A Small Collection of Bryophytes from Kashmir

Abstract

Theriotia kashmirensis and Tortula websteri are described as new. The genus Theriotia is reported for the first time outside of Korea and Japan with both T. lorifolia and the new species occurring in Kashmir. Amblystegium compactum is added to the flora of Asia. A floristic list of 60 species is given. In 1955 Grady L. Webster and Eugene Nasir accompanied the Harvard Mountaineering Club Karakorum Expedition under the 1 Smithsonian Institution, U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C. 20560. This content downloaded from 207.46.13.159 on Sun, 23 Oct 2016 04:50:42 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms 314 THE BRYOLOGIST [Volume 68 auspices of the Catherwood Foundation and the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology. Their collections of bryophytes were originally submitted to Narinder Chopra, a student at the University of Tennessee, for determination. Unfortunately Mr. Chopra died, leaving the work incomplete. The following list is the result of a complete re-examination of the collections. Specimens are to be deposited in the U.S. National Herbarium, the Herbarium of Purdue University, and a partial series at the University of Tennessee. Four general localities are given for the collections: Hushe Valley and Shyok River Valley in the Karakorum Range, Baltistan; Satpara Nullah in the Himalayan Range, Baltistan; and Nanga Parbat in the Himalayan Range. Gilgit Agency. The collection numbers in italics are Webster and Nasir's.