634 LICHENES ANTARCTICI. 
fere equante, dentibus obtusis basi bitrabeculatis, ceterum 
irregulariter cellulosis opacis.—Nullam Weissiam descriptam 
novi quacum nostram comparem. 
Has. Crescit ad terram nudam in Prov. Buitenzorg Jave, 
(Hb. Mig.) | 
RADULA, Dum. (Jungermannia, L.) 
1. Radula campanigera, Mont. mss.; caule prostrato elon- 
gato distiche subpinnatim ramoso, foliis ovato-orbiculatis 
subtus ad basin complicatis, lobulo oblongo minore angulis 
rotundatis, perianthio apice dilatato campaniformi. A Radulis 
formosa et Boryana, que Flore Javanice, lobulo foliorum 
obtuso; a R. reflexa et Xalapensi N. et M. forma perianthii, 
a R. complanata Europea tandem hac ultima nota nec non 
ramificatione longitudineque spicarum mascularum satis re- 
cedit. | 
Has. Crescit supra cortices arborum inter alios muscos, Jave 
(Hb. Mig.) $ 
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LicngNES Anrarcrici; being characters and brief descrip- 
tions of the new Licnens discovered in the Southern circum- | 
polar regions, Van Diemen’s Land and New Zealand, during 
the Voyage of H.M, Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror; — 
by Dr. J. D. Hooxer, and Dr. Tuomas TAYLOR. 
“The uniformity of rocks as they appear above the soil, 1m 
all parts of the earth, has been well ascertained by geologists. 
Atmospheric influences disintegrate their surface. The e 
mosphere and rocks being identical in all latitudes, so must 
the first layers of decomposing matter on the surface of the 
latter be. Now such being the precise places that Lichens — 
select for their seat, it would follow that the geographical 
distribution of the species should be extended to wider limits 
than that of any other tribe of plants. Accordingly, we ® 
in the list of Antarctic Lichens, a great number common = 
our northern hemisphere. But not the species only, gee 
