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2 S. SANDHYA RANI, M. SOWGHANDIKA, 76 Habitat: Rare, grows on red rocks over soil. Specimen examined: Coffee plantations in Galikonda (VSKP), MS India : Darjeeling, Sikkim, Khasi hills. World : East Nepal, Western Himalaya. Semibarbula ranuii Gangulee in Nova Hedwigia, 8: ; Gangulee Moss. of E. India 1 (3): Plant green, unbranched, ± 1.3 mm long, stem brown. Leaves oblong lanceolate, up to 1.5 mm long, 0.3 mm broad, leaf base broad, apex broadly acuminate, leaf cells quadrate, chlorophyllous, 0.01 x 0.01 mm, highly multipapillose at apex, basal cells quadrate to rectangular, 0.01 x 0.01 mm, Figure 1: Atrichum undulatum A. Habit, B. Leaf, C. Leaf apical cells, D. Basal cells, E.T.S. of leaf, F. Marginal cells. Beauv. in Prodr.: ; Gangulee Moss. of E. India 1 (1): Polytrichum undulatum Hedw. in Sp. Musc.: Catharinea undulatum (Hedw.) Web. et Mohr. in Ind. Pl. Crypt.: Plant erect, ± 2.8 cm long, pale green, unbranched. Leaves compactly arranged on main stem, lower leaves small, upper leaves up to 7.5 mm long, 1.2 mm broad, leaf ovatelanceolate, leaf base sheathing, curved when dry, leaf cells round hexagonal, more chlorophyllous, 0.01 x 0.01 mm, basal cells quadrate rectangular, less chlorophyllous, 0.04 x 0.02 mm, marginal cells multilayered, cartilaginous, narrow, elongated, 0.1 x 0.01 mm, margin sharply toothed from apex to occupy half of the leaf, base entire, costa confined to dorsal surface of lamina, reddish brown, percurrent, end with spiny tip just below the apex (Fig. 1). Figure 2: Semibarbula ranui A. Habit, B. Leaf, C. Leaf apical cells, D. Basal cells,
3 ADDITIONS TO THE BRYOFLORA OF SOUTHERN PENINSULAR INDIA 77 cells elongated rhomboid, 0.06 x 0.01 mm, chlorophyllous, basal cells rhomboidal, shortly wider, basal alar cells small, rectangular, 0.04 x 0.01 mm, margin denticulate to above base, costa occupied by nearly just above ½ of leaf, stem leaves larger than branch leaves (Fig. 3). Habitat: Rare, grows on stones in coffee plantation of moist deciduous forest. Specimens examined: Sunkarimetta (VSKP), TP, SSR & KSN : India: East Nepal. World: Taiwan. A Taiwan-Himalayan species. Eurhynchium hians (Hedw.) Lac. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat., ; Gangulee, in Moss. E. India 3 (7): Hypnum hians Hedw. in Sp. Musc Pterigynandrum apiculatum Brid. in Sp. Figure 3: Brachythecium formosonum A. Habit, B. Leaf, C. Leaf apical cells, D. Basal cells, hyaline, with thin walls, margin flat, costa prominent, excurrent in the minute hyaline apiculus, back coarse papillose (Fig. 2). Habitat: occasional, grows on soil, rotten logs bark, coffee plant bark and in forest stream sides of moist deciduous forest. Specimens examined: Near Chintapalli (VSKP) TP, SSR & KSN 32861; Near Gudem (VSKP) TP, SSR & KSN 32865; Simhachalam hills (VSKP) MS India: Chhotanagpur. Brachythecium formosonum Takaki in J. Hattori Bot. 15: ; Gangulee Moss. of E. India 3 (7) : Plant medium sized, yellowish green above, brown below, some what shinning, main stem creeping, ± 4.8 cm, with irregular, pinnate branches. Leaves lax, concave, plicate, ovatelanceolate, 1.8 mm long, 0.5 mm wide, leaf Figure 4: Eurhynchium hians A. Habit, B. Leaf, C. Leaf apical cells, D. Basal cells, E. Branch leaf apical cells, F. Middle cells, G. Basal cells, H. Peristome.
4 S. SANDHYA RANI, M. SOWGHANDIKA, Musc., 1: Hypnum distans Lindb. in Musci Scand.: nom. illeg. Eurhynchium swartzii (Turn.) Curnow var. hians (Hedw.) Moenk. in Laubm. Eur.: Plant robust, yellowish green, tufted, glossy. Main stem creeping, branches erect, pinnate, unequal in length. Stem leaves long, narrow, up to 2.3 x 0.5 mm, lanceolate, branch leaves ovate-lanceolate, 1.4 mm long, 0.7 mm broad, decurrent at base, leaf cells elongated, rhomboidal, 0.05 x 0.01 mm, walls wavy, middle cells narrow elongated rhomboidal, 0.09 x 0.01 mm, basal cells elongated rectangular at margins, rectangular quadrate, lax at middle, 0.04 x 0.01 mm, margin denticulate to above base, sharply denticulate at apex. Perichaetial leaf small with narrow tip. Sporophyte on main stem, seta long, brown, capsule horizontal, 0.18 x 0.06 mm, operculum beak like, peristome teeth normal, 0.2 x 0.03 mm, brown (Fig. 4). Habitat: Sparsely, grows on rocks in dry 78 deciduous forests, near water streams of moist deciduous forest. Specimens examined: Bandavide (VSKP), TP, SSR & KSN 32857; Paderu to Chintapalli (VSKP), TP, SSR & KSN : India: Khasi hills, Simla. World: East Nepal, Bhutan, W. Tibet, Siberia, Caucasus, N. America (Canada to Gulf of Mexico East of Mississipi). A North Hemisphere species. Eurhynchium swartzii (Turn.) Curnow in Rabenh. Bryoth. Eur., 12: ; Gangulee Moss. of E. India 3 (7): Hypnum swartzii Turn. in. Musc. Hib.: Hypnum praelongum Hedw. var. atrovirens Brid. in Sp. Musc., 2: H. praelongum Hedw. var. swartzii (Turn.) Hartm. Skand. Fl. Ed. 3: H. praelongum var. rigidum Boul. in Fl. Crypt. Est. Muscin.: Oxyrrhynchium swartzii (Turn.) Warnst. in Krypt. Fl. Brandenb., 2: Hypnum anomalum Stirt. in Ann. Scott. Nat. Hist., 15 (58): Eurhynchium hians var. swartzii (Turn.) Cortes in An. Inst. Bot. Cavanillens, 11 (1): Plant delicate, yellowish green, glossy, in thin mats. Main stem creeping, branches lax, erect, pinnate. Leaves lax, alternate, concave, acuminate in stem leaves, branch leaf ovate, acute tip, concave, alternate, lax, 1.6 mm long, 0.5 mm broad, leaf cells elongated rhomboidal, 0.07 x 0.01 mm at apex, middle cells elongated rhomboidal, basal cells broad, lax, rectangular, 0.06 x 0.02 mm, margin denticulate almost to base, costa occupied by nearly ¾ of leaf (Fig. 5). Habitat: Rare, grows on rock in the form of mats in dry deciduous forest. Specimens examined: Bandavide (VSKP), TP, SSR & KSN Figure 5: Eurhynchium swarzii A. Habit, B. Leaf, C. Leaf apical cells, D. Basal cells, India: Darjeeling.
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