314 MR. Vr. MITTEN OS MOSSES AXB 



remarkable species collected during the visit of the ' Challenger' 

 to Japan, to be more fully described elsewhere. 



Erpodium japonicum, sp. n. Folia ovata obtusa acuminatave 

 in pilum breviorem pellucidum producta ; theca emergens, peri- 

 Btomio e dentibus snbulatis 16, calyptra fere ad basin thecse ovali 



oblongsB descendens 14-16-plicata. 



In this tbe whole appearance is that of U. Hanningtoni^ the 

 point of the leaf being shorter j it is less conspicuous, and instead 

 of corering little more than the operculum, the calyptra includes 



nearly the whole of tbe capsule ; and the presence of a completely 

 developed simple peristome is a new character in the genus. 



Meteoeium, JSrid. 



M.(§ 



Hal. Usagara Mountains and Eilimanjaro, without fruit, 

 JBishop Sannington. 



Very variable in colour from pale green to orange-brown, also 

 in the form of the leaves of the stems, less so in those of the 

 branches ; their arrangement in series is cliiefly evident on the 

 secondary ramuli. The species appears spread across Tropical 

 Africa, but not seen from the south. 



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M. (§ PaPILLAUTa) AEEICA15UM, C. MiilL 



Hah. IJsagara Mountains, Mr. Last] there and also on Kili- 

 manjaro, Bishop Hannington. 



A wide-spread African moss, of which the fruit is wanting on 

 all our specimens. 



Teachtpus, ScJiw. 



T. SERRTTLATTTS, Beauv. 



, Hah. Kilimanjaro, Bishop Hannington. 



Originally described from Bourbon, it is now known from 

 Madagascar and also from the Cameroon Mountains. It appears 

 to be always more compressed and less rigid than the nearly 

 allied Indian T. crispatulus. 



Leptgdoi^, Brid. 

 L. Smithit, Mohr. 



Hah. Kilimanjaro, Bishop Hannington. Previously known 

 from S. Africa, 



