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sterilis " ; there is, however, in Schimper's herbarium, a specimen 

 from Sumatra bearing perichaetia. In India, however, fertile plants 

 have been collected from three localities. As mentioned above, 

 fruit occurs on the original specimens collected by Wallich in Nepal. 

 There is a specimen at Kew, labelled " Nepal, Wallich," on which 

 Wilson has written ^^ Leskea recolubilis Wils. MSS.," bearing one 

 old capsule. On this specimen Mitten has written Anomodon de- 

 volutns Mitt. In Wilson's own herbarium we find several speci- 

 mens from the same locality, with a good number of capsules, 

 mostly old and without peristome, but in one case showing an 

 obliquely rostrate operculum. On these specimens, labelled 

 " Kamoon (Wallich)," which bear, besides Leskea revolubilis, the 

 MSS. names L. gyratct Wils. and L. cininata Wils., we find the 

 following note : — " Peristome double, apparently Leskioid, whitish 

 or pale yellow ; calyptra smooth (dimidiate ?)." The other fruiting 

 examples are in the Kew Herbarium — one from " N.W. Himalaya, 

 Jaunsar district, below Kathyan, 5-6000 ft. Coll. J. F. Dutbie, 

 May 17, 1893, no. 12929"; the other from "N.W.India; Dis- 

 trict Dehra Dun, Sansidhara, 3000 ft., Oct. 1895. Coll. J. F. 

 Duthie." In both specimens the capsules are deoperculate, with 

 the merest trace only of the peristome. The exact structure of the 

 peristome remains therefore unknown, but we can add to the 

 specific diagnosis of A. Toccocb the following fruiting characters: — 

 " Capsula in pedunculo flexuoso iuferne purpureo 12-15 mill, longo 

 erecta elliptica vel oblongo-elliptica 2-2-5 mill, longa 0-9-1 mill, 

 lata leptoderma, operculo oblique rostrato." 



As regards the distribution of A. Toccocb, it appears that the 

 species is really much more widely spread than the countries men- 

 tioned above indicate, and that its true geographical range has been 

 obscured by authors having given the plant dift'erent names when 

 growing in different countries. In the first place, however, we 

 may note that the species in Asia has received many MS. names. 

 This is probably due to the fact that A. ToccotB is undoubtedly a 

 variable species as to the slenderuess or robustness of its branches. 

 In Bescherelle's herbarium there is a specimen labelled " Anomodon 

 Toccocb Sulliv. & Lesq., Java" (sent byLacoste). On this Besche- 

 relle has written ''A. devolutiis Mitt.," and also (apparently later) 

 " yl. [Rerpetineuron) ruhighiosulus C. M." This is a small slender 

 state of A. Toccocb, and presents characters which might at first 

 sight cause it to be regarded as distinct. In this Java specimen, 

 and in the Sumatra one in Schimper's herbarium, the leaves are 

 narrower than usual, and are finely and longly acuminate. These 

 characters, however, are found only in the leaves of slender 

 branches ; in other specimens from Java and Sumatra the robust 

 stems bear leaves of the shape shown in Sulliv. Ic. Mus. tab. 7Ga, 

 f. 3. A longer acumination of the leaf-apex is the general rule for 

 leaves towards the base of the branches, and can be seen in the 

 American example (Muse. Bor. Amer. no. 240). Convincing proof 

 that this slender state with narrow finely acuminate leaves really 

 belongs to A, Toccocb is furnished by the Indian specimens collected 

 by Wallich and others. In these we find, among robust branches 



