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i alaribus paucis, sub-rectangularibus inconspicuis, infimis 
juxta costam incrassatis, inter se porosis ; pericheetium calyciforme, 
bracteis erectis, numerosis, anguste ligulatis pits obtuso, late 
costatis, marginibus subdenticulatis; theca subsessilis, immersa, 
elliptico-ovalis, sub ore constricta, fusca, peronls conico subulato ; 
exothecii cellule irregulariter hexagono-elliptice parum incras- 
m aurantiacum, se a basilart brevissima, ha 
exserta, eee 16, dentes fere sjcnsainhe, anguste linearibus, 
linea m edia a preeditis, articulatis, intus orregu riter nodosis, raro 
brevi e ramulosis, levibu 
Spore 30-50 p» 
levissime, brunnescentes, valde chlorophyllose. Calyptra acd 
visa 
Be b. In arboribus, interdum ad saxa, Kanara Jungles, Bom- 
bay tg India; February, 1908. Leg. R. M. Maxwell. 
Nos. ba 14. 
species are nearly posemnles Pterobryopsis Hookeri 
(Mitt) "Ocal, & Dixon, which, however, differs markedly in the 
more distant and seiepalas paehing a more distant leaves, whisk 
are widely amplexicaul and auriculate at base, more sharply 
oe with an ee a acute point, and much thinner and 
rve; the capsule, moreover, is. smaller, and the peri- 
eae quite different 
P. ntida (Mitt.) Card. & Dixon has widely auriculate, plicate 
ope dfferent peristome, &c. Calyptotheciwm tumidum (Dicks.) 
F . has more Neckeroid foliation, non-acuminate leaves, faint 
aerve &e. Pierobryopsis Wighiw (Mitt.) Broth. and P. patula 
and an entirely different fructfication. "All the other Indian 
species of Pterobryopsis belong to the Section Picky odendron 
Fleisch., with exserted capsule, eymbiforin ees &e. 
he irregular thickening of the dorsal surface of the outer teeth 
is often very indistinct, and only visible by careful focussing, or by 
viewing the tooth laterally, and in old peristomes may also be lost 
or obscured sd perforat 
Dixon, te hae Plate 4973, 5, 6). a aitite) Fleisch 
habitu similis; caulis primarius repens ne %. secundarii erecti, 
nsi, m. alti, ree rie ramosi, ramis 
brevibus, sz ulis, se folios Folia sagen — 
madida cttoto-pabaibian sites inenon aes iformia, longe la 
decurrentia, nec auriculata nec amplexicaulia, apiculo brevi as 
