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ington set indicates a distinct transition between this form and 

 ordinary M . ahyssuiicum. It is, therefore, probably only a remarkable 

 form of that. 



FUNARIACEAE 

 FUNARIA VOLKENSII Broth. 



Moorland, 13,500-14,000 ft.; Nos. 2391b, 3414b, both c. fr. 



BRYACEAE 



BRACHYMENIUM FLEXIFOLIUM B. & S. 



Tree trunks in crater, 13,000 ft. ; No. 3423, c. fr. This agrees with 

 the Abyssinian specimens of Schimper's at Kew, especially with No. 

 452. No. 29 has the outer teeth more strongly bordered, the endo- 

 stomial membrane paler and more pellucid, and the leaves with 

 rather smaller cells, and wider border. No. 452, however, agrees 

 c[uite well with Diimmer's plant in the peristome and cells, though 

 the border is somewhat wider, showing" that these characters are 

 variable and not correlated, while here and there a leaf on Diimmer's 

 No. 3423 has the border exactly as in the Abyssinian plant. More- 

 over, another specimen of Schimper's (No. 552) has the leaves 

 exactly as here. 



The outer teeth are densely barred, trabeculate within ; the inner 

 membrane is rather low, the processes linear, distant. 



BRACHYMENIUM STENOTHECUM Dixon, sp. nov. 



(PI. I. fig. 3.) 



§ Orthocarpus. Robustum, infra densissime tomentosum. Folia 

 confertissime interrupteque comosa, sicca erecta, baud torquescentia, 

 paiillo ficxuosa, inferne rubella, angnste ohlonga, infra hand angn- 

 stata, supra parum dilafata non spathnlata, breviter et acute acumi- 

 nata, marginibus inferioribus anguste recurvatis, superne dentibus 

 argutis tenuibus sat distincte dentatis. Umbo lato flavido c ceUulis 

 6-8-scriatis angustissimis incrassatis circumdata ; cellulae superiores 

 breviter hexagonae, 40-50 /x longae ; circa 3-4 X i. Costa infra valida, 

 supra sensim angustata, in cuspidem pcraiigustani flcxnosaju hrcvius- 

 ciilaui intcgram excurrens. 



Synoicum. Seta 3-4 cm. alta, flexuosa ; theca clongata. sat angusta, 

 cum collo ad 6-7 mm. longa, inclinans vel subpendula, e collo praclongo 

 in setam sensim attenuato anguste cUiptica vel fusiformis, micro- 

 stoma, castanea, operculo brevi, conico, obtuso ; exothecium e cellulis 



