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justement le dessin forme par les stries cles plaques dorsales du 

 peristome a celui que Ton observe a la face interne du pouce 

 humain, et cette comparaison peut s'appliquer egalement a notre 

 espece." 



I am strongly inclined to agree with the view here presented, 

 but I have hesitated to make so great a change as it would 

 involve within the narrow limits of this article, and content 

 myself with suggesting it as probably a desirable rearrangement 

 of these groups. 



Bryum (Areodictyon) ghatense Broth. & Dixon, sp. nov. 

 (Tab. 513, fig. 3.) Humile, tenue, habitu variabile, nunc laxe 

 nunc dense csespitosum, interdum compactum brevicaule interdum 

 laxe elongate tenuicaule, rufescens vel pallide rubellum. Caulis 

 brevis, innovationibus ssepe elongatis, ad 1 cm. altis. Folia caulina 

 superiora dense comata, ovata acuta vel ovato-lanceolata acumi- 

 nata, innovationum maxime variabilia, ovata, lanceolata, denique 

 anguste lanceolata tenui-acuminata ; tenerrivia, perijellucida, seepe 

 versus basin ruberrima, margine piano, elimbato, integerrimo ; 

 costa valida, per totam longitudinem subaequa, ruber, j^eycurrens 

 vel sapius in mispidem brevem integram excurrens. Areolatio 

 teniiissima; cellulte magnitudine multo variabiles, cum elongatione 

 folii pariter elongatte, illaa foliorum breviorum breviter hexagono- 

 rhomboideae, foliorum longiorum anguste rhomboideo-lineares, 

 ad marginem parum angustiores ; alares rectangulares. Seta 

 tenuis, flexuosa, rubra, 2|-4 cm. alta. Theca erecta vel sub- 

 inclinata, cum collo subsequilongo in setam sensim attenuata aut 

 pyriformis aut clavata, micivstoma, castaneo-rufa, operculo breviter 

 mamillato. Exothecii cellulse valde irregulares, parietibus firmis, 

 curvatis. Annulus latus. Peristomium imrvum, luteum, maxime 

 variabile, dentes externi angusti, inter se remoti, ad basin baud 

 conjuncti, intus lamellis circa 15 trabeculati, dorso superne Iseves 

 inferne dense papillosi, papillis nunc irregidaribus nunc in seriebus 

 transversalibus obliqiiisve dispositis. Endostomium nunc rudi- 

 mentarium, nunc e corona basilari tantum instructum ; bene vero 

 evolutum processus tenues e membrana basilari hyalina dimidiam 

 fere partem dentiitm aquante parvos lincarcs angustissime rimosos 

 fugaces dentibus adha3rentes exhibens ; ciliis nullis. Sporie 20- 

 25 /x, sublaeves. ? ? Autoicum. Flores terminales (masculi ?) im- 

 maturi vel abortivi in ramulis propriis solum inventi. 



Hab. On stones of a wall, Mahableshwar, Jan. 1909 (no. 63) ; 

 on a stone pillar in a sunny place, Mahableshwar, Jan. 1909 

 (no. 61) ; on stonework of a small bridge, Lonavla, Sept. 1908 

 (no. 5 ; a dense compact form, with short stems, oval, shortly 

 pointed leaves, a more flexuose seta and a more turgid capsule) ; 

 earth-bank. Fort Purandhar, Poona District, May, 1910 (nos. 87, 

 88, 117) ; face of a quarry, Purandhar, Oct. 1910 (no. 125) : all 

 c. fr. ; leg Sedgwick. 



Var. SATARENSE Broth. & Dixon, var. nov. (Tab. 513, fig. 4.) 

 Elatum, ad 2 cm. altum. Folia omnia angustiora, longiora, an- 

 guste lanceolata vel linear i-lanceolata, angustissime temci-acumi- 



