LiVERU'oins OF riii: westeux Himalayas. jmi 



J'iiiiSfi»i/>ii'>ii'a /ii)iia/iii/ru-<ls, W(is\\yn\). (Xew l*liyt'>l<>;,'ist, XI\'. NO. 1). 

 Mussooric ; Chiunba-l':iu<;ie road; iSinila. The wiiiijless terminal stalk- 

 liki) portion bearin<i tho tuber at the apex often divides into two branches 

 eai'h beariutj one tuber exactly as in fycirardiclfn tulterifcin (see below). 

 .luly-Septeiuber. 



Senardietla tuhei-ifera, Kashyap. (Xew Phytologist. XIV, X'n. 1). It may 

 be taken to be a condensed form of Eiis^omhrnuia lnmala!ien,n.-^. July-Sep- 

 tember. 



.V./>. — The leafy Jiivf/crmann'talt's will be taken up later on. 



Anthoci-iotales. 



Anthoceros himahtyensis, Kashyap. (Xew I'hytologist. Vol. XIV, Xt>. 1). 



Haltitat. — Many parts of the Himalayas ; Simla ; Mussoorie : rarely on 

 tile banks of the IJavi in Lahore. Plant growing under water or where 

 tiiey are constantly moistened by dripping water do not form the charac- 

 teristic tubers. Juh'-September. (In Lahore about March). 



Anf/ioccroo erect /(■•>, Kashyap. (New Phytologist, Vol. XIV. Xo. 1). Mus- 

 soorie, Simla. July-September. 



A.nt/ioceros chambe7isiA n. s. Thallus closely creeping firmly fixed to 

 the soil, in dense circular or irregular patches, lobes often overlapping, 

 margin toothed slightly raised upwards. Patches upto o cm. or more 

 in diameter. Lobe.s thick flesh^^ with large mucilage cavities inside ; 

 greatest thickness in the middle upto 16 cells : upto 1 cm. broad. Xo 

 distuict midrib. Epidermal cells 32m.x20m. IJhizoids mostly smooth, 

 some granular. Dirccious. Involucre tubular narrowed above, with 

 truncate mouth ; l''0 nun. Sporogonia ^'o cm. long, solitary. Pseudo- 

 elaters thin walled usually branched, upto 100 u. long, slender. Spores 

 opaque faintly granular, 40-48 u. Male plants not seen. 



Habitat. — Chamba-Chauri road, moist rock : sterile plants were also 

 fnund by the late L. Bashanibar Das near Sialkot. 



Xotot/n/la-i levievi, Schtfr. Plants densely overlapping in small thick 

 patches, ascendiu'.^, fixed ouly at the base ; patches projecting outwards 

 from vertical rocks. Thallus thin, delicate, largest circular in outline upto 

 1 cm. in diameter ; smaller plants usually obovate : margin lobed, lobes 

 narrow, small, toothed ; Xostoc colonies scattered. Greatest thickness 

 upto 6 ceil.s in the middle gradually thinning towards the margins. 

 Dioecious. Sporogonia marginal between the lobes equal to or smaller 

 than the full grown adjacent lobes, entirely within the involucres Avhich 

 often arise in pairs ; upto 2 mm. long x i mm. broad. Epidermis without 

 stomata ; radial walls of epidermal cells very thick and brown, cavity very 

 narrow : epidermal cells 00110 u. x 18-20 u . Spores opaque dark brown, 

 minutely granular, .36 u. Sterile cells with oblique curved thin bands or 

 incomplete spirals, 4-") u. x 22-40 u. 



Habitat. — Simla ; Mussoorie July-September. 



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