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sporogonium contained in its own perianth and dorsal involucre and directed 

 straight upwards. There was a slit on one side of this dorsal involucre 

 but it was closed below. It appears that the involucre was originally 

 lateral, but was later carried upwards by basal growth. 



This plant is very xerophilous occurring on bare exposed rocks in large 

 dense patches. 



Fimbnaria Mussuriensis, Kashyap. Monoecious, both male and female 

 receptacles on short ventral shoots. 



Thallus green unbranched long narrow, linear oblong, with ventral and 

 occasionally apical adventitious shoots up to 10 mm. long and 2 mm., broad, 

 closely creeping. Dorsal surface green flat stomata bounded by 3 series of 

 6 cells each ; chambers empty. Ventral surface greenish or reddish ; 

 midrib flat gradually passing into the wings ; scales hyaline or reddish, 

 appendage reddish linear entire. Male and female shoots irregularly mixed 

 or alternating or male on one side and female on the other side of the frond. 

 Antheridia in a hemispherical cushion, papillte small. Stalk 10 mm. long 

 sparsely paleaceous at tbe base and the whole length but densely so at the 

 apex. Receptacle flat or slightly convex 2-4 lobed ; stomata high^ perianth 

 conical, lanceolate, % projecting. Elaters bispiral up to 200u, long, some- 

 times branched. Spores opaque, margin entire, up to lOOu. 



The apex of the frond bends down into the soil at the end of the season 

 and grows up again next year producing a characteristic bend. 



Moist shady places, Mussoorie. 



Qninaldia indica, St. n. sp. Monoecious, thallus closely creeping, un- 

 branched or once or twice forked, lobes long narrow, more or less parallel, 

 up to 1"5 cm. long and 2 mm. broad. Dorsal surface green flat or slightly 

 concave ; margins purple, stomate distinct, with three series of 7-8 cells 

 each ; Chambers densely filled with filaments. Ventral surface convex with 

 a rounded midrib ; scales purple, overlapping, not exceeding the margins, 

 lunate, entire ; appendage rarely hyaline linear-lanceolate, curved, entire, 

 sometimes two appendages to each scale. Antheridia in a median dorsal 

 elliptical to linear-oblong red cushion ; papilla purple conspicuous. Female 

 receptacle always on very short ventral shoots, four or five of which may 

 be found on each side of the main frond. Stalk up to 2 cms. long, slender, 

 naked ; receptacle convex, involucres up to 4 ; capsule slightly projecting 

 beyond the circular mouth of the involucre ; operculum large brown 1 mm. 

 in diameter; basal cells of capsule wall 75x20u, annulus cells 80x30u, 

 operculum cells thick — walled 60xo0u. Elaters closely trispiral, about 

 250u ; spores brown spherical 90u, with large round papillae appearing as 

 lobes along the margin. 



The plant was sent by the writer to Professor Stephani who named it. 



Occurs in Mussoorie, Pathankote, rarely in Lahore in winter along the 

 river bank. 



Reboulia h'mispherica, (L) Eaddi. Mussoorie, Dalhousie, Simla. 



Plaf/iochasma appendiculatum, L. et. L. (New Phytologist, Vol. XIII, No. 

 9). The stomata were described by the writer as bounded by 3 series of 8 

 cells each. Material from diflferent localities has shown that the number of 

 cells in each series varies between 6 and 8. Garhwal very common ; Lahore, 

 rare. 



Plagiochasma articulatum, Kashyap. (New Phytologist, Vol. XIII, No. 9). 

 Garhwal, common, Simla; Lahore, rare. 



Mindal pangiensis, Kashyap. Gen. et. sp. nov. (after Mindal temple in 

 Pangie). 



Monoecious or dioecious. Thallus in dense tufts of dark green colour, 

 plants often overlapping, 1-| cm. or more long, two or three times forked, 

 multiplying by apical adventitious shoots, lobes oblong notched at the apex, 



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