176 MB. W. MITTEI^'S LIST OP SAMOAl!^ MOSSES. 



In some of the Samoan specimens of this moss the stems are 

 6 inches high ; it seems to grow in large tufts. 



S, (Orthotheca) glauco-virens, sp. n. Dense caespitosus ; caulis 

 elongatus; folia a basi oblonga erecta^ superne niarginibus denticulis 

 armata, inde lineari-spathulata^ obtusiuscula, patentia^ nervo percur- 

 rente dorso sub apice papillose spiculoso, marginibus basi latiusculis 

 teneris superne limbo teretiusculo crassiore involutis papillosis denti- 

 culis remotis inconspicuis apice subcrenulatis, celluhs hyalinis basis f 

 occupantibus, superioribus minutis rotundatis obscurls papillosis, 



Hab. Tutuila and Upolu, on trees. No. 99. 



A little less than 8. croceusy its leaves of a pale brownish green, 

 the younger somewhat glaucous, and not coloured at the base, 

 where the margins are denticulate. 



S, ALBOVAGINATUS, Schw, t. 131. 



Hab, Tutuila, Le Taumata, on decayed wood (1000 ft,). No. 23. 



S. TRiSTiCHUS, l^ees, ScJiw. t. 311 ; Bryol. Javan. t, 44. 

 Hab. IIpolu, on trees near the crater of Tafua-a-Upolu (1000 ft.)- 

 No. 74. 



S. (Calymperidium) aristifolium, sp.n. Caulis brevis ; folia e basi 

 crecta ovata, subulata, ])atentia, longissime angustissime angustata, 

 nervo crassiusculo in aristam plus minus elongatam excurrente apice 

 subdenticulato, margine superne remote breviter subdentato hie illic 

 parum recurve, limbo nullo, cellulis hyalinis dimidiam inferiorem 

 occupantibus ovatis et ])er totam folii latitudinem dispositis, supen- 

 oribus minutis quadrato-rotundatis laivibus pellucidis ; perichaitialia 

 conformia ; theca in pedunculo quam folia breviore, parva, cylin- 



dracea; calyptra (juvenilis) inferne plicata, apice scabra. 

 Hab, Upolu, on trees (1000-2000 ft.). No. 89. 



Habit and foliage like that of the next species, entirely agree- 

 ing with the species of Calymperes belonging to the section Si- 

 mantophyTlum ; so that, in the absence of fruit with calyptras, the 

 species can only be referred to either with doubt. 



S. (Calymperidium) Mulleri, BryoL Javan. t, 42. 

 Hab. Upolu, ou trees. No. 120. 



Pelekiitm, gen. nov. 



Caulis procumbens, bipinnatim ramosus, phyllidiis vestitus. Folia 

 uuinervia, cellulis rotundatis papillosis arcolata. Fructus la- 

 teralis, theca longe pedunculata. Peristomium L€sTc€<s. Ca- 

 lyptra magna, plicata, basi multifida, 



P. VELATUM. Monoicum ; caulis depressus, procumbens, subarcnatus. 



