BARBULA. 409 



Sporula niajuscula, laevia. fusco-viridescentia, immersa opacius- 

 cula. 



Columella inclusa, apice truncata. 

 Operculum, calvptra saltemquoad. 



A Calympera Gardneri. saltemquoad iconem Hook. Muse. Exot. 

 t. 146. vix distinguenda, nisi carina foliorum serrulata et pe- 

 ristomio. 



Plant magnified, 



1. Capsule. 



2. Portion of the capsule and peristome seen internally. 



3. Sporula. 



4. Cauline leaf. — It. ass. b~5. 



X. Barbula, Hediv. Tortula, Hook, et Greville. 



1. Barbula indica, Brid. Bryol, Univ. 1. 544. Tortula In- 

 i dica, Hook. Muse. Exot. p. 7- 135. 



Hab. Ripse prope Jumalpore, Bengaliae inferioris. 



Caulea simplices. Folia siccitate valde involuta et incurvata 

 vix crispata. margiuibus superiorum et prsesertim perichaetia- 

 lium involutis. Peristomii capsulam fere aequantis dentium 

 articuli opacitate obscurati. 



2. Barbula arenaria, Gr. PI. CIII. Fig. I. 



Tortula No. 80, Afghan Catalogue. 



I* Plant natural size. 



2. Do. about ten times magnified. 



3. Leaf seen in front. 



4. Do. laterally. 



5. Do. Transverse section. 



6. Central line of leaf shewing origin etc. of the fila- 

 mentous bodies. 



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