Musct Exorici.—Gardneriani. 
CALYMPERES GARDNERI. 
Calymperes caule breviusculo, foliis linearibus margini- 
bus incurvis serratis, calyptra levi. (Tas. CXLVI.) 
Has. In Nepal, arboribus. Hon. D. Gardner 
sata, serrata, obscure viridia, minutissime areolata, basi am- 
plexantia, alba, distincte reticulata, nervo tenui paulo ultra 
apicem producto instructa. Se/a terminalis, foliis superiori- 
bus paulo longior, erecta, rufa, Capsula erecta, oblonga, in- 
tense rufo-fusca, nitidissima, siccitate vix suleata. Operci- 
lum capsula subseque longa, e basi lata, planiuscula exacte sub- 
ulata. Calyptra magna, mitreformis, levis, non torta, cap- 
sulam omnino tegens, demum lateraliter fissa, dimidiata. Pe- 
ristomium membrana flavo-fusca, horizontalis, spongiosa, to- 
tum os tegens, medio radiato-striato, atque maturitate in den- 
tibus 16, brevibus, rufis, transversim striatis, basi semper mem- 
brana supradicta spongiosa unitis, fisso. 
roader leaves, whose margins are incurved, in the great length 
of the operculum, and especially in the smooth, never striated 
nor twisted calyptra, 
Fig. 1, tuft of plants, nat. size. Fig. 2, single plant. Fig. 3, 3, leaves. 
Fig. 4, portion of ditto. Fig. 5, young female fruit. ig. 6, young caly- 
ptra. Fig. 7, ditto more advanced. Fig. 8, ditto fallen from the capsule. 
Fig. 9, capsule showing the young peristome. Fig. 10, peristome more 
advanced. Fig. 11, portion of ditto —magn. 
eri. e rea 
male flowers which I possess on my specimen of €. Palisoti are in axillary and 
buds, and consist of anthers mixed with succulent filaments, 
