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peristomium duplex ; exostomii dentes lutei, obtusi, papillosi ; inter- 
num hyalinum ; sport valde inaequales, 0*012 — 0*025 virides, 
laeves ; operculum aciculare, rectum ; calyptra sordide fuscidula, 
thecam totam obtegens, plicata> basi laciniata, glabra. 
Coorg : on trees in exposed situations near Mercara (n. i, 7, 69) ; 
Mercara, exposed granite rocks (n. 68) ; dry jungle near Verajpet 
(n. 132). 
Species M, sulcaio affinis. sed tbeca anguste cylindrica, laevi 
facillime jam dignoscenda. 
FUNARIAGE^. 
Funaria Schreb. 
Funaria leptopoda Griff.— Mitt., Muse. Ind. or. p 56. 
Coorg : dry banks and moist banks near Paluru (n. 48, 54^ ; clay 
banks and dry banks of decomposed gneiss near Mercara (n. 13,55) ; 
Watekoii, bare earth near dwellings (n. 152); burned ground near 
Fraserpet (n. 276); Verajpet, clear soots of earth free from all other 
vegetation (n. 118) 
Physcomitrium (Brid.) Br. Sch. 
PhysGomitrium coorgense Broth, n. sp. 
Autoicum ; gregarium, viride ; caulis 3 mm. altus, basi longe 
fusco-radiculosus, mferne laxe, superne dense foliosus, simplex ] folia 
inferiora minuta, comalia multo majora, patula, anguste obovata vel 
spathulata, acuminata, limbata, limbo angustissimo, ex unica serie 
cellularum formato, superne minute serrulate, nervo lutescente, breviter 
excedente, cellulis laxis, ovali-hexagonis, basilarihus multo 
longioribus, rhomboideis ; seta 8 mm. alta, strictiuscula, tenuis, 
rubra ; theca erecta e collo longiusculo subhemisphaerica, macrostoma, 
demum atropurpurea, cellulis transversis sub ore biseriatis ; spori 
0*025 > fusci, papillosi ; operculum convexum, umbonatum. 
Coorg: Verajpet, dry shady banks (n. 170). 
Species Ph. acuminata (Schleich.) Br. eur. similis, sed foliorum 
forma et theca cellulis transversis sub ore biseriatis longe diversa. 
SPLACHNACEyF 
Tayloria Hook., Mitt. 
Tayloria Schmidii (C. Mull.). 
Syn. Dissodon Schmidii C. Miill., Flora. 1874, R* 
Coorg: Pollebetta, dry logs in forest (n. 228). 
