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MUSCI NOVI. 



By C. H. Wright. 



The following species, received at Kew from the various sources 

 indicated, have proved to be new : 



Philonotis penicellata C. H. Wright, sp. n. — Ph. gracilenti 



Schpr. affinis, sed foliis brevioribus, minus rigidis, margine apice 

 solum serrata. 



Caulis gracilis, 3 cm. altus, rufescente tomentoso vestitus, apice 

 fasciculatim ramosus. Folia angusta, subfalcata, imbricata, apice 

 serrata, subtus papillosa, ad apicem nervosa ; nervium subtus 

 spiuescens. Capsula subglobosa, sulcata, inclinata ; seta 2 cm. 

 longa ; operculum depressum ; peristomium duplex, exterius dentibus 

 sedecem subulatis, laste aurantiacis, papillosis, interius segmentis 

 sedecem 3-4 fidis basi conjunctis. Sporce rugulosse. 



Hab. Ascension Island, 2870 pedes alt. Legit H. J. Gordon, 

 No. 98. 



Growing in tangled masses in boggy places. 



Philonotis gracilescens Schpr. in Herb. — Ph. luteo-viridi 

 Besch. affinis, sed robustior, foliis rigidioribus, curvatis marginibus 

 serratis. Caespitosa. Caulis erectus, 3 cm. altus, tomentosus, 

 fasciculatim ramosus. Folia plus minusve falcata, vel lanceo- 

 lata, rigida, papillosa, marginibus serratis, nervo excurrente. 

 Capsula globosa, inclinata, leviter sulcata. Peristomium duplex, 

 exterius dentibus sedecem transversim striatis subulatis, interius 

 membranaceum in sedecem dentibus bifidis divisum. 



Hab. Mauritius. Legit Dr. Ayres. 



A graceful plant, with the habit of P. penicellata , from which it 

 differs in having longer leaves with the whole of the margin serrate. 



Breutelia elegans C. H. Wright, sp. n. — Folia dimorpha, 

 inferiora ovato-acuminata, superiora lanceolata, nervo vix excurrente. 

 Caulis robustus, plus minusve repens, fasciculatim ramosus, tomen- 

 tosus, 7—15 cm. longus. Folia caulina late ovato-acuminata, erecto- 

 patentia, marginibus supra leviter serratis, infra involutis, nervio 

 paulo excurrente ; folia ramulina lanceolata, marginibus serratis ; 

 cellulse elongate, apice unipapilloso subtus; perichaetialia ramulinis 

 similia. Fructus terminalis ; capsula inzequalis, subglobosa ; seta 

 2-5 cm. longa ; peristomium non visum. 



Hab. Rio Janeiro, Glaziou, No. 17971. 



Allied to Bartramia (Breutelia) elorujata Mitt, and B. (Breutelia) 

 rupestris Mitt. f from both of which it differs in having dimorphic 

 leaves, the lower much broader and less serrate than the upper. 

 From B. rupestris it also differs in the nerve not being produced 

 into a long pilum. 



Bryum roseum var. brachycabpum C. H. Wright, var. nov. 

 — Folia oblongo-acuminata, cellulis condensatis. Capsula breviter 

 ovata, nee cylindrico-oblonga. Csetera ut in Bryo roseo, Schreb. 



Hab. Banouli Forest, N.W. Himalayas, 5500 ft. alt. Legit 

 J. H. Lace, No. 1077. 



Leucoloma decolor C. H. Wright, sp. n. — Dense c&spitosum. 



