80 THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 



Mielichhoferia longiseta, C. Mull. 



Mielichhoferia longiseta, C. MiilL, Synopsis Muse. Frond., i. p. 236 ; Mitt, in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. 

 xii. p. 321. 



Juan Fernandez. Moseley. 



Andes of Peru and Ecuador, at altitudes of 10,000 to 11,000 feet. 



Rhacopilum tomentosum, Brid. 



Rhacopilum tomentosum, Brid., Bryol. Univ., ii. p. 719; Mitt, in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., xii. p. 333. 

 Hypnum tomentosum, Hodw., Muse. Frond., iv. p. 48, t. 19. 

 Hypopterygium tomentosum, C. Mull., Synopsis Muse. Frond., ii. p. 12. 



Juan Fernandez. — In young fruit — Moseley. It was also gathered in abundance by 

 Mr W. Saunders' collector, and lived for some years as a weed in Mr Mitten's garden on 

 the earth under ferns, but did not fruit. 



West Indies and Equinoctial America. 



Lepidopilum splendidissimum, Mitt. 



Lepidopilum splendidissimum, Mitt, in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., xii. p. 378. 



Hookeria splendidissima, Montagne in Ann. Sc. Nat., ser. 2, iv. p. 97; C. MiilL, Synopsis Muse. 

 Frond., ii. p. 203 ; Schwiigr., Suppl, iv. t. 320. 



Juan Fernandez. Bertero ; Moseley. 



Also in Chili and Peru. 



This beautiful moss Montagne distributed under the name of Lamprophyllum 

 splendidissimum, but it does not appear that any notice was taken of this name in his 

 printed works. 



Pterygophyllum denticulatum, Mitt. 



Pterygophyllum dentin/latum, Mitt, in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., xii. p. 397. 



Hookeria dentata, Hook. f. et Wils. in Hook. Loud. Journ. Lot., iii. p. 550; Hook, f., Fl. Antarct., in 

 t. 62, fig. 2 (dent if /data) ; C. MiilL, Synopsis Muse. Frond., ii. p. 203. 



Juan Fernandez. — Small blackened barren stems amongst moss — Mr W. Saunders 

 collector. 



Also in Hermite, Falkland, and Auckland Islands. 



In the representation cited of this species, fig. 4 represents the leaf of the medial series ; 

 fig. 3, the intermedial. The oblong lateral leaf is not shown. It is double the length of 

 the others, as is usual in the species of this and many other Hookeria. Pterygophyllum 



