298 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
of the Himalayas and temperate . has certainly led to the 
description of species as new, which cannot be fairly separated 
from already known species of the es : sad it may probably 
ryopsis kanarensis was there described as a new species, but it 
proves to be identical with eee ey Walkeri Broth. (Contrib. 
‘to the Bryol. Flora of S. Indi goergims 1899, p. 324 
extenuation, it may be mentioned ¢ t the decurrent wings of 
the leaves, which appeared to an important feature, are not 
referred to in the original doncesaitioy while the ‘“filis articulatis 
numerosis” there described were not discoverable on our plant. 
On a subsequent gathering, Rowaver; sent by Mr. Sedgwick, these 
axillary brood organs were found in profusion; and an examination 
of authentic specimens of P. Walkeri revealed the identity of the 
two fin ants. The name P. kanarensis must therefore be aban 
don 
Among the later gatherings sent by Mr. Sedgwick was a 
re er apparently belonging to Morea; which was pro- 
onally named by Dr. Brotherus Merceya pellucida, n. sp. In 
Seating up the description, however, it transpired that the nerve 
genus, for which the name of Merceyopsis, in reference to its 
close alliance and resemblance to Merceya, seemed appropriate. 
pans Broth. & es gen. nov: Pottiacearum. 
sci OREO, 
ei Mercey similis, 
elliptica, leptodermis, exothecii ellen: magnis, subhexagonis, 
plerumque isodiametricis. reutum lon arte att 
: nullum. Epon rare eves, girostre. Peristomi m 
