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FissIDENS CRENULATUS Mitt. (Tab. 508, fig. 12.) Stones in the 
bed of a torrent, Mahableshwar (no. 23a); on red earth, banks 
under tree roots, Mahableshwar (no. 40); red earth cutting by road, 
4000-4500 ft., Mahableshwar (no. 60); all leg. Sedgwick, Jan. 
1909, ec. fr. These plants all agree with one another, and show little 
variation a n the degree of acuteness of the leaves, which 
varies within a narrow range only. They agree quite well with 
“ H. 1170, Sepak Wallich, £. commutatus Wils. MS., F. crenulatus 
Mitt.,” the type of Mitten’ Fanta in iw British Museum. One 
marked and kai ie featur a fer as ending of the 
as having the same areolation as that species. The areolation = 
. ceylonensis is, however, peculiarly opaque and ging 8 “gan 
J, Wi Fl). 
its congeners, and in other respects appears distinct from F’. ceylon- 
ensts. I incline to think ae that F’. crenulatus Mitt. is a 
good species, and not to be sunk under F’. ear, or F, ig fps 
oe kas Broth. In the bed of a torrent course, Waishakhan, 
Western Ghats, Feb. 1909; leg. Sedgwic fod (no rticle c. fr, . 
Ms Pa TE De, & Mb. Ona wall, Poona, July, 1909; leg. 
Sedgwick (no. 71), c.fr. A small form; not F. aculentne Fleisch., 
as the Jeg ng 4 ceases below the apex. 
Fissidens (Pacuyrissipens) Sedgwickii Broth. & Dixon, 
Sp. nov. attab. 507, fig. 1.) Dense late cxspitosus, valde rigidus, 
superne atro-viridis oak brunnescens, inferne rubiginosus. Caulis 
simplex vel parcissime divisus, 2-4 em. lon ngus ; fasciculo centrali 
nullo, cellulis externis ai uribus eeriebus valde. incrassatis, rufescen- 
tibus i ij 
= elimbato integro, superne subundulato. Costa valida, pa Fe 
currens, pellucida. o densa, minuta, obscura, e cellulis 
ee 8-10 p latis, hexagono-rotundis instructa. Lamine 
tes plerumque e 1-2 stratis solum cellularum composite, 
