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subsequent authors, with the exception of De Notaris, have con- 
sidered it as distinct. y own experience of it in the field would 
lead me so to regard it for all practical purposes, though in com- 
pany with Mr. H. N. Dixon I gathered at Maristuen in Norway 
in July, 1900, a specimen in which the characters are to some 
extent intermediate, especially in the fact that the upper portion 
I have also 
seen a specimen from North America with a tendency in the same 
direction, but such forms are, I believe, scarce, and are probably 
more often met with in localities of comparatively low elevation, 
in which the moss but rarely occurs. 
ecies as a whole is characteristically alpine, and is rarely 
ow the tree line, while 7. ruralis 
According to Lindberg the plant is identical with Syntrichia 
} b. in W Mohr; if so, it should be called 
Expianation or Puate 499.—Figs. 1, 2, Tortula aciphylla, Ben Lawers, 
leaves, x 30. Fig 3, do. leaf apex, x 100. Fig. 4, T. ruralis, leaf apex, x 100. 
NEW CHINESE PLANTS. 
By §. T. Dunn, B.A., F.L.S. 
m 
onga, chartacea, supra lucida, apice basique obtuse acuminata, 
yenis lateralibus utrinque 8-10, venulis supra minus, infra magis 
Cura: Island of Lantao at 1000 feet, on exposed rocky slopes, 
Colony of Hongkong, Dunn, March, 1909, Hongkong Herb. n. 6436. 
