82 MB. W. MITTEN ON THE MOSSES OF 
omnibus conformibus magnis pellucidis parietibus angustis, perichze- 
tialibus e basi latiore lanceolatis, theca in pedunculo elongato rubro 
horizontali globoso-ovali plicata collo vix ullo, operculo breviter 
conico, floribus masculis in ramis gracilioribus laxifoliis foliis peri- 
gonialibus latis apice obtusiusculis cymbiformi-concavis superne cel- 
lulis angustis areolatis. 
Bryum vagans, Hook. fil. et Wils. Crypt. Antarct. 
Hab. Hermite Island, Dr. J. D. Hooker ; Sandy Point, Magellan, and 
Chili, Lechler, 3063. 
This fine moss has been referred by M. C. Müller to Meesia; the 
fertile state is named by M. Schimper, in Lechler's collection, Philonotis 
dimorpha, Schimper, MSS. 
3. BREUTELIA, В. $ 8. 
В. affinis. (Bartramia, Hook.) 
Hab. Tasmania, The Falls, Mr. Archer. 
B. comosa (Mitten). Dioica, caule erecto ramis pluribus confertis co- 
mosis inferne fusco-tomentoso, foliis e basi brevi erecta superne dila- 
tata utrinque ad margines seriebus pluribus cellularum majorum 
hyalinarum limbatis angustatis lanceolatis patentibus nervo excurrente 
piliformi mucronatis plicatis margine serrulatis papillosis, pericheti- 
alibus e basi sensim angustatis late lanceolatis, theca in pedunculo 
elongato sesquiunciali ovali inclinata plicata, operculo conico, peri- 
stomio normali. 
Hab. New Zealand, Manikau Forest, N. Island, Col. Bolton. Bay of 
Islands, Dr. Jolliffe. Gathered also by Dr. J. D. Hooker, Mr. Kerr, 
and Mr. Knight. "Tasmania, on rocks and earthy banks, East Creek, 
and rivulet near Cumming's Head, Western Mountains, Mr. Archer. 
Wellington Falls, Mount Wellington, Mossman, 744 in part. 
Differs from B. pendula in the form of the base of its leaves and of 
its capsule. 
B. pumosa (Mitten). Dioica, caule erecto ramis confertis dumoso 
inferne radicellis fuscis intertexto, foliis e basi erecta superne dilatata 
caulem amplectente cellulis fere omnibus conformibus angustatis lan- 
ceolatis patenti-divaricatis plicatis papillosis siccitate non mutatis 
nervo tenui excurrente mucronatis margine serrulato, perichetialibus 
ovatis acumine lanceolato, theca in pedunculo erecto breviusculo 
rarius elongato oblonga nutante plicata, operculo brevi conico, peri- 
stomio normali.—Bartramia pendula, Hook. fil. et Wils. in Crypt. 
Antarct. ex parte. 
Hab. Hermite Island and Kerguelen's Land, Dr. J. D. Hooker. Chiloe, 
Lobb. Chili, Lechler, 813 and 809 in part. 
Differs from B. pendula in the clasping bases of its more divergent 
leaves, without the band of enlarged cells on each side. In Mr. Lobb's 
specimens the seta is an inch and a half long; in those collected by 
Dr. Hooker it is about half an inch. 
