斑探羽蘚是一種帶有特殊囊狀物的羽蘚屬植物，印度地區先前只在尼古巴群島見其 蹤跡。本文首次在印度大陸之阿薩姆邦發現此種的分布，這也是變羽蘚亞屬在印度大陸的
首次報導。

The interesting sac-bearing species P. bantamensis is added here to the liverwort flora of the Indian mainland from Assam, a part of the Indo-Burmese biodiversity hotspot. It was earlier recorded in the Nicobar Islands for India. Incidentally, the subgenus Metaplagiochila, under which the species falls, is a new record for the Indian mainland as well. The species is described in detail, illustrated and its distribution is mapped.