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fruit, but the stems and leaves agree so well with our common 

 pti/rum, that I have little or no doubt of its identity. 



Hypnum Tllecehrum^ L. ? Common on the mountains, on moist 

 shady banks ; but barren. 



Sypnum alopecurum^ L. Eibeiro Frio ; barren. 



Hypnrnn strigosum ? Moist rocks, E-ibeiro Frio ; finely in fruit, 



February 11. 



Neckera crispa, Hedw. In great profusion and beauty on old 

 trees in the Laurel forests, especially at Eibeiro Frio, often en- 

 tirely clothing the trunks ; bearing ripe capsules in January. 



Nechera pennata ? Sparingly on old trees in the forests below 

 Pico Grande ; not in fruit. 



Leptodon longisetus^ Montague (in Webb and Berthelot, Hist. 

 Nat. Canar.). On old Til trees below the precipice of Pico 

 Q-rande ; very sparingly in fruit. 



Leucodon sciuroides var. ? (The capsules roundish-ovate, shorter 

 and broader than in any other specimens I have seen of Z. sciu- 

 roides ; but all the other characters agree with the variety called 

 L, Morends by Bridel.) On trees near Santa Anna, and on 

 moist rocks in the Little Curral ; bearing fruit plentifully in 

 January. 



FolytHchum juniperinum. Very common on the upper parts of 

 the mountains, especially in the bare region above the forests, 



Polytrichum nanwn. Common on the mountains. 



Bartramia stricta^ Brid. On moist rocky banks on the moun- 

 tains about the Great Curral, but rather sparingly. (In TeneriiFe 

 I found it in great abundance.) 



Sartramia rigida, Mont. {JPhilonotis rigida, Brid.) On wet 

 rocks near Santa Anna, and at Bibeiro Frio. 



TricTiostomum polypliyTlum^ Turn. {PtycTiomitriimi^ Mont.) 

 Abundant on rocks at Bibeiro Frio. 



Sticta macropJiylla. Plentiful on rocks at Ribeiro Frio, and 

 fructifying abundantly. 



Sticta damcecornis. On old mossy trees, Bibeiro Frio. 



Sticta aurata. On trees, Bibeiro Frio ; very sparingly in fruit. 

 The upper side of the frond, when fresh and growing, is of a rather 

 bright green colour, much like that of S. macrophylla ; but after it 

 has been dried some time, it turns to a reddish-brown, as repre- 

 sented in Von Martius's ' Icones Plant. Crypt, Brasil.' 



Parmelia caperata. On rocks. 



Parmelia parietina. On rocks, especially near the sea. 



Farmelia plumbea. On rocks, Great Curral. 



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