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margine minutissime eroso cellulis basi pro spatio brevi elongatis mox 
1n rotundatas transeuntibus papillosis apicem versus obseurioribus, 
perichzetialibus brevioribus duplo latioribus acutis, theca in peduneulo 
tri-quadrilineari elongato ovali sub ore intensius colorato plicata, peri- 
stomio nullo ?, operculo subulato, calyptra nuda. 
Hab. On trees, Cheshunt, Tasmania, Mr. Archer ; on dead branches 
of trees, Kermandec Rivulet, Mr. Oldfield. 
Fulvous; in size and general appearance scarcely different from 
M. hemitrichodes, to which at least in part belongs M. amenum, Horn- 
schuch, according to authentic specimens’; but in the present, the leaves, 
although agreeing in form, have their cells more widely separated, rather 
larger, and not obscure, as in M. hemitrichodes, in which too the leaves 
are smoother. 
M. oRTHOPHYLLUM (Mitten). Dioicum, M. longirostri habitu statura 
coloreque simile, foliis siccitate appressis strictis madore patentibus 
late lanceolatis breviter apiculatis nervo excurrente concolori carinatis 
margine integerrimo cellulis e basi ad medium elongatis angustis inde 
ad apicem ovoideis latitudine circiter з (уу uncie metientibus, peri- 
cheetialibus longioribus latioribus erectis longiore apiculatis, theca in 
pedunculo circiter sex lineari ovali ore plicato, collo sensim attenuato, 
operculo subulato subsequilongo, peristomio simplici dentibus brevibus 
liberis, calyptra nuda. 
Hab. New Zealand, Kerr, Knight. 
Very distinct from all its congeners in the leaves being straight, and, 
except that they are appressed to the stem, unaltered in drying. 
M. Mossmannianum (C. Müller, Bot. Zeit. 1851, p. 561) is identical 
with M. gracile, Hook. 
VII. FuNARIACEX. 
1. EPHEMERUM, Hampe. 
E. cristatum (Phascum, Hook. et Wils.). 
Hab. Tasmania, Cheshunt, Mr. Archer. 
2. LEPTANGIUM, Mont. 
L. repens (Anietangium, Hook. Musc. Ezot.). 
Hab. Tasmania, Port Sorrell, and nortli side of Cataract, Launceston, 
Mr. Archer. 
This curious moss, which has no affinity with Hedwigia nor with 
Erpodium, seems to accord very nearly with Dr. Montagne's description 
of L. Perrottetii from Senegambia, and from the structure of its leaves 
appears to be more nearly allied to this family than to any other. 
3. PuyscoMITRIUM, Brid. 
P. contcum (Mitten). P. pyriformi simile, foliisque conformibus ser- 
rulatis cellulis fere dimidio minoribus marginalibus intensius coloratis, 
