181 ■ ME. w. mitteih^'s list of samoats" mosses. 



speci 



mens are incomplete. 



Hypnum (Sigmatella) Samoanum, sp. n. Monoicum, late depresse 

 csespitosum ; folia compressa, lateralia, patentia, ovato-lanceolata, 

 acuminata, rameaovata concava acuta basi constricta, marginibus ser- 

 rulatis, cellulis elongatis papillis conspicuis quatuor notatis, basalibus 

 atl angulos paucis minoribus abbreviatis; perichsetialia erecta, interna 

 subulata, apicibus angustis serrulatis ; theca in pedunculo gracillimo 

 rubro, ovalis, pyriforinis, horizontalis. 



Hab. Upolu, on trees (2000 ft.). No. 132. 



More slender than tbe Indian Hypntim Nepalense^ Schw., but 



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-with tLe same habit and structure. 



II. (S.) TENUisETUM, SulL Amev, ExpL Exp.^ 

 Hab. Tutuila. No. 133. 



€^ 



IL(S.) BoRBONicuM, Bel Voy. Cry;)^ 1. 11. f. 2 (Leskea).—H. Picker- 



ingii, Sidh Amer, ExpL Exp, t. 15. f. A. 

 Hab. Tutuila. No. 117. 



FissiDENS lagenartus, sp. n. Monoicus, pusillus; folia circiter 10- 

 juga, patentia, oblongo-lineariaj acuta, nervo pellucido peicurrente, 

 lamina vera usque ad medium producta, apice subsequali, una cum 

 lamina dorsali apicalique limbo carente minutissime crenata, cellulis 

 minutis rotundis inter se remotiusculis vix obscuris minute papil- 

 losis ; pedunculus foliis superioribus aequilongus ; theca inclinata, cy- 

 hndracea, pallida, laxe areolata, post operculi conico-subulati delap- 

 sum infra os constricta sublageniformi; peristomium dentibus tenens 

 luteis brevibus irregularibus. 



Hub. Tutuila, on Cyathea leucolepis, Mett. (1000-2000 ft.). No. 22. 



Entire plant, including the fruit, about 3 lines high. This 

 species differs from the following in its less obscure leaves and 

 in the elongate capsule, 



F. SCABRISETUS, sp. n. Mouoicus ; caulis elongatus; folia patentia, ap- 

 proximata, elliptico-lanceolata, nervo angusto pellucido percurrente, 

 lamina vera ad medium usque producta subaequali, a basi usque ad 

 medium hyalino-limbata, lamina dorsali basi rotundata, marginibus 

 ubique tenuissime crenulatis, cellulis minutis obscuris viridibus mi- 

 nutissime papillosis; theca in pedunculo brevi aspero, ovalis, inchnata, 

 operculo subulate obUquo; flos masculus in axillis fohorum supe- 



riorum. 



JIab. Tutuila. No. 63. 



Stems about 4 lines high, with about twelve pairs of leaves, 

 the entire width of the fronds being about 1 line. The seta a 

 line or a line and a half long. The capsule with vesicular cells 

 and a red mouth. 



