MR. W. mitten's list OF SAMOAN MOSSES. 183 



oriens. Theca in pedunculo gracillimo, minuta, ovalis, Inclinata, 

 opcrculo longirostro, peristomio Stercodontis. 



A. LAMPROPHYLLUMj sp. n. Dioicum ? late caespitosum, ramulosum; 

 folia patentia^ subcompressa, in ramulorum apicibus in cuspidera an- 

 gustam appressa, angnste lanceolataj sensim acuminata, margine versus 

 apicem involuta, integerrima, dorso infra apicem apicibus parvis cel- 

 lularum elongatarum exstantibus subi)apillosa, inferne laivia cellulis 

 alaribus conspicuis pallidis ; perichsetialia a basi erecta ovata, subu- 

 lato-attenuata^ serrulata; patula ; theca in pedunculo elongato sub- 

 scabro, ovalis, inclinata; peristomium externum dentibus crassis tra- 

 beculatis, internum ciliis singulis inter processus impositis. 



Hab, Upolu, on trees (1000 ft.). No. 114. 



The figure, in Hampe, ' Icones Muscorum/ of ILjpnum siibula- 

 tum very well represents this moss ; but its leaves are entire and 

 subpapillose on the back. 



A» MACRORHYNCHUM, sp. n, Dioicum, elatum, subpinnatum, dense 

 caespitosum; folia patentia, in ramorum apicibus in cuspidem an- 

 gustam imbricata, elliptico-lanceolata, sensim acuta, marginibus su- 

 perne involutis integerrimis, enervia, cellulis elongatis la;vibus, alaribus 

 conspicuis ; perichaetialia e basi erecta late ovali, convoluta, breviter 

 subulata, apicibus serrulatis j theca in pedunculo tenxii elongato apice 

 subscabrO; ovalis, inclinata, operculo rostro tenui quam theca duplo 

 longiore, peristomio interno processibus dentium longitudinis, cihis 



singulis brevioribus. 

 Sab, Manua, on 



Stems 4 inches. 



No. 115. 



Schw. t. 227, but witb acute leaves, whicb are longer and more 

 spreading than those of ^. turgidumy Dozy et Molk. (Ilypnum). 



A. BREvicuspiDATUM, sp. n. Mouoicum ; caulis ina^qualiter piima- 

 tim raraosus, elongatus ; folia patentia, laxe imbricata, in ramorum api- 

 cibus in cuspidem brevem congesta, late oblongo-ovalia, breviter acu- 

 minata, concava, margine versus apicem incurva, integerrima, cellulis 

 angustis laevibus pellucidis, alaribus conspicuis aurantiacis; perichse- 

 tialia parva, caulinis conformia, integerrima; theca in pedunculo 

 elongato gracillimo apice scabro, oblonga, parva, inclinata, peristomio 

 interno ciliis singulis processibus brevioribus ? 



Hab, Manua, on large trees (1500 ft.). No. 137. Also from the Sand- 

 wich Islands and South-Sea Islands, herb. Hooker, 



Corresponding in size, habit, and appearance with A, fur- 

 gidum, Dozy et Molk. {TTi/pmiin) ; inflorescence, however, mo- 

 noecious, and foliage paler and softer. 



A. TURGID UM, Dozy et Molk., C. M'uller, Syn. ii. p. 390 (Hypnum). 

 Hab. Upolu, trees near the crater called Tafua-a-UpoIu (1000 ft.). 

 No. 138. 



