OF TIIFj ATiOR FT ['EDITION, 1911 1912. 
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Griffith’s specimens at Kew are a little more robust, but essentially 
agree. In one specimen (II. ‘3872) the cells are a little smaller, both 
upper and basal, while in another specimen of the same number they are 
appreciably larger, and almost exactly identical with those of the Abor 
plant. 
23. Cyathopliorum 1\ B. 
20. Cyatlioplioriiiii Burkillii Dixon sp. nov. (Plate I, fig. 1, II, fig. 9.) 
Dioicum ; habitu C. JTookeriani Mitt. Caulis primarius repens, tomento- 
fius, secundarii sat conferti, ad 5 cm. alti, madefacti ad 8mm. lati, subrigidi, 
simplices vel scepius hie illic ramos later ales paucos gerentes ; plerumque 
in apicem caudiformem, siccitate decurvatum, filis articulatis dense sitis 
obrutum sensim attenuati ; ccespites saturate virides, siccitate haud nitentes 
Folia sat conferta, vahle asymmetriea, lateovata, apice breviter jacutissime 
acuminata, illis C. parvifolia, figura similia, distincte sat late limbata, parte 
superior e dimidia argute minute dentieulata; costa debilis. partem tertiam 
vel quartam folii tantum attingens } snepe brevior furcata. Areolatio regu- 
lariter rhomboideo hexagona, e cellulis apud basin laxis, apicem versus et 
latera pariter decrescentibus in medio folio circa 30 /x. latis, valde chloro- 
phyllosis, parietibus tenuisfiimis instructa ; marginalibus 2-4 seriebus, an- 
gustissimis, linearibus vel peranguste rhomboideo-linearibus, incrassatis, 
limbum bene notatum, latiusculum formantibus. Amphigastria exacte 
orbicularia y ad l‘5mm. lata, apice breviuscule rigide cuspidata, ecostata 
vel costam pertenuem din^idiam partem folii vel infra attingentem exhib- 
entia, margin© serie unica cellularum angustissime obscure limbata, in 
parte super lore dimidia argute dentieulata. 
Flores in plant® propriae caulibus copiosi, soepe in cujusque folii axillis 
frondis superioris siti. Planta feeminea flores pauciores, medium versus 
frondem plerumque insertos gerens, Seta valde arcuata vel geniculata, 
pallida, '4 — 5 cm. long a loevis, vel cellulis mammose prominentibus 
subrugulosa. Theca angustissime elliptica vel elliptico-cylindrica, pallida. 
2 mm. longa, collo distincto proedita. Calyptra conico-mitriformis, 
glabra t basi subintegro. Operculum conicum, longe rostratum. Annulus 
latus, facile friabilis. Peristomium bene evolutum fusco-rubrum ; dentes 
externi e basi paullo latiore lineares, fragiles, siccitate areuato-incurvi. 
'6 mm. longiy extus densissime minute papillosi, linea media perincras- 
sata recta vel sinuosula exarati, intus conferte altiuscule lamellati ; 
endostomium membrana humilis, processubus linearibus subfiliformibus 
dentibus subeequilo^gis nodosis papillosis, siccitato erectis, linea media 
recta tenui pellucida notatis, haud perforatis; cilia nulla. Spori parvi , 
15 — 18/x. lati, virides, omnino loeves . 
