10 
“and have trequently found four or five flies, some alive, and some 
“dead, in its flowers; they are generally caught by the trunk or 
“ proboscis, sometimes by the trunk and a leg; there is one at pres- 
“ent only caught by a leg; I don’t know that this plant sleeps, as 
“the flowers remain open in the night; yet the flies frequently make 
“their escape. In a plant of Mr. Ordoyno’s, an ingenious gardener 
“ at Newark who is possessed of a great collection of plants, I saw 
‘many flowers of an Apocynum with three dead flies in each ; they 
“are a thin bodied fly, and rather less than the common house-fly ; 
“but I have seen two or three other sorts ol flies thus arrested by 
the plant, August 12, 1788’. ” W. W. Batey. 
Provivence, R. I. x 
§ 77. Sandwich Island Mosses.—Collected by H. Mann and W. 
T. Brigham. Named by W.S. Suniivant, (May, 1872.) 
1. Dicranella exilis, (. sp.)—Caule 2-3 lineari, foliis erecto-paten- 
tibus rigidis ex ovato longe sensim anguste acuminatis, cellulis ob- 
longis uniformibus levibus, costa lata ad apicem et ultra continua, 
capsula erecta oblongo-elliptica, opereulo zequilongo obliquo, anaulo 
speciosa, pedicello 3-lineari, peristomio dicranoideo, calyptra gene- 
ris.—Kuala Mountains, Oahu. 
2. Dicranum premorsum (n. sp.) —Robustum elatum tomentoso- 
contextum ; foliis erecto patentibus longe lineali-lanceolatis convo- 
lutis apice extremo lobato-truncatis ibidemque grossius serratis, 
cellulis angustis interruptis, illis alaribus subquadratis brunnels, 
costa tenui subindistincta dorso superne lenissime serrata, pet! 
chetialibus alte vaginantibus filiformi-acuminatis, capsula elongato- 
cylindracea erecta stricta leniterve curvula, operculo subulato- 
rostrato, peristomio et calyptra generis——Mount «ins of West Maul. 
8. Trematodon longicollis, 2ich.—Waiulua Mountains, Oahu. 
4. Campylopus flexuosus, var:—valleys of West Maui. _ 
5. Campylopus exasperatus, Brid.—Highlands of Hawaii. 
6. Ceratodon purpureus, Brid.—Hualalui, Hawaii, 6,000 ft. alt. 
_7. Leucobryum gracile (x. sp.)—A Leucobryo minore simillimo 
distinctum foliis paulo minoribus, pedicellis graciloribus longior! 
bus, capsulis brevioribus magis cernuis distinctius strumosis, et¢.— 
Woods, Oahu 
8. Leucobryum falcatum, C. Muli—Oahu. 
9. Encalypta ciliata, Hedw.—Hualului, Hawaii, 6,000 ft. alt. 
10. Racomitrium lanuginosum, var.—Mauua Loa, Hawaii5.000- 
1,300 ft. alt. ; 
11. Macromitrium Reinwardtii, Sc/egr.W oods, Oahu. 
12. Macromitrium piliferum, Se/zoyr.—On rocks, Oahu. 
13. Funaria hygrometrica. Hedw.—Hualului, Hawaii,6,000 ft.alt. 
» 3 
14, Bartramia rigida, var.—\Woods, Hilo, Hawaii. 
15, Bartramia Marchica, var.—Caulibus ramulisque minus gT& 
. . 5 
pedicello breviore, ete. 
16. Bryum argenteum, Zinn.—Hualulai, Hawaii, 6,000 ft. alt. — 
17, Mnium giganteum, Sshiyr.—Oalhu ! ee. 
18. Rhizogonium spiniforme, Bruch.—Woods, Hilo, Hawaii. — 
19. Rhizogonium spiniforme, var. fuliis brevioribus, etc, 
cilibus, foliis oblongioribus citius acutatis, costa vix excurrente, 
