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Farmelia affinis {Squamaria, Hook. Brit. Fl.). Among moss 

 on trees near Santa Anna. 



Borrera leucomela, Ach, On old trees at Kibeiro Frio, abun- 

 dant, but barren. 



Borrera flavicans^ Ach. On trees in the mountain forests. 

 Bamalina scopulorum ? On rocks, Great Curral. 

 TIsnea larhata. Extremely common on trees and shrubs in the 

 mountain forests. 



Usnea articulata. In the forests at the head of the Serra 

 d'Agoa valley. 



Alectoria Canariensis? On trees and shrubs in the above- 

 mentioned forests. 



Cladonia rangiferina (a variety of rather small growth, with 

 the branchlets scarcely bending down). Frequent on open ground 

 on the mountains, even below 2000 feet of elevation, as for instance 

 near the Palheiro. 



Stereocauloii paschale ? Very abundant 



2000 



SphcBrophoron ? On rocks in the Laixrel forests. 



Abo^^e the Laurel forests, in ascending from Eibeiro Frio to the 

 Foizo Pass, are extensive low thickets of the Vaccinium padifolimn 

 (or Maderense), which is here as thoroughly a social pljint as the 



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Pass, 4560 feet above the sea ; while, on the north coast, it groy^^ 

 in the ravines about Santa Anna, at an elevation scarcely exceeding 

 1000 feet. Erica arhorea also is pretty plentiful about Santa 

 Anna. On the south side of the island it is confined to much 

 higlier regions, and is by no means as general as E. scoparia. My- 

 rica Faya {Fayafrayifera, Webb and Berth.) abounds, particularly 



along the clifls of the northern coast, between S. Vicente and S. 

 Jorge. 



Two large and remarkable species of Sempervivum form, by their 

 size, abundance, and peculiar appearance, very conspicuous features 

 in the botanical scenery of Madeira : one of them in particular 

 iS. tabulceforme) , spotting the rocks with its broad, flat, compact 

 rosettes of light green leaves, has a very singular effect. Both are 

 exceedingly plentiful along the north coast, on the bare precipitous 

 rocks of all the ravines and headlands ; they abound also in the 



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