MB. "W. mitten's list OF SAMOAN MOSSES. 169 



superioribus. Theca oblonga, sequalis, e perichsetio parvo ex- 

 serta. Calyptra brevis, uno latere fissa. 



N. IMPLANA, sp. n. Dioica; rami ramulis dispersis subpluniaiformes, 

 pinnati ; folia complanata, lateralia, patentia, ligulata, obtusa, angulo 

 parvo apicali, la^via, plana, nervo crassiusculo infra apicem evanido, 

 marginibus apice minute crenulatis, cellulis apicalibus parvis ovali- 

 rotundis^ inferioribus sensim longioribus angustis; folia raraea con- 

 formia, rarius subundulala ; perichsetialia parva, a basi eonvoluta sub- 

 rotunda subulata patentia, apicibus subserrulatis, enervia; theca 

 ovali-cylindracea, in pedunculo a^quilongo, operculo conico curvi- 

 rostro ; peristomium deutibus processibusque angustis obscuriusculis 

 minute puuetulatis linea media notatis. 



Hub, Tutuila, on living trees near Letaumata (1000 ft.). No. 34. 



Tins very nearly resembles Neckera loriformis^ Bryol. Javauica, 

 t. 183 ; but tlie leaves are wider and flat. 



N. LORiFORMis, F. d, Bosch et Lac. Bryol, Javan. t. 183. 

 Hab. Tutuila, No. 118. 



N. MucRON ATA, F. d. BoscTi et Lac, BryoL Javan. t. 187. 

 Hab, Tutuila, on trees (1000 ft.). No. 119. 



Garovaglia Powellii, sp. n. Folia compressa, lateralis, patentia, 

 ovato-oblonga, acuta vel breviter acuminata, quater plicata, plicis 

 dorso infra apicem spinuliferis, marginibus late recurvis a medio 

 usque ad apicem serrulatis, nervis obsoletis, cellulis elongatis, basa- 

 libus ad angulos paucis latioribus inconspicuis; pericha-tialia exserta. 



}cta, interna convolutacea, latissime obovata, apice subito in acumen 



subulatum serrulatum producta ; theca ovalis, iramersa, operculo subu- 

 late; peristomium intra orificium callosum rubrum horizontale; dentes 

 rubri,incurvi, teneri, internum i>rocessibus pallidisangustissimis aequi- 

 longum ; calyptra parva, basi lobata, operculo brevier. 

 Hab. Tutuila, on living trees near Letaumata (1000 ft.). No. 3. 



Entirely agreeing with G. plicata, ^wdl., Endotrichnm densum, 



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and evidently compressed, the apices of its leaves scarcely acu- 

 minate, and tbe pericbsetial leaves wider and more suddenly con- 

 tracted towards their nointa. 



Sect. Endotrichum. 



Theca 



Ca- 



imo 



G. Samoana, sp. n. Folia subcompressa, lateralia, patentia patidave, 

 late oblongo-ovata, acumine breviusculo scmitorto, quater j)licata, 

 dorso laivia, nervis crassiusculis ad \ folii longitudiuis productis, mar- 



