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Entodontaceae. 
Entodon geminidens Besch. Barberton, Transvaal, 1916 ; coll. H. A. W. 
(ISTo. 254). This species is characterised by, inter aZm, the forward direction 
of the leaves — i. e. the acute angle they make with the stem and the com- 
paratively few alar cells. 
E. hrevirameus Dixon. Kaapsche Hoop, Transvaal, 1915 ; coll. H. A. W. 
(Nos. 289, 323), c. fr. ; Woodbush, Transvaal, 1915; coll. H. A. W. 
'No. 137), c. fr. This species is very near to E. lacunosus Broth., but the 
peristome does not agree. 
E. natalensis C. M. Kaapsche Hoop, Transvaal, 1915; coll. H. A. W. 
(Nos. 291, 307), c. fr. No. 291 differs from the type-form in the longer 
seta, in that it is given by Brotherus as about 8 mm. long, and Eehm., 
M. Austr.-Afr. 331, agrees with that statement. Eehm. 650, however, 
differs somewhat in having the setae 12-14 mm., often in pairs, the capsule 
more longly cylindric and deeper in colour. Wager's No. 291 agrees with 
this, and I thought it at first worthy of varietal rank. No. 306, however, 
shows so much variation in length of seta that I think it is scarcely desirable 
to give it that position. 
Levierella fahroniacea C. M. var. abyssinica (Broth.) Dixon, comb. nov. 
(Syn. Levierella abyssinica Broth, in Engler & Prantl, 'Pflanzenfam., Musci,' 
ii, p. 894 ; Bozea abyssinica Broth., MS. in Herb. Berol., etc. ; Cylindroihecium 
abbreviatum Schimp., MS. in Herb. ; Entodon cyrtoclados Besch., MS. in 
Herb.; Cylindrothecium cyrtocladon Besch., in Herb. Mus. Paris.) 
Hab. — Abyssinia ; coll. Quartin Dillon & Petit, 1844 ; Abyssinia ; Aniba 
Sea, 6000 ft., Tigre, Sept. 5th, 1847, in W. P. Schimper, M. Abyssin.,. 
No. 427. Kaapsche Hoop, Transvaal, 6000 ft., 1915; coll, H. A. W. 
(Nos. 301, 305), c. fr. 
The Kaapsche Hoop plant agrees quite well with Bescherelle's Cyl. » 
cyrtocladon. On careful comparison with the Indian plant I can find no 
difference whatever beyond a slightly more acute toothing of the margin 
of the leaf. The African plant, which has not been described as a species, 
is, I think, at best a variety of L. fahroniacea,. I have received it from 
several localities in Central Africa. 
Entodon cymhifolius Wager & Dixon sp. nov. (PI. XII, fig. 24.) Caules 
prostrati, dense intertexti, caespites humiles, late extensos laete virides,. 
nitentes, intus pallidos, formantes ; 5 cm. longi, sat robusti, confertiuscule 
regulariter pin7iati, ramis circa 5 mm. longis, siccitate saepe curvatis, 
subteretibus ni^/Zo niodo comjjlanatis. Poliacaulina conferta, erecto-patentia 
apicibus incurvis, cymhiformi-concava, circa 1 mm. longa, late ovata, acuta 
vel obtuse apiculata vel nonnumquam subobtusa, Integra vel plerumque ad 
apicem irregulariter minute denticulata ; breviter bicostata ; cellulis per- 
anguste vermiculari-linearibus, chlorophyllosis, apud apicem brevioribus,. 
