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_ 20. Rhizogonium spiniforme, var. elatum ?—Woods, Oahu. 
21. Rhacopilum tomentosum, Brid —Woods, Oahu. 
22. Rhacopilum tomentosum, var.? an species nova.— Woods, 
Kona, Hawaii. 
23. Mniadelphus paradoxus, C. Miill.—Oahu. 
24, Meteorium trichophorum, Mont-—Woods, Oahu. 
25. Meteorium illicebrum, Nees.—Hawaii. 
26. Neckera dendroides, Hook.—Oahu. 
27. Hypnum plumosum, Zinn.—Hualui, Kauai. 
28. Hypnum gracilisetum, Hoh. & R.—Oahu. 
29. Hypnum pungens, Hedw.—Kona, Huanai, Oahu. 
50. Hypnum Bonplandii, Hook. ?—Oahu. 
31. Hypum Draytoni, Swiliv. 
32. Hypum Wilkesianum, Sud/iv.—Oahu. 
33. Hypnum paucipilum (x. sp.)—Dioicum minuseulum delica- 
tulum nitidum; caule repente pinnato, foliis oblongo-lanccolatis 
longe filiformi-attenuatis decurvo-faleatis tenuissimis, a medio ad 
apicem serratis basi brevissime bicostellatis, cellulis angustissimis, 
alaribus 2-8 utrinque vesiculiformibus, perichaetialibus erectis, cap- 
sula oblonga annulata horizontali, pedicello gracilescente, operculo 
oe rostrato, calyptra cuculliformi pilis paucis longis conspersa.— 
ahu, 
34, Hypnum Pickeringii, SwJ/iy.—Oahu. 
35. Hypnum molliculum, Sudliv.—Oahu. 
36. Hypnum apertum, Suwlliv. 
37. Thuidium cymbifolium, D. é Mik.— Woods, Kona, Hawaii. 
38. Thuidium delicatulum, Hedw. 
$78. New Publications.—1. Flora Foussile del? Etna, per Fran- 
cesco ‘lornabene, Casinese Professore di Botanica alla Regia Uni- 
versita di Catania, ed ivi Diretiore del R. Orto Botanico, Catania, 
1859. Small quarto, pp. 147, with 10 lithographic plates. Pre- 
sented to the Club by Dr. C. H. F. Peters, director of the Litchfield 
Observaiory of Hamilton College (and, by the way, the original 
copy presented to Dr. Peters by the author). This is an account, 
principally in Italian, of the fossil flora of Mt. Etna, the technical 
descriptions of the plants and of the plates being in Latin; with an - 
introduction setting forth the general scope of the work, a prelim- 
inary chapter on the origin of the rocks and earths, and another — 
interesting chapter on the botanical stations and distribution of - 
plants on the mountain; and on the process of formation of the 
fossil flora. A general abstract of these introductory chapters 
would be very instructive, if space would permit. : nee 
‘The author accompanies his descriptions of the fossil plants with 
observations upon the kindred living species, and seems to have 
neglected no source of information regarding his subject, drawing 
largely upon the observations of foreign travelers and geologists. 
Naturally the fossil flora on the sides of a still active volcano 
differs materially from that of old extinct terrains; as the deposits 
of lava, stones and ashes on its slopes suffer such varied disintegra- 
tions, and allow such multiplied effects to be produced by the | 
