ME. W. mitten's list OF SAMOAN MOSSES, 177 



repens, radicans, elongatus, phyllidiis obtectus, ramis phyllidiis paucis 

 sparsis plumaeformibus pinnatis bipinnatus; folia in caule primario 

 laxe disposita, patentia, a basi parva^ cordato-triangularia; biplicata, ca- 

 viuscula, longe subulata, attenuata, apice cellulis in serie singula con- 

 fervoidea articulata pellucida terminata, nervo crassiusculo concolori 

 dorso scabro supra medium evanido, marginibus inferne recurvis 

 usque ad basin apiculi confervoidei crenulatis, cellulis rotundatis papil- 

 losis liaud obscuris; folia raraea compressa, lateraliter patentia, ovata, 

 acuta, nervo dorso crenato supra medium evanido carinata, margine 

 late recurvo crenulata ; ramulina compressa, ovata, obtusiuscula, nervo 

 dorso crenato prominulo sub apice evanescente carinata, marginibus 

 crenulatis, cellulis papillosis obscuriusculis; folia perichaetialia patentia, 

 albida, a basi lata truncata, sensira longe lanceolato-subulata, nervo 

 crassiusculo supeme subdenticulato longe excurrente, marginibus in- 

 ferioribus serrulatis, cellulis elongatis angustis Isevibus ; vaginula filis 

 paucis vestita; pedunculus elongatus, rufus, ubique setulls pallidioribus 

 obtectus ; tbeca horizontalis, demum pendula, ovalis, brevis; operculum 

 subulatum, longe rostratum ; peristomium dentibus rubris firmis su- 

 bulato-attenuatis, internum processibus solidis carinatis subgequilongis; 

 ciliis brevibus in uno coalitis carentibusve, in membrana fere ad den- 

 tium medium exserta impositis. Calyptra magna, albida, companu* 

 lata, acuminata, thecam totam obtegens, inferne plieata pluries lobata, 

 setulis ubique inspersa. 

 Hab, Tutuila, on damp stones and decayed logs in woods and other 

 shady places (10-50 ft.). No. 14. Also found in Borneo and Java, 

 Motley. 



In habit, colour, and appearance, this small moss corresponds 

 "with the smaller species of that group of Hyima which have been 

 named Thuidium by Schimper, but differs in having the calyptra 

 as in HooTceria, 



lender the name of Thuidium trachypodium (Mitten), Tan deu 

 Bosch et Lac., there are figured in ' Bryologia Javanica,' t. 225, por- 

 tions of P. velatum, or of some closely allied species, which has 

 been mistaken for, or confused with, the TJnddium ; the portions 

 ^vhich probably belong to PeleJcitim are figured at ]S"os. 38, 39, 

 40, 41 & 43. Thuidium trachypodium has its calyptra small, 

 split on one side, and smooth, its capsule more cylindraceous, 

 and its setae papillose and not setulose. 



DicRANELLA FLACCIDULA, Mitten in Bonplandia, 1861, p. 365 (Lep- 



totrichum). 

 iiah, Tutuila, on muddy banks (10-20 ft.). No. 15. 



Bryum (Dicranobrvum) coarctatum, C. M'uller. Syn, i. p. 312. 

 Unh. Tutuila, mostly on stone walls, especially where there is hme 

 (1-10 ft.). No. 16. 



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