ZYGODON OBTUSIFOLIUM.
Zygodon foliis obtusis. (Tab, CLIX.)
Hab. In Nepal. Hon. D. Gardner.
Caules dense cæspitosi, erecti, simplices vel ad apicem innovationibus
divisi. Folia sublaxe imbricata, erecto-patentia, lufo-
fuscescentia, lingulata, obtusissima, minute punctata, margine
omnino integerrima, nervo satis valido, fusco, paulo infra apicem
evanescente, instructa. PerichoeliuUa reliquoi'um similia.
Seia elongata, gracilis, flavescens. Capsula elongato-pyriformis,
intense fusco-rufescens, profunde sulcata. Calyptra dimidiata,
glabra. Operculum conicum, subacuminatum, vertice
obliquo. Peristomium AwçÀey., pallidum; ext. dentibus
16 per paria approximatis, transversim striatis; int. ciliis 8
horizontalibus setaceis, his alternantibus.
If I may judge from the number of specimens of this interesting
plant sent me by my liberal correspondent, it is of not uncommon
occurrence in'Nepal. The colour is a vinous red approaching
to brown, in which it differs from our Z . conoideum, though
not so essentially as in the very obtuse leaves and longer and
narrower capsules.
Fig. 1, tuft of plants, nat. sh e . Fig. 2, leaves. Fig. 3, apex
of leaf. Fig. 4, capsule. Fig. 5, operculum. Fig. 6, calyptra.
Fig, 7, peristome.—magn.