BRYUM. 



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Meinbrana interna libera. 



Peristomium exterius connivens, e dentibus 16, rnagnis, piano 

 subulatis, utrinque trabeculars, lineis compositionis albi3 con- 

 spicuis notatis pallide rubris, acuminibu3 setaceis albidis. 



Peristomium interius e membrana lutescente altiuscula, insigni- 

 ter sedecies plica ta, ciliis valde acuminatis, crebre ampleque 

 perforatis punctulatis ; ciliolis interjectis heec subeequantibus 

 tenuissimis, saepius ternatis conspicue trabeculatis. 



Sporula minuta, viridescentia, globosa, laevia, immersa opacius- 

 cula. Columella longe apiculata, inclusa ; operculum concolor. 

 Calyptra desiderata. 



Species prae aliis ampla et pulchra. 



B. Umbraculo proximum. Hook. Muse. exot. p. 16. t. 133. 



1. Capsule and operculum. 



2. Apex of Capsule. 



3. Portion of inner Peristome. 



4. Operculum long section. 



5. Leaf Natural size. It. Ass. 570. 



7. Bryum longirostrum, Griff. PI. XCI. Fig. II. 



Caule sterili repente, fertili erecto, foliis (terminalibus) rosaceo- 

 congestis oblongo-ligulatis obtusis margin a tis denticulatis 

 vena in mucronulum excurrente, setis aggregatis, capsula 

 cernua cylindraceo oblonga, opercula longe et oblique ros- 

 trato. 



Hab. In arboribus vel ripis sylvarum, collium Khasiyanorum 



inter Churra Punjee et Nunklow. 

 Folia omnia subconformia, siccitate crispata, saepius recurvata et 



carinata, oblongo-vel spathulato-ligulata. 

 Perichaetialia intima, minima. 



Setae aggregates 2-8, capsulae saepius horizontal, inaequilate- 

 ralis, annulata. 



Peristomium exterius humore connivens, pallide lutescens; dentes 



plano-subulati, breviusculi, trabeculati. 

 Interioris membrana solito saturatius lutescens, ciliis acuminatis 



valde poratis, ciliolis simplicibus binisve interjectis. 

 Sporula globosa, laevia, immersa opaciuscula. 



