WEISIACEAE. 

 Hymenostylium Brid. — Mitt. Musc. Ind. or. p. 32. 



Hymenostylium curvirostre (Ehrh.). Mitt. 

 Astor: in valle Gudhai 11—12 000' (n. 12 725). 



Baltistan: Chatpâni nullah 12 — 13 000' (n. 14 443, f. foliis nervo dorso 

 papilloso). 



Hymenostylium commutatmu Mitt. 1. c. p. 32. 



Astor: inter Astor et Daslikin 7—9 000' (n. 12 863). 



Anoectangium (Hedw.) Br. eur. 



Anoectangnim Duthiei Brotli. n. sp. 



Dioicum; caespitosnm, caespitibus compactis, latis, usque ad 10 cm. altis, 

 ocliraceis, apice obscure viridibus; caiilis erectus, fere ad apiceni fusco-radicu- 

 losus, dense foliosus, superne fastigiatira ramosus; folia sicca incurva, humida 

 patula, e basi ovali, ventricosa sensim angustata, acuta, c. 1,2 mai. longa, mar- 

 ginibus inferne revolutis, integerrimis, nervo crasso, cum apice evanido, dorso 

 laevi, cellulis incrassatis, subquadratis, papillosis, basilaribus rectangularibus 

 teneris laevibus; bradeae peridiaetii internae e basi late vaginante, crenulata 

 subito anguste acuminatae, nervo tenui, cellulis elongatis, laevibus; seta late- 

 ralis, 2 mm. alta, stricta, lutea; theca deoperculata asymmetrica, ovalis, ma- 

 crostoma, fuscidula, nitidiuscula, gymnostoma. Caetera ignota. 



Astor: Alampi Là 14—16 000' (n. 12 717). 



With regard to the place tliis species should occupy in the system, I liave 

 liad certain doubts. Habitually, it cornes nearer to Pleiiroiveisia than to 

 Anoectanyium, and therefore I first thought it riglit to classify it among the 



