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angusta sed a basi dimidia parte folii latior. Pedunculus terminalis 
interdum duplex, longior, subruber. Theca incurva symmetricalis non 
magna, brevis, ovalis, operculo conico rostro brevi. Peristomium dentibus 
rigidis longioribus sine papillis. Sporis rotundis 12-15 mu. diametro. 
Habit. — Sparse in tumulis protectis. Umkomaas, Natal. 
This moss is remarkable for the leaves having no nerve, so that the 
theory that the sheathing lamina is an outgrowth from the nerve cannot 
hold in this case. 
Amblystegium filiforme, Wager and Wright. (Plate I. B.) 
Herbae dense cristatae, ramis irregularibus longis tenuibus filiformibus. 
Folia crebra parva, sicca imbricata, humida patentia, circa 1 mm. longa, 
ovata paululum asymmetrica, apice acuto sine acumine, margine paululum 
denticulata. Cellulis brevibus irregularibus rotundatis, fere pari longi- 
tudine et latitudine ad basim uniformioribus, sine auriculis, nervo robusto 
infra apicem desinente. Perichaetialia distinctia multo longiora, punctis 
longis acuminatis cellulis regularioribus longioribus quam latis. 
Pedunculus 12-18 longus, fuscus. Peristomium breve a margine interiore 
ciliatum. Sporis regularibus circa 20 mu. diametro. 
Habit. — In lapidibus, &c. Van Eeenen, Natal, 
Differs from Amblystegium radicale in the leaves, being more shortly 
pointed, not acuminate, and in the shorter cells. 
Fruit of Leucoloma Woodii, Eeh. and MacO. (Plate I. C.) 
This moss was named and placed in a new genus from foliage 
•specimens only. The fruit has now been discovered, and the following is 
a description of it. 
Dioica. Pedunculus erectus brevis 2-3 mm. longus plerumque duplex. 
Theca lateralis erecta symmetricalis, cylindricalis, circa 1 mm. longa, ore 
sicco non contracto ; peristomio brevissimo, 15 mu. longo, uno cum 
ordine dentium duplicum brevium prope levium ab interiore latere oris. 
Peristomium decidens ut theca appareat fere sine peristomio. 
Fruit of L. REHMANNI, CM. 
Pedunculus longior. Theca longior angustiorque ; ore constrictiore 
€um annulo distincto levique ; peristomio rudimentiore cum uno ordine 
dentium brevium latorumque. 
The male plants are more branched and tufted, the antheridia being 
terminal. The archigonia are lateral on less branched specimens. 
Both fruiting plants were found at Woodbush, Transvaal. 
