,). Besch. 

 c. fr, on stones, Panchgani, Sedg. 



flyophila cylindrica. Hook. 

 Sterile and c. fr. (v. common) • Poona," Wood. Bandra, Lonavla, Maha- 

 bleshwar. Kirt, Mahableshwar, Panchgani, Tiimbakeshwar, Sedg. 



