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Hooker's specimens of B. pulchrmn do not at all bear out this descrip- 
tion of the form of the leaves ; thev are no narrower and no less concave. 
They may be subentire or subdenticulate on the same stem. The nerve 
shows no difference such as the description implies ; in both plants in the 
upper leaves it usually runs out clearly into the arista ; there is no difference 
in the border. Nor are the fruiting characters in any way distinguishable. 
The seta varies in length in the same tuft considerably, as do the capsules 
in form ; they are, in fact, clavate before maturity, but when fully ripe more 
inflated. The two plants are indubitably identical. 
Anomohryum promontorii (C. M.) Dixon comb. nov. (syn. A. pro- 
cerrimum Eehm. Brijum promontorii C. M.). Near Hogsback, 4-6090 ft., 
Tjumie, CP., 1916 ; coll. Hend. (No. 222). Oiant's Castle, 7000 ft., Natal, 
1915; coll. R. E. Symons, comm. Sim (No. 8696). 
In ' Bull. Torr. Bot. Club,' xliii, p. 68, 1 remarked on the confusion in the 
synonymy of this species, but I have to confess having needlessly added to- 
its complexity. I gave there as the correct name Ammiohryum procerrimum 
Eehm. Musci Austr.-Afr., 540. But as Mr. Sim has pointed out to me this. A 
is a nomeri nudum, not being accompanied by a description. The first name 
published with a description was Bryum promontorii C. M. in Hedwig. 
xxxviii, 69 (1899), and I have therefore restored this specific name as above. 
Bryum aulacomnioides C. M. Hogsback, Tjumie, CP., 1917; colL 
D. Hend. (No. 336). This agrees well with an authentic specimen at 
Kew, Eabenh. Bryoth. Eur. 1393, coll. MacOwan. I am inclined to think 
it is probably identical with B. austro-veritricosum Een., from Madagascar^ 
which I have not seen. 
Bryum argenteum L. var. australe Eehm. Among various forms of 
B. argenteum received from South Africa the following are, I think, referable 
to this variety, which, while occasionally rather indistinctly marked, is, in its 
best developed condition, a very fine form. I have recorded it from several 
localities in South India. There it fruits readily, but I have not seen the 
fruit from Africa. Giant's Castle, 8000 ft., Natal, 1915 ; colL E. E. Symons, 
comm. Sim (No. 8693). Near Hogsback, Tjumie, CP., 1916; coll. 
Hend. (No. 189) ; Bulawayo, Jan. 1900 ; coll. E. Sadler, comm. C. Webster 
(No. 933). 
Bryum Muehlenheckii Bry. Eur. Ciant's Castle, 8000 ft.. Natal ; coll. 
E. E. Symons, comm. Sim (No. 8656) ; Tugela Gorge, 6000 ft.. Natal, 
1915 ; coll. Prof. Bews, comm. Sim (No. 8657) ; Upper Bushman's Eiver, 
7000 ft., Drakensberg, Natal, 1905; coll. Sim (No. 8655). 
These were sent as Bryum afro-alpinum (Eehm.) ; but they are not that, 
according to the specimen at Kew at least, which is B. alpinum Huds. simply. 
I cannot separate them in any way from our northern B. Muehlenhechii, 
and think they must go there. No. 8655 is a lax form with weaker nerve, 
but cannot be separated from the others. 
