264 MR. R. N. RUDMOSE BROWN ON 
The Mosses of Gough Island. 
By C. H. Wnraur, A.L.S., Royal Botanie Gardens, Kew. 
SPHAGNUM ACUTIFOLIUM, Ehrh. Crypt. Exs. n. 72 ; C. Muell. 
Syn. Musci, i. p. 96; Schimp. Torfmoose, p. 56, tt. 13-14. 
This has apparently not been recorded irom Tristan da 
Cunha. 
Distribution. Cosmopolitan. 
DicRANELLA sp. ? 
The species is indeterminable ; the specimens consist of only 
male shoots. 
CAMPYLOPUS sp. ? 
Only a few barren stems. 
Ruacomrrrrum FLAVESCENS, Cardot, in Rev. Bry. (1900) p. 41, 
and in Résult. Voy. * Belgica, Mosses, p. 30. 
Distribution. Tierra del Fuego. 
MacRowrrRIUM ANTARCTICUM, C. H. Wright, sp. nov. 
M. maeropelmati, C. Muell., affinis, foliis basi non late vagin- 
antibus differt. 
Plante repentes, dense cæspitosæ. Rami laterales aggregati, 
erecti, 1 lin. alti. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, integra, 
1 lin. longa, } lin. lata, parte superiore e cellulis quadratis 
omnino faeta, basi vix dilatata e eellulis vermieularibus composita. 
Folia perichetialia oblongo-acuta. Seta stricta, 2} lin. longa. 
Theca ovalis, 4 lin. longa, luteo-fusea. Peristomium simplex, 
dentibus oblongis, obtusis. 
This species resembles M. macropelma, C. Muell., in habit and 
capsule, but the leaf of that has a broad sheathing base. 
Endemie in Gough Island. 
Bnvvw ALBICANS, Brid. Bry. Univ. i. p. 656; C. Mull. Syn. 
Muse. i. p. 295; Mitt. in Chall. Bot. i. 11. p. 224. B. Wahlen- 
bergii, Schwaegr. Suppl. i. 11. p. 92, t. 70. fig. 1; Bruch & 
Schimp. Bry. Eur. t. 354. Webera albicans, Schimp. Coroll. 
Bry. Eur. p. 67. 
Distribution. Cosmopolitan, but not recorded from Tristan da 
Cunha. 
Bryvum sp. ? 
Only barren stems; species undeterminable. 
