Scapania pseudocontorta sp. n., S.
spiniloba sp. n., and S. zhukovae sp. n. were present in
collections by Dr. David G. Long from East Nepal, Sankhuwasabha District:
Pemathang Kharka, S side of Barun Khola. Their descriptions and known ecology
are provided. Diagnostic characters of each species are defined and illustrated.
S. pseudocontorta shares characters with S. contorta and S.
hians but differs in its smooth leaf cuticle; S. spiniloba occupies
an intermediate position between S. hians and S. orientalis; and S.
zhukovae is related to S. ornithopoides differing from it primarily
in distant rather broad-based marginal teeth and unistratose cortex of
extremely thick-walled cells.