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orificium breviora minora subquadrata. Stomata sparsa, male 

 evoluta. x\nnulus nullus. Peristomium prope orificium insertum, 

 dentes externi lanceolati, S-'Sb mm. longi, lutei, lamina dorsalis 

 sat dense trabeculata, linea media angulata, superficie usque ad 

 mediam partem fortiter transverse striolata, parte superiore grossi- 

 uscule irregulariter papillosa, subpellucida; lamellis externis paucis 

 obscuris. Endostomii membrana circa 1 mm. alta, saturate lutea, 

 e scutellis bene delimitatis fortiter granulosis instructa, processus 

 lutei. (Cetera generis.) Sporse 15-25 jx. 



Hab. On tree, Fort Purandhar, Poona District, May, 1910 

 (No. 92), c. fr. ; and on stem of Euphorbia (No. 85), c. fr. ; on 

 trees, alt. 4000 ft., Panchgani, Western Ghats (No. 55), st. ; on 

 tree, Mahableshwar, Western Ghats, Jan. 1909 (No. 22), c. fr. ; all 

 leg. Sedgwick. 



In appearance and general characters almost exactly identical 

 with Pylaisia aurea (Hook.) Broth., and only to be distinguished 

 by the very different structure of the peristome and the smaller 

 spores. In P. aurea the inner peristome is adherent to the outer, 

 and consists of a pale, not granulose, basal membrane, with very 

 short processes of the normal Pylaisia form. 



We have named this species after Lieut. -Col. K. E. Kirtikar, 

 I.M.S., whose contributions to the botany of South India are 

 numerous and valuable, and who has collected a number of 

 interesting mosses from the Poona and Bombay districts. 



Lindbergia longinervis Card. & Dixon, sp. nov. (Tab. 517, 

 fig. 5.) Habitus L. Austinii (Sull.) Broth., sed paullo gracilior, 

 sordide fuscescens ad ramos arborum inter muscos repens. Folia 

 caulina e basi subsquarrosa patentia vel assurgentia, saepe sub- 

 secunda, sicca vix mutata, vix 1 mm. longa, ad basin breviter 

 angustissime decurrentia, anguste ovata, sensim in acumen longum 

 tenue ayigustata, margine piano, ad infimam basin tantum ali- 

 quando angustissime recurvo, superne minute denticulato. Costa 

 sat valida, lutea, in foliis inferioribus nonnunquam usque ad 

 medium acume^i prodiicta, scepius versus | foUi longitudinem 

 soluta. Folia ramulina minora, paullo brevius acuminata, sicca 

 subappressa, erecta. Areolatio subpellucida, cellulae rhomboideo- 

 hexagonae, 8-12 fj. longse, 5-6 fx latae, ad utramque paginam 

 papillam unicam mediam altam acutam gerentes ; alares numerosae, 

 transverse ovales, superiores elongatse, in acumine rhomboideo- 

 lineares. Autoicum. Perichaetium parvum, bractae erectae, breviter 

 acuminatae, pellucidae, e cellulis subrectangularibus laevibus in- 

 structae. Seta rubra perhrevis, '5-"75 cm. longa ; theca minuta, an- 

 guste ovalis, circa 2 mm. longa, pachydermica, rufo-fusca, operculo 

 convexo. Exothecii rete valde densum, parietibus longitudinali- 

 bus fortiter incrassatis, transversalibus contra tenuibus. Peristo- 

 mium generis ; dentes albidissimi, lati (ad basin 70-80 /x), suh- 

 acuti, latissime marginati, papillosi, extus altiuscule trabeculati. 

 Sporae aurantiacae, minutissime granulosae, circa 15 [x. 



Hab. On trees, Binsar, Almora, 7000 ft. alt., 1910 ; leg. Miss 

 E. Shepheard (No. 11). 



A very distinct plant, differing from all the other Indian 



