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Racomitrium rupestre ITook. f. et Wils. FI. N. Z. ii. 75. Drt/pioijon mpcstris, 

 Hook. f. et Wils. Fl. Aut;irct. p. 402, t. 152, f. 1. Port Chunucii, Stniits of 

 Mai,'i41iiii; iKureu plants, Tho pliint.s have a yellowish brown color iustead of 

 till' lurid lirowu of tin- orii,niial description, liiil si^eiii to differ in no other respect. 



Racomitrium laiiuginosum iJiidel. Mayno Harbor, Pata<;oiiia ; not in fruit. 



Ulota fiilvella Mitten. Jonni. Linn. Soc. iv. 75. Horja Hay, Straits of Manellau, 

 grrnving on Berhcrh illcifolia, in fruit. This is on(s of four species {U. fulvdla, 

 U. eremileiiHis, J'. i/Iahvlla, and U. Ftie(jiniia) into which Mr. Mitten divided tiie 

 OrtJiotrirhitm lutt'ohou of the Flora Antaretica. The p(>dicels are 3 to 5 times 

 the len^4h of (lie ca])8ules. wliile Mr. Mitten's description makes them only 

 twice as long, but tho leaves agree with his (diaracter of "inargine<l with a 

 single row of oblong hyaline cells." The iuner peristome he was unable- to 

 find. These specimens show it to be comiiosed of eight slender cilia, about half 

 the length of the outer teeth, each of a single row of cells. 



Bryum ccelophyllum, Eaton n. sj), I'lant lialf iin inch high, densely cespitose and 

 matted witli l)rowii branching radicles; stems slender, mostly simple, not coiuose- 

 caj)itate; heaves cousiniilar, loosely imbricated when dry, erect spreading 

 when moist, broadly rouudish-ovato from a wi<le and scarcely decnrrent base, 

 very concave, obscurely pointed, margins (srect or slightly incnrveil, entiic, 

 nerve rather stout, extending almost to the apex; cells of the leaf rhomboid- 

 hexagonal, hyaline, those along the margin longer and. narrower except near 

 the base and the apex; flowers and fruit unknown. 



Port Churruca, Straits of Magellan. A denstdy tufted plant with something 

 the appearance of the specimens of Ii. virala collected by the Wilkes exploring 

 expedition, but the leaves here are shorter, broader, firmer, more concave, and 

 comjtaratively pointless, 'i'liey measure 1.65 to 1.75 mm. in length, and are 

 nearly as broad, though it is dilTli'ult to nu^asure their width, as under a cover- 

 glass they are forced into several bmgitndinal folds. The average length of 

 the leaf-cells is 0.05 nun. The color is a <lull gr<'en, becoming brownish as the 

 leaves grow older. Ii. phttiiphi/llum, as ligured ))y JSchwaigriclien (t. 32t) lias 

 leaves much like those of this moss, but dilfers in having the ends of the stem ; 

 and brancln;s comos(!-cai)itatc. 



Coelidiuni cochlearifolium Jaeg. et Sanerb. Adumbr. ii. p.383. ITypnum eochlcnri- 

 folium 8chwaegr. Su]ipl. i. s(!ct. ii. p. 221, t. 88. Port Otway, Patagcmia; in fruit, 

 the plant growing on a slender twig, and with long straggling branches like a 

 MeU'orlum. The allied specii^s. C. aHticulutitm, though originally <liscovered in 

 the 8traits of Magellan, is not in this collection. It has more decidedly auricu- 

 late leaves and a much longer pedicel than the present species. 



Ptychomnioii aciculare Jaeg. et Sanerb. Adumbr. ii. 616. Jli/pnum acioulnre, 

 Labill. Schwaegr, Sup])!, t. !)2. Hjijiiium cinfiiiftetum C. Miill. Hryologia 

 Fuegiana, in " Flora," 1885, }i. 425. Port Ot way, I'atagonia ; not in fruit. Miiiler 

 has separated the American from the Now Zealand plant on account of its greater 

 robustness and its swau-necked pedicel. I5n t some of tlie Now Zealand specimens 

 are even stouter than the I'atagtmian, and the curved jicdicels are found also in 

 New Zealand. 



Hypiium fluitans L. Patagonia. Sterile spocinion rather denser than the com- 

 mon forms of this species; possibly Anihlifslegiani Faetjianmn Mitten. 



Hypopterygium Thouini Mont, in Ann. d. sc. Nat. ser. 3, iv. 8(>, Hypmim Thoidni, 

 Schwaegr. Suppl. t. 289. Port Otway, Patagonia; in fruit. C. Miiiler, in IJrvol. 

 Fuegiana, expresses a doubt as to this mows having been found by Coninierson in 

 Fuegia. In the Flora Antarctica it is stated that Capt. King gathered it at 

 Port Famine. The present fine specimens amply confirm the southern range of 

 the species. 



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