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patentia, sicca erecta, stricta, nee fiexitosa nee falcata, 3 — 3.5 mm, 

 longa, e basi oblongo-lanceolata, .3 — .4mm. lata, e basi fere sensim 

 angustata, in subulam praelongam, subintegram, setaceam, strictam 

 excurrentia, • 



Cellulae superiores minutissimae; subquadratae, opacae ; internae 

 chlorophyliosae, laeves vel sublaeves, basin versus sensim in basilares 

 ubique breviter oblongas, pellucidas, quarum series paucae marginales 

 aliquando aitius quam juxtacostales adscendunt, transmutatae ; alares 

 magnae, vesiculares, internae pulchre aurantiacae, externae in serie- 

 bus 1 — 2 plerumque hyalinae. Limbus marginalia hyalinus perno- 

 tatus latus, inferne seriebus plus minusve 6 — 8 instructus, ad apicem 

 minutissime denticulafcam productus. Cosfca basin versus 35 — 45 mm. 

 lata, superne hyalioa. 



Seta 1 cm. fere longa, flexuosa ; theca subsymmetrica, sub- 

 cylindrica, operculo oblique rostrato. 



Hab. On Galophyllum, Sampkhand (6444). 



Nearest probably to L. Walkeri Broth., which is a smaller, more 

 delicate plant with leaves somewhat flexuose when dry, and remarkably 

 narrow below. 



The cells are smooth, or obscurely papillose only, in raid-leaf ; 

 the leaves entire or very minutely denticulate at apex. The habit is 

 very distinct. 



FISSIDENTACEAE. 



§ Bryoidium. 



Fissidens Zollingeri Mont. On rotten earth inside a tree, 

 Mirjan ; alt. 300 ft. ; rainfall 150 in. (6414). 



§ Semilimbidium. 



Fissidens Walkeri Broth. Earth-bank of stream, Anmod 

 (3265). Stone in stream, Sampkhand (6436) (6449) Earth-bank in 

 evergreen, Sirsi ; rainfall above 100 in. ; alt. 1800 ft. (6459). 



var. elimbatus (Broth.) Dixon comb, nov, (Fiss. elimbatus Broth, 

 in Eecords of Bot. Survey of India I 316 (1899). Tinai Ghat, 

 Castle Rock, N. Kanara (3262). 



I have not seen authentic specimens of the two plants described 

 by Brotherus as independent species ; but I do not think there can 

 be any doubt, from the descriptions, of the identity of these plants. 



Brotherus separates F. elimbatus from F. Walkeri solely on the 

 following ground : — 



" Species praecedenti (F. Walkeri) simillima, sed laminis omnibus 

 elimbatis dignoscenda. " 



F. Walkeri has a weak border on the vaginant lamina, reaching 

 only halfway up the lamina. No 3262 differs only in having no trace 



