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side bank, N. E., c. fr. (112, 117); roadside bank by watercourse, 
Hakgala, c. fr. (121). 
F’. hygrometrica Sibth. N. E., e. oa (122). 
Bry. 
na brevicollum Fleisch. Rotting log, Ped., c. fr. 
281 
o Pohlia flexuosa Hook. Wet gravel bank by roadside, N. E., 
c. ce (a7, 299). While very closely ae: the North Indian 
plant, these have axillary gemme of quite different nature, being 
small, brown, subspherical, ae es SPO bodies, and may belong 
to a different species. 
Brachymenium exile (Doz. & Molk.) Bry. Jav. Peaty soil, 
N. E., and sont bank, N. E., c. fr. (97, 282) ; roadside eg She 
rock, N. H., c. fr. (279). 
zB. nepalense Hook. Trees, N. E., c. fr. (103,110, 111, 276). 
- B. leptostomoides (C. M.) Schimp. Fallen tree boughs, Pera- 
deniya Gardens, Kandy (12). 
nomobryum seatiiahian Candb:) Broth. Bandy soil by road- 
side, neous Pass, c. fr. (278). Peristome with long cilia, 
which are, however, not at all sie ta nother specimen 
(69) diffors considerably in the wider, less vermicular cells, but is 
scarcely determinable. 
Bryum argenteum L. Dry ef wN N. E., c. fr. (278). 
B. nitens Hook. care C. ft: (11 
B. es Gee C. aa in . stream, Di Bay Oe TY, 
(274, 277). 
B. pseudo-alpinum Ren. & Card. Damp hollow of bank, N. E. 
eh If the Himalayan moss which Mitten identified with 
B. alpinum is also—as indicated by Mitten—the B. i aeseratemnat 
of Hooker, it would seem that the latter name should 
and that Renauld and Cardot’s new name was Gnnosy. 
Bryum (Evu-pryum § Doxionipium) ceylonense Broth. & 
Dixon, sp. nov. (PI. 540, fig. 5.) B. Montagneano C. M. affine; 
differt foliis longius tenerius arisiatts, pilo minus stricto, den- 
ticulato, foliorum superiorum sepius hyalino; cell. superiores 
anguste, parietibus subincrassatis; basilares magne, parietibus 
tenuibus. Theca paullo longior, angustior, senectute fusco- 
purpurea, apareai obtuso, peristomio melius evoluto. Peristomii 
dentes externi rufo-fusci, superne parum pallidi, ubique dense 
papillosi ; aifbntoniti membrana sat alta, luteo-fusca, papillosa ; 
processus breves, toed via rie cilia bina, tenella, omnino 
exappendiculata. Spori minuti. 
Hab. ee at on open ground near = N.E., c. fr. (106). . 
Axillary bro oF beanie are frequently numerous. 
Nearly allied to B. Montagneanum, but distinct in the more 
Miller as “ featbraa interna fut in cilia obsoleta vel irregularia 
divisa,” and the species placed in the § Peristomium Brachymenii; + 
