lO SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 69 



VESICULARIA SPHAEROCARPA (C. M.) Broth. 



Chiko Forest, Busoga, 1916, Snowdcn 2 ; c. f r. Tree trunk in 

 forest, Kipayo, May, 1914, Duvnnicr 826; c. fr. 



Both these belong to a form with longly acuminate, falcate leaves 

 and longer, narrower cells than in the type ; it occurs in South Afri- 

 can specimens mixed with the type form. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE 



Fig. 1. Brachymenuim variabilc (type), a, Leaf apex, X 80. (The nerve 

 is shown a little too stout.) 



Fig. 2. Pilotrichella pilifolia (type), a, Part of stem, nat. size; b, stem 

 leaf, X 2o;c, branch leaf, X 20. 



Fig. 3. Cyathophorum africamim (type), a, Stem, nat. size; b, leaf, X 10; 

 c, amphigastrium, X 10; d, capsule, nat. size. 



Fig. 4. Rhacopilum marginatum (type), a, Leaf, X 10; b, stipuliform leaf, 

 X 10; f, upper marginal cells, X 200. 



Fig. 5. Rhacopilum ugandae (type), a, Leaf, X 10; b, stipuliform leaf, 

 X 10 ; c, upper marginal cells, X 200. 



Fig. 6. Lindbcrgia patcntifolia (type), a, Stem (dry), X 3; b, the same 

 (moist), X 3; c, leaves, X 10. 



Fig. 7. Thuidium pallidisctum (type), a, Stem, nat. size; b, capsule, X 5- 



Fig. 8. Ectropothecium Diimmeri (type), a. Stem, nat. size; b, branch, 

 X 10;- c, branch leaves, X 20 ; d, upper cells, X 200 ; e, alar cells, X 200 ; f, g, 

 capsules, X 2. 



Fig. 9. Fissidcus subglaiicissimus (Diinimcr 1403). a, Stems, X 1 ; b, leaf, 

 X 20; c, marginal region of vaginant lamina near base, X 150. 



