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gustioribus, margine magis incrassato et fortius duplicato-serrato, 
lamin cellulis obscurioribus, nervo supra spinoso-dentato. 
Disrrre.—India: Nepal (Gardner), with the type, ¢. fr}; 
Khasia, Myrung Wood, on decayed wood (D. McClelland), ¢. fr.!; 
Nurtiung, Mont. Khasia, reg. temp. alt. 5000 ped. (Herb. Ind. Or. 
Hook. fil. & Thomson, no. 124), c. fr.!; Sikkim, Kurseong (Rev. 
Decoly, 1899), ¢. fr. ! 
It may be noted here that authors have described differently the 
capsule of S. Gardneri. Hooker says, ‘“capsula siccitate vix su 
-eata’’; Schwaegrichen and Miller, ‘‘ capsula leevissima’’; Bridel, 
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of the capsules are plicate, one quite smooth old capsule occurs. 
On the other hand, in the var. Maclellandii the capsule is always; 
apparently, perfectly smooth and shining. All authors have de- 
seribed the calyptra of S. Gardneri as “levis” ; in reality, however, 
the apex of the calyptra is distinctly scabrous—a fact noted by 
Wilson on specimens in his herbarium. 
(27). Poconatum NuDIUSCULUM Mitt. Muse. Ind. Or. 153 (1859). 
The following description of this species is drawn Up from 
examination of the type specimen in the Kew Herbarium (Hab. 
Khasia, reg. sub-trop. alt. 4000 ped. Herb. Ind. Or. Hook. fil. & 
Thomson, no. 1249) :— 
Dioicum ? olivaceo-viride ; caule breviusculo subflexuoso erecto 
ad 2 cel t. al implice vel rarissime dichotomo inferne nudo, foliis 
confertis siccitate incurvis tortilibus humidis patentibus e basi brev! . 
2 cellulis compositis cellula marginali ovali levi, basis cellulis in- 
ferioribus subrectangularibus latitudine 3-5-plo longioribus, lamine 
iati 
sula 
ato 8-4 cent. alto erecto plus minus flexuoso 
purpureo ovali-cylindrica 2°5-3°5 mill. longa 0°75-1 mill. lata 
erecta equali vel subinequali et subinclinata tereti os versus gross? 
papillosa siccitate sub ore constricta, dentibus 82, columella quadrl- 
. seminudum Mitt. the present species is at once dis- 
the much smaller cells of the lamina (cfr. figs: 18, 21); 
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The lamelle, which are always very low, being only 4-2 cells high, 
occupy usually from one-third to one-half the width of the lamina, 
so that on either side of the lamelle there is usually a wide border 
