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Anomobryum cymbifolium (Lindb.) Broth. Mahablesliwar, 

 Jan. 1909; leg. Sedgwick (no. 37), st. 



Bryum (Areodictyon) sahyadrense Card. & Dixon, sp. nov. 

 (Tab. 513, fig. 5.) Dense caespitosum, vix 1 cm. altum, rufo- 

 variegatum, nitidum. Caulis parce ramosus, inferne laxiuscule, 

 superne magis conferte subcomose foliosus. Folia elongate ob- 

 longo-ovata suhspathulata, acuta, nee acuminata, perpellucida, 

 marginibus omnino planis, integerrimis, costa valida, imlchre 

 ruberrima, in cuspidem longam strictam excurrens. Areolatio 

 anguste rbomboidea, cellulse 75-100 [i longae, 10-12 [x latse, mar- 

 ginem versus vix angustatse ; rete basin versus elongatum, cellulis 

 rectangularibus, infimis in seriebus pluribus saepe brevioribus, 

 subquadratis ; omnibus echlorophyllosis perpellucidis, parietibus 

 pertenuibus. ? Dioicum (fl. masc. baud inventi). Flos femineus 

 nunc lateralis, nunc terminalis inter ramulos dichotomos ; foliis 

 comatis, majoribus, magis acuminatis. Seta l'5-2 cm. alta, rubra, 

 superne flexuoso-curvata, theca inclinata vel horizontalis, majus- 

 cula, 3-4 mm. longa, 1-1-25 mm. lata, turgide piyfiformis collo 

 longiusculo in setam sensim defluente, submicrostoma, operculo 

 breviter conico. Annulus latus. Exothecii cellulse irregulares, 

 parietibus firmis subincrassatis collencliymaticis. Peristomii 

 dentes pertenues, pellucidi nee colorati, late lanceolati, circa 1- 

 1-25 mm. longi, ad basin •35--4 mm. lati, subobtusi, marginibus 

 valde irregularibus, per totam longitudinem papillis quasi ciliolatis, 

 facie dorsali ubique dense minute papillosi, juxta basin transverse 

 vel oblique striolati ; sutura media angulata, seque ac sutursB 

 transversse, pertenues, segre discernendse ; facie ventrali superne 

 conferte inferne parce grossiuscule papillosi, suturis horizontali- 

 bus circa 16tenuibus bene distinctis humilibusnotati vixlamellati, 

 unaquaque sutura serie horizontali papillarum ornata. Endo- 

 stomium aurantiacum, membrana basilaris circa quartam partem 

 dentium aequans, parce papillosa ; processus dentes plus minusve 

 superantes, angustissime lineares solicUusculi pernodosi, aliquando 

 hie illic irregulariter longius appendiculati, saepe papillosi, ciliis 

 interjectis 2-3 rudimentariis. Sporse 20-27 /x, punctulati. 



Hab. Eocks, Purandhar Fort, Poena District, Oct. 1910 ; leg. 

 Sedgwick (nos. 114, 111), c. fr. Derivation from Sahyadri, the 

 vernacular name for the Western Ghats. 



A distinct and very interesting species, in its vegetative cha- 

 racters somewhat resembling B. ghatense Broth. & Dixon (v. infra), 

 but marked by the longly excurrent vinous red nerve and larger 

 leaves, while the peristome structure is entirely different, and, in- 

 deed, very striking. (Fig. 5d is drawn on too small a scale to bring 

 out the characters properly.) The outer teeth are pale and un- 

 coloured, very delicate in texture, highly irregular and prettily fringed 

 with papillae at the margins ; the papillae of the dorsal surface to- 

 wards the base of the teeth arranged in lines which are usually hori- 

 zontal, but show a pecuhar variety in direction. The processes of 

 the inner peristome, which is free or lightly adherent to the outer, 

 are longer — at times considerably longer — than the outer teeth, 

 and while filiform are not delicate nor fragile, but rather robust. 



