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Folia ascendenti-patentia, concava; perichsetialia oblongo lan- 



ceolata, acuminibus denticulatis. 

 Seta 1^ uncialis, pallida, flexuosa. 

 Capsula erecta, sequalis, fusco-brunnea, exannulata. 

 Peristomium utrumque album ; exterioris dentes siccatione un- 



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



onis inconspicuis, opaco-punctulatis, basi unitis in membranam 



brevem areolatam solidam sedecies plicatam. 

 Sporula sordide viridia, Isevia, immersa opaciuscula. 

 Columella inclusa. 



Operculum conico-subulatum, obliquum, capsula triplo brevius. 

 Calyptra non visa. 



Species distincta, Leskiae approximans. 



8. Neckera comes* Griff. 



Caule repente subpinnatim ramoso apice attenuato penduol, 



foliis laxe imbricatis lanceolato-acuminatis aveniis acumine 



minutim denticulato, 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 ssepius valde attenuati gracillimique, spithamsei, 



vel paullo ultra, muscis sociis arete implicati. 

 Folia palentissima, margine uno involuto, concaviuscula, 



prorsus avenia, acuminatissima, partium elongatarum dis- 



ticha et sa3pe aristata. 

 Perichsetialia externa rotundata, mutica ; interiora caulinis sub- 



conformia, acumine ascendente ; intima longissime acuminata, 



rectiuscula. 



Seta pallida, curvatula, subbilinealis ; vaginula subcylindracea ; 



paraphyses plures, hyalin, filiformes. Pistilla numerosa. 

 Capsula exserta, sequalis, exannulata, pallide brunnea. 

 Membrana interna inferne libera. 



Peristomium utrumque album, fere hyalinum, humore connivens, 

 ori capsulce arete cohserens/ 



* C<?me-~because it always occurs mixed with other mosses. 



