MOSSES COLLECTED IN GILGIT, ETC. i = 
pallida, longa, filiformia contractis; per totam longitudinem usque fere 
ad apicem striolatis, laevibus nec papillosis ; ad basin trabeculis internis 
sat validis prominentibus praeditis. Spori circa 18p. a 
Hab. On wood, Kamri Pass and Kishenganga Valley, Kashmir, 
8,000—14,000 ft., Aug. 1924 (1138). Bes 
This little plant might be described as a miniature of 0. Wahlenbergit, 
of which it has almost exactly the leayes, on a smaller scale. Only a 
few capsules were seen, all deoperculate, ovate-rotund, gibbous above, 
with a very distinct struma. The peristome teeth appear to be mostly 
undivided above, though some are forked. why 
“FisstDENTACEZ. 
Fissidens perplexans Dixon sp. nov. °(Plate I). 
§ Bryoidium. Autoicus. Fl. 3 in axillis foliorum superiorum 
plantae femineae siti. Sat gracilis ; caulis 5-6 mm. altus ; folia multi- 
juga, parum conferta, patentia, sicca. minime mutata, parum faleata ; in- 
feriora circa [ mm., juxta perichaetium 1-5 mm. longa ; breviter a6 
oblongo-lanceolata ; suprema lingulato-lanceolata, beri Bes acuta ‘ 
lamina dorsalis inferne valde angustata, pla™ ; . 
desinens. Costa inferne valida, Dele gaetig superne valde attenuata, cum 
apice evanida. Folia inferiora plerumque omnino elimbata, ner 
limbo tenerrimo hic illic praedita, raro toto | mbitu, nist parte mi) 
dorsalis inferiore, circumdata ; integerrima. Cellulae wag! pie 
5—8 p late, subhexagone, distincte, leves, parietibus tenuibus, ent 
Fructus terminalis, seta perbrevis, 1-2 mr. alta, theca mina, 
equalis, collo brevi, distincto. — 2 3 500 se eS . Distr., 
N.-W. Front. Prov., July, 1924 (997)- 
A distinct species, aka by the extremely Se oe 
wanting in many of the leaves, and when present very 1 © nD 
duced. It is not more strongly mark 
the other parts of the leaf, being —- oe At 
on the upper part of the dorsal Jamina 
Semilimbidium character, and in spite of the poorly developed border 
the species is undoubtedly a Bryoidium. 
issidens grandifrons Brid. gel 
: ty 3 ; nt. Prov., 3, 
__ Valley of Kunkar R.; Hazara Meee * vest 4,000—8,000 ft. 
6,500 ft. (1014). Upper Indus and Astor = 
(1115). 
