COLLECTION OF MOSSES IN COORG, 1898-99, 
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TORTULACE^. 
Hyophila Brid. 
Hyophila involuta (Hook.) Jaeg. 
Syn. Desmatodon involutus Mitt,, Muse. Iiid.' or. p. 39. 
Coorg: dry decomposing pegmatite near Verajpet (n, 125) ; dry 
rocks in bed of Cauvery river, Fraserpet (n, 271). 
Hyophila cylindrica (Hook.) Jaeg. 
Coorg : dry steep faces of gneiss 8 miles east of Mercara (n. ii) ; 
plastered walls of the fort at Mercara (n. 18) ; on tomb-stones in shady 
places near Murnad (n. no) ; steep rocky banks, Verajpet (n. 122) ; rocks 
in coffee gardens, Sidapur (n. 265) ; on granite rocks by riverside 
near Gonikopaul (n. 201) on dry rocks in river-bed (n. 208) ; rocks 
in river-bed near Titimati (n. 254) . 
Hyophila Walheri Broth, n. sp. 
Dioica ; pusilla, laxissime caespitosa vel gregaria fuscidula, ' baud 
nitida ; caulis vix ultra i mm. altus, infima basi radiculosus, dense 
foliosus, simplex ; filia sicca incurva, humida suberecta carinato- 
concava, oblonga vel oblongo-spathulata, obtusiuscula, mutica vel 
brevissime mucronata, marginibus erectis, integerrimis, nervo crasso, 
rufescente, basi c. 0*05 mm. lato, cum apice evanido vel brevissime 
excedente, dorso laevi, cellulis subrotundis, c. o’bio mm , papillosis, 
basilaribus hexagono-oblongis, inanibus, laevissimis ; seta 2 — 4 mm: 
alta, tenuis, stricta, lutea ; theca erecta, oblongo-cylindrica, atro-pur- 
purea, laevis, gymnostoma ; spori 0-02 mm , virides, papillosi; ; oper^ 
culum conico-subulatum, curvatulum. 
Coorg : Verajpet, sparingly on tree trunks in coffee gardens 
(n. 134) ; tree trunks in dry jungle near Hatur (n, 173); tree trunks 
at Ponnapet (n. 240). 
Species distinctissima, pulchella, cum nulla specie indica commu- 
tanda. 
Barbula Hedw. 
Barbula comosa 1)ol. Molk. — Mitt. Muse. Ind. or. p. 35. 
Coorg : dry decomposed rocks near Mercara (n. 78) ; damp sandy 
soil by side of stream near Hatur (n. 186). 
Barbula indica (Hook.) Brid. 
Syn. Tortula indica Mitt. I. c. p. 30. 
Coorg .* a lime-loving moss, — on plastered portion of bridges near 
Verajpet (n. 156). 
