318 URYOPHYTA OF S. RHODESIA. 



General Distribution. — This rare and interesting little plant 

 which has figured variously under the genera Hypnodon, Zygodon, 

 and Decodon, has hitherto been recorded only so far as I know, 

 from the original station in the Transvaal. 



R. demissum (CM.) is erroneously recorded by Wager in the 

 Check List of the Mosses of South Africa; it is an Argentine 

 species. 



Schlotheimia percusjndata CM. — Tree trunk, Inyanga, alt. 

 6,000 feet, Dr. Nobbs (1358 in herb Eyles). A rather marked 

 species, being more loosely tufted and with longer branches than 

 in most; the leaves are very little contorted when dry; the 

 calyptra is smooth. Rehmann's specimen of "S. cusp:4ata" agree 

 very well. It is not obvious why C Mueller changed Rehmann's 

 name; or rather his own MS. name. 



General distribution: Cape Province. 



FUNARIACEAE. 



Physcomitrium spathulatum CM. — Salisbury, in flower pots, 

 cool house (Eyles, 1446, 1590, 1746). Victoria Falls, alt. 3,000 

 feet (Sim, 8941.) 



General distribution : Cape Province, Natal, Portuguese Gaza 

 Land. 



Funaria marginata (CM.) Broth. — In wet forest, Inyanga, 

 alt. 6,000 feet, (Henkel, 2622 in herb. Eyles.) 



General distribution : Cape Province, Transvaal. 



Funaria longicollis. sp. nov. Dixon. 



Stirps distincta, folns late obovatis, subobtusis, inunarginatis, 

 marginibus superioribus ubique conferte, breviter obtuse sed 

 distincte serrulatis, nervo in cuspide brevi stricta vel leflexa 

 excurrente. Cellulae superiores hexagonae chlorophyllosae, mar- 

 ginales nullo modo angustibres, conformes nisi saepius hyalinae, 

 valde prominentes. Seta erecta, crassiuscula, rubra, circa Icm. 

 alta vel paullo brevior ; theca erecta vel suberecta, breviter 

 cylindrica, cum collo ^equilongo deHuente 2.5 mm. ad 3 mm. longa, 

 badia, opereulo minuto plano-convexo, peristomio nullo, sporis 

 20/x ad 28/a, laevibas, pellucidis. 



Habitat: Zimbabwe, alt, 3,000 feet, (Sim, 8735, 8796, 8797). 

 Khami Ruins alt. 5,000 feet (Sim, 8842). 



A distinct species in the erect and almost symmetrical, narrow, 

 long-necked, gymnostomous capsule; and the quite immarginate 

 leaves, which are densely and regularly, obtusely serrate with the 

 prominent usually hyaline marginal cells, one or two here and 

 there still more prominent, An allied South African species, 

 F. gymnostoma Dixon, is much more delicate, with smaller, 

 shorter capsule, nerve ceasing below apex. F . rottleri is of similar 

 habit, but has capsule mostly slightly curved, and leaves acuminate 

 to a long, slender point. 



Funaria hygrometrica r \i.) Sibth. — Numerous localities. 



