260 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
M. swonanus is scarcely separable from the African M. nanus C. M., 
= that the at is closely allied to Campylopus. Iam inclined 
think it much more nearly allied to Campy ylopodium (from 
‘ihioh it searal differs generically except in the almost smooth 
capsule and the absence of stomata from the dapeule wall), and 
doubtfully separable as a genus. 
e spores in C. subnanus are very remarkable, though the 
peculiarity almost disappears after desiccation. Hach spore 
en 
transmitted light, only those in the horizontal plane are rendered 
visible as an cp iee ring, through their translucency, and this 
gives the spore the appearance of being surrounded by a ring of 
pellucid fakes (cf. Pl. 540, fig. 
The variety is very marked in size and habit, as well as in the 
very short leaves; it may quite probably be a distinct species. 
ysanomitriwm bk ahyid (Mitt.). Roadside rock and bank, 
Blumia ; (Doz & Molk.). Sammnit of One-tree Hill, 7000 ft., 
N. E. , male, and ret female (53). Is there any real difference— 
rei t from colour—between these two species? Both are ex- 
tremely variable in size and habit, and in both the hair-point 
varies considerably. In any case 7. Thwaitesii (Mitt.) appears to 
me inseparable from 7. Blumii 
Dicranodontium Coca tease Sp. nov. Pergracile, caules 
gregarit, haud cespitosi, 1-2cm.alti, infrarufo-fusci, haud radiculosi, 
supra pulchre saturate virides ; folia erecto- a eae sericea, haw 
falcata, laxiuscula, superiora longiora, 5-7 mm. longa; e basi 
brevi (circa + folii longitadinen occupante), ima a dabsbat vaginante, 
peer ee -concaya, cito seta flexuosam - 
ito in subulam setaceam 
longam, e medio folio densiuscule serrulatam, dorso sublevem 
attenuata. Costa Mage 4-1 fol. latitudinem abee basin eequans, 
supra pessime notata, to ee ubulam fere o ans, atque longe 
excurrens. Cellule saperiores elongate, ceaautces call lineares, 
valde chlorophyllose, basilares omnes elongate rectangulares, 
juxtacostales infime latiores, Taxi ule, 6-8 p» late, marginem 
formantes, omnes chlorophyllose ; alares m points ar hyaline, 
auriculas distinctas fugaces instruentes. Ceter 
Hab. Shady bank near waterfall, N. E. (383 ). 
A very delicate, bright green plant, guess among other 
mosses. Only a small quantity was found, and it may be that 
its true habit may not be fully shown, and the eet be normally 
more cxspitose. Apart from this, however, and the — 
delicacy of its growth, it has good structural characters. Most o 
differs in ae much peer upper oo ma in "the 
tastes di from near the vate D. dimorphum Mitt., from 
North India, has the leaves subent D. ceylonense Fleisch.,ined., 
is much more cespitose in habit, ad has the leaves nearly entire, 
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