422 



MUSCI. 



Capsula annulata. Mombrana interna disereta, broviter stipitata. 



Peristoniium pallide rubrum, e dentibus 16, vol per paria longi - 

 tudine tota approximates poristotuium que S-dentatum men- 

 tientibus, setaceis, opaeiosirius. vel ad medium usque biparti- 

 tis, vel, ciliolis plus minus coheerentibus, solidis obsolete vel 

 per foratis, — obliquuscule in spiram dispositis. 



Columella inclusa, clavata, apice truncata. 



Sporula in acervulo fusco lutescentia, minuta, uniformia, laevia. 



Operculum conico-subulatum, capsula viz triplo brevius, rubro- 

 aurantiacum, rostro obliquo acuto cum apice calyptrae arctis- 

 sime cohoerente semperque hoc pileato. 



Calyptra dimidiata, basi fimbriata, saepe (villis deciduis ? sub- 

 glabra. 



Flores faeminei aggregati, terminales, peripherici axillares ? 



cincti foliis perichaetialibus arete convolutis, apicibus patulis. 

 Paraphyses subnullae. Pistilla 3-5, stylis longissimis in sinu folii 



periehaetialis iutimi convoluti obtecta * 



1. Capsule. 



2. Portion of capsule annulus and peristome seen exter- 

 nally. 



3. Tooth of Peristome. 



4. Portion of annulus. 



5. Operculum capped with the apex of the calyptra. 



6. Calytra separated with operculum. 

 7- Calyptra nearly glabrous. 



8, 8, 8. Leaves. 



DlCRANA? EFRUCTIFERA. 



9. Dicranum, PI. CVII. Fig. II. //. Ass. 546. 



Hab. Pini truncus, Nucklow Proximum exasperato, discrepans 

 statura majore folii, distantibus, summis solum arete imbri- 

 catis, magis convultis, acuminum apicibus denticulato-scabris. 



Muscus pulcher, dense caespitosus, laete luteo-nitens. 



* In the Muse. Britt, of Drs Hooker and Taylor, page 92, it is said, that 

 Dicranum glaucura has the nerveless reticulated leaves of a Sphagnum, 

 This is not the case in the Indian specimens, so far at least as regards the 

 reticulation, which is, I believe confiued to Sphagnum. 



