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MUSCI. 



• Capsula erecta, aequalis, fusco-brunnea, exannulata. 



Peristomium utrumque album ; exterioris dentes siccatione un- 

 dulati, piano subulati, obtusi, conniventes, lineis compositi- 

 onis inconspicuis, opaco-punctulatis, basi unitis, in membra- 

 nam brevem areolatam solidam sedecies plicatam. 



Sporula sordide virida, la3via, immersa opaciuscula. 



Columella inclussa. 



Operculum conico-subulatum, obliquum, capsula triplo brevis. 

 Calyptra non visa. 



Species distincta, Leskiae approximans. 



1 Capsule. 



2 Portion of capsule and of both peristomes viewed in- 



ternally. 



3. Long section of operculum. 



4. Cauline leaf. 



5. Perichsetial leaf. //. Ass. 384. 



8, Neckera comes* Griff. PL LXXXVI. Fig. II. 



Cuale repente subpinnatim ramoso apice attenuato pendulo. 



foliis laxe imbricatis lanceolato-acuminatis aveniis acumine 



minutim denticuloso, seta brevi, capsula inclinata ovato-ob- 



longa, operculo conico-subulato obliquo, 

 Hab. Colles Khasiyani, inter Churra Punjee et Nunklow. Prope 



Mumbree frequentissima, semper que sodalis. 

 Caules apicibus saepius valde attenuati gracillimique, spithamaei, 



vel paullo ultra, muscis sociis arete implicati. 

 Folia patentissima, margine uno involuto, concaviuscula, pror- 



sus avenia, acuminatissima, partium elongatarum disticha et 



saape aristata. 



Perichaetialia externa rotundata, mutica ; interiora cualinis sub- 

 conformia, acumine ascendente ; intima longissime acuminata, 

 rectiuscula. 



Seta pallida, curvatula, subbilinealis ; vaginula subcylindracea ; 



paraphyses plures, hyalin, filiformes. Pistilla numerosa. 

 Capsula exserta, aequalis, exannulata, pallide brunnea. 

 Membrana interna inferne libera. 



• Comet— because it always occurs mixed with other moses. 



