172 MB. W. MITTE]S''S LIST OP SAMOAN MOSSES. 



flaccidi, ramulis curvatisl axe pinnatim raniosi ; folia a basi rotundata 



angulis parvis decurrentibus, ovato-lanceolata, sensim acuminata, pla- 

 niuscula, compressa, lateraliter patentia, nervo vix cernendo infra me- 

 dium obsoleto, margine ubique minute serrulata, cellulis angustis mi- 

 nutissime papillosis obscuriusculis ; folia ramulina conformia ; perichaj- 

 tialia patentia, longius acuminata, pedunculo curvato breviora ; theca 

 oblongo-cylindracea, subacqualis, operculo subulate ; peristomium den- 

 tibus validis intus trabeculatis^ internum processibus angustis eari- 

 natis in membrana ad dentium longitudinis ^ exserta irapositis. 

 Hab. Upolu, on trees (1000-2000 ft.). No. 88. 



Branches very slender. Poliage, in tbe young state, pale aeru- 

 ginous green without gloss ; when older, of a pale brown. 



Prom M.Jloribundum, Dozy et Molk. Musci Archip. Ind. t. 53, 

 this species differs iu its more compressed divergent foliage, and 

 in the teeth of its external pei^istorae being divided to the mouth 

 of the capsule, and not exserted on a combined base. 



Cryptotheca ViTiANA, SulL in Proceed, of the Amer. Acad, of Arts 



and Sciences, 1855 (Pilotrichum). 

 Hab. Tutuila, on Cocoa-nut, Hibiscus, and other trees (1000-2000 ft.). 



No. 7. 



Calymperes (IIyophillna) porrectum, &p.n. Caulis humilis elon- 

 gatusve ; folia a basi erecta, suboblonga, patentia, ligulata^ latiuscule 

 acuta, nervo concolori obscure brevissime excurrente acuto, marginibus 

 limbo obscuro vix incrassato apicem versus dentato, inferne intra 

 marginem minute crenulatam ad basin sensim evauido producto, cel- 

 lulis hyalinis quadratis abbreviatis totam partem folii erectiorem occu- 

 pantibus, superioribus minutis rotundatis cvasse lin»batis ; folia apicaha 

 (anomala) crecta, longiora, nervo crassiore, lamina folii angustissima, 



marginato-subulata, apice subcupulata, corpuscula septata foventia. 

 Hab, Tutuda, on bark. No. 10. 



Stems from 3 lines to 2 inches high, leaves about a line and a 

 lialf long, pale yellowish green, when dry curved, the terminal 

 anomalous ones remaining erect. This species, although desti- 

 tute of fruit, is distinct from C. Dozyanum, and all the others be- 

 longing to the same group, in its dentate leaves. 



C. (Hyophilina) Dozy an um. Mitten. (C. Moluccense, Dozy et 



Molk. BryoL Javan.t. 3/.) 

 Hab. Tutuila, on Cocoa-nut-trees, mostly on their western side, which 



is probably the most humid (10-50 ft.). No. 17. 



C. (Hyophilina) Taitense, Sull. Amer. Expl. Exp, p. 6, t. 4 (Syr- 



rhopodon). 

 Hab. Tutuila, on the sides of stones and rocks over which the 

 flows, also on dau»p trees (20-1000 ft.). No. 25. 



