ON PLANTS COLLECTED AT THE ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. 73 



Lepidozia l^evifolia, Hook.f. et Tayl. . 



Small barren stems with the GottscJtea and among mosses. 



Heard Island. 



Ceratodon purpureus (Linn.). 



In a small starved and blackened state, barren. 



Grimmia (Schistidium) insularis, Mitt. 



Monoica. Pulvinato-caespitosa. Folia patentia siccitate subfalca- 

 tim curvata lanceolata subulato-angustata superne carinata integer- 

 rima nervo crassiusculo percursa cellulis superioribusrotundis obscuris 

 basalibus ad nervum angustis elongatis ad angulos oblongis rectan- 

 gulis hyalinis ; perichzctialia erecta eonvoluta ovali-elliptica acumi- 

 nata cellulis basalibus oblongis angulatis, superioribus paras oblongis 

 rotundisque iutermixtis. Theca immersa subrotunda ore amplo, oper- 

 culo conico-acuminato, peristomio dentibus brevioribus. 



G. maritimm statura habituque simillima sed foliis apice angustiore acu- 



minatis et basi cellulis diversiform ibus areolaris margine millibi re- 

 curvis. 



Bartramia robusta, Hook.f. et Wils. 



A small state of what appears to be this species is intermixed 

 with Ceratodon purpureus. 



Fossombronia australis, Mitt. 



Caulis prostratus radicellis purpureis. Folia subquadrata angulata mar- 

 gine flexuosa antice incurva, sporis margine echinatis. 



The specimens gathered by Mr. Moseley are without fruit, but 

 aypear to belong to a species common in New Zealand and Tas- 

 mania, which in size agrees with F. angulosa, Kaddi, but has more 

 the habit of F. pusilla, to which last they have been usually 

 referred. 



XXX. Notes on Plants collected and observed at the Admi- 

 ralty Islands, March 3 to 10, 1875. By H. N. MosEr^T,Esq., 



M.A. 



[Read December 16th, 1875.] 



The Admiralty Islands are a group consisting of one large island 

 and numerous small ones. The group lies between latitudes 1°50' S. 

 and 3° 10' 8., and longitudes 146° E. and 148° 6' E. It forms the 

 north-westerly termination of the long curved chain of large 



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