308 Mr. Hooker's Descriptions of new Mosses from Nepal, 



gathered by Mr. Menzies in New Zealand, so like it, as to be 

 perhaps not distinct. 



2. Octoblepharum albidum. Hedw. 



3. Splachnum squarrosum. 



Splachmtm foliis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis serratis : apice ho- 

 rizontaliter patulis, capsuld cylindracea, apophysi obconica. 



Caules caespitosi, pollicares, vel sesquipollicares, erecti, nunc sim- 

 plices, nunc basin versus bifurci ; inferne, sicut in Muscis 

 aliis loca turfosa colentibus, tomento nigro-ferrugineo dense 

 obtecti, superne foliosi. Folia lutescenti-viridia, undique 

 laxe disposita, basi imbricata, apice horizontalia, vel etiam 

 recurva, lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, reticulata, margine 

 supra medium argute et manifeste serrata, nervo crasso, 

 obscuro, in acumen longum, extra paginae apicem pro- 

 ducto, instructa; madore plana, siccitate crispatula. Pc- 

 dicellus terminalis, fere unguicularis, erectus, strictus, cro- 

 ceus, glaber. Capsula luteo-fusca, cylindracea, perbrevis, 

 ora incrassata, in exsiccatis ampliata, apophysi insidens ob- 

 conicse, capsula paullum longiori, vix tamen latiori, eique 

 concolori, adeo ut una aegre ab altera dignoscatur. Peristo- 

 mium dentibus sedecim, magnis, luteis, incurvis, transverse 

 striatis, per paria approximatis. Columella capsula brevior. 

 — Neque calyptram nee operculum hactenus vidi. 



Every other species of Splachnum at present described having 

 its leaves either pressed close to the stem, or at least between 

 erect and patent, there can be no difficulty in distinguishing 

 the present, in which they are, both when moist and dry, 

 disposed in a horizontal direction. In addition to this most 



obvious 



