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^d(] MR. IF. N, DIXON: THE MOSSES OF THE 



ilecitloil only \vhen :i EorLile specimen is founJ. The present plants arc l)otli 

 in ricli frnii, Avliich Is o£ u striking character, and full}^ justifies the creation 

 of a new and marked subgenus for this magnilicent phint. The capsules are 

 a^iZri^iiated, two or more too;ether, on stout, brit^ht red setrc 3-3' 5 cm, long ; 



the perichrctial bracts plicate, longly and rather robustly acuminate. The 

 capsules are inclined and slightly curved, very long, attaining to a centimetre 

 in lengtli -without the lid, and sometimes slightly over, castaneon^^, cylindrical, 

 slightly curved, and quite smooth ; not tapering at base, but abruptly con- 

 tractedj and there swollen and tuberculous (as mBrtjtim coronahim^ Schwaegr.) ; 

 ]id rostrate, about 3 mm. long ; peristome normal, cilia long, nodose. 



Mniodexdrox IlnLLWiGll, Broth. in Engler's Bot. Jahrl). xvb (181)2) 20. 

 Camp III, 2500 ft. (Nos. 40, 50). Camp VI/>, 4475 ft. (Xo. 44). 

 €amp Vic, 5500 ft. (Nos. 45, 47). Camps IX-X, 0000-8000 ft. (Xos. 



40Z>, 48). 



No. AOb has the stipes a little longer — though varying much — than in the 

 other gatherings, uhich is a character given by Brotherus ford/, densiramevm^ 



but it agrees in all other particulars with the remaining gatherings, while 

 the leaves do not difTer in any way as described for that species. I am, in 

 fact, quite nnable to separate J/. IJellmgn^ Broth., from i1/. Jonirameum^ 

 Broth. I have not been able to see the type of tlie former, but I have 

 compared specimens of it determined I)y Brotherus himself (collected by 

 Jlrs. Musgrave, New Cuinea, 1807) with the type-gathoring of J/, densira- 

 meummhitvh. Binstead ; the two are to all intents and [lurposes idcntical- 

 The branches in M\ dt^nslrame^nn rt^ach to 2 cm., ^vliile those of -V, ILellicigd 

 are scai'cely more tliau 1'5 cm., but that is absolutely the only distinction I 

 am able to find. The nerve, moreover, margin, cells, and length of stem, as 

 to which the descriptions Indicate certain differences, are perfectly identical 

 iu both. There can be no dou1)t of tlie identity of the two. 



Mosses collected lv IIev. J, B. ( Ilapjv, in lOlG, near BoKr, Pokt Moresbv 

 Di^siriiCT^ Brit. Nkw Guinea : mostly on ^It. Durigolo, above 1000 ft. 



Ml Durigolo is a spur of the Owen Stanley liange, soutli of the main 

 ■chain, in the neighbonrbood of Boku, almost due east of Bort Moresby. 

 The specimens ^vere in part collected near Boku, and these were not 

 separated from the collections made on Mt. Durigolo^ so that the exact 

 localities cannot be given, but all are from a comparatively limited district, 



-and the absence of data affects little but the range of altitude. 



DICUAXA(d^L'V.. 



DiCRANoLOMA Blumii (Necs), Par., var. LAXiroLiu^r, Broth, k Geh. in 

 Bibb Bot. xliv, 4. 



