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<Sfc* : together with many of the rarest species which have already beeli 

 known to inhabit Europe or the United States of North America- 

 These Mosses are neatly arranged (the specimens being fastened 



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irrative of the Journey by 

 Captain Franklin, to which the Natural History portions may be con- 

 eldered as forming an Appendix. The whole will then constitute a 

 very complete history, both as to geographical discoveries^ scenery 



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but a few years ago was considered as a *' terra prorsus incognita 



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standing Wahlenberg's remark upon S. lateum, '* tutissima ut etiam 

 facillima differentia hujus et preecedenti specie! {S, rubrum), in colore 



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umbraculi consistit," there are intermediate states as to colour and 

 every other particular, which would warrant a botanist in uniting the 

 two* So splendid, indeed, is this colour in the apophysis of the true 

 S. ruhrum^ of Hedwig, that Wahlenberg further says of it, *' adeo satu- 

 ratissimus et elegantissimus, ut nihil in natura pulchrius esse queat." 

 SplacJmum heterophyllum and intermedium are new species. S. arc- 

 ticum of Brown, Systylium splachnoides of Hornschucli; and Tayloria 

 splachnoides of Hooker- Conostomum boreale. Grimmia calyptrata 

 and Ilookeri (nov. sp.)- Drummondia clavellata Hook, (the Gym- 

 nostomum prorepens Hedw*) Scouleria aquatica Hook. ; in the pre- 

 sent work, f. 18. Weissia turbinata, allied to IF, splachnoides and 

 macrocarpa (n. sp-)* Dicranum julaceum^ Ric har dsoni, ^xid microcar- 

 port (n. sp.). Didymodon ohlongifolinm ^indi fragile (n. sp.). Tor- 

 tula bryoides and suberecta (n» sp.)- Neckera Menziesii (n. sp.), but 

 previously discovered in the north-west coast of America by the gen- 

 tleman whose name it bears. Hypnum vagans and pjtlchrum (n. sp.). i 

 Hypnum confervoides Bridel. H. obtusifolium (n. sp.). H. robustim 

 {Hooker, Exot. Muse), H. abietinum (in fruit) ; and the variety called 

 icitumn H. erectum (n. sp.), H. neckeroides (Hooker, Muse. Exot.)* 

 Climacium americanum, a very noble plant, quite distinct from C. den- 

 droides of Europe, which is also in the collection. Eoiitinalis capih 

 lacea. Bryum turgidum, triquetrum, demissum {Muse. Exot.). Cin- 

 clidium stygium. Timmia megapolifana. Arrkenopterum heterosti* 



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