N:o 2. Contrihntions to the Bryological Flora oftJie Nortli-Western Himalaya. 35 



intima basi tantura indistincte revolutis, ubique minntissime serrulatis, nervo tenui, 

 viricli, ad vel pauhnn ultra medium evanido, cellulis augustis, alaribus nume- 

 rosis, Iaxis, abbreviatis, ramulina minora, angustiora, ovato-lanceolata, breviter 

 acuminata, argutius serrulata; bracteae perichaeti/. internae e basi oblonga, va- 

 ginaute subito setaceae, apice serrulatae, énerves; seta 1 cm. älta vel paulum 

 ultra, tennis, rubra, laevissima; fhcca cernua, oblonga, sicca curvata, sub ore 

 haud constricta, pallide fusca; annulus c. 0,o5 mm. latus, miescens; peristomium 

 duplex; exostomii dentés c. 0,5 mm. longi et c. 0, 09 mm. lati aurantiaci, apice 

 hyalini; endostomiimi sordide luteum; processus auguste perforati; cilia bina, 

 elongata, hyalina, remote breviter appendiculata ; spori 0,oio — 0,012 mm., virides, 

 minntissime punctulati; opercidum alte conicum, acutum. 



Kashmir: in valle Burzil prope Minimarg in silvis 9 — 10 000' (n. 14 352) 

 et 10—11 000' (n. 14 410). 



Species i/. erythrorrMsoni (Bk. eur.) sat similis, sed minor et notis supra 

 allatis optirae diversa. 



Adn. In androeciis plantae masculae arcbegonia nonnulla interdum ob- 

 servantur. 



Hypnum (BrachytJiecmn) Bellii Mitt. n. sp. in sched. 



Bioicum\ robustulum, caespitosum, caespitibus mollibus, pallide viridibus, 

 nitidis; caulis repens, vage ramosus, ramis adscendentibus, arcuatis, teretibus. 

 attenuatis, dense foliosis, parce ramulosis, ramulis brevibus, arcuatis, teretibus, 

 attenuatis, dense foliosis; /o/m sicca plicatula, laxe adpressa, humida erecto- 

 patentia, subsecunda, concaviuscula, ramea decurrentia, late cordato-ovata, in 

 cuspidem longum, loriformem subito attenuata, marginibus erectis, minntissime 

 serrulatis vel subintegris, nervo tenui, viridi, supra medium evanido, cellulis 

 laxiusculis, rhomboideo-hexagonis, raedii folii 0,oi — O.us mm. longis et 0,oot — 0,oio 

 mm. latis, basilaribus Iaxis, abbreviatis, alaribus vix diversiformibus ; bracteae 

 perichaetii tenerae, hyalinae, internae e basi vaginante subito longissime seta- 

 ceae, integrae, énerves; seta 15 — 20 mm. älta, strictiuscula, tennis, purpurea, 

 laevissima; theca cernua, brevitei* oblonga, asymmetrica, pallide fusca; annulus 

 0; peristomiwn duplex; exostoimi dentés c. 0,5 mm. longi et c. 0,os mm. lati, 

 lutei, apice hyalini; eiidostomium sordide luteum; processus auguste perforati; 

 cilia terna, bene evoluta, hyalina, nodulosa; s^wri 0,oio — 0,oi5 mm., ochracei, 

 laeves; operciilmn alte conicum, acutum. 



N. W. Himalaya: ad fontes fl. Jumna 8—10 000', Oct. 1868 detexit 

 W. Bell. 



Species H. Buchanani Hook. affinis, sed statura robi;stiore, foliis laxius 

 reticulatis optime diversa. 



