KEFORT ON THE BOTANY OF THE ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. 2G1 



base, and in the entire absence of the limbation which is always present in that species. 

 C. Muller considers the Samoau specimens distinct, and has described them as Codymperes 

 dbliquatum. He did not see the complete state in fruit, but relies on the nerve being 

 shining, a character not obvious in the specimens collected by the Rev. T. Powell. The 

 same author, too, not having seen the fruit of Codymperes taitense (Syi'rhopodon, Sull.), 

 has no hesitation in returning it to the Orthotheca section of Syrrhopodon ; yet its fruit 

 proves it to be a true Calymperes. 



Neckera gracilenta, Van den Bosch et Lac. 



Neckera gracilenta, Van den Bosch ct Lac. ; Dozy et Molk., Bryol. Jav., ii. p. 6"2, t. 182. 



Admiralty Islands. — Small barren specimens. 



This moss, of which all the specimens are without fruit, appears to belong to that 

 croup of species which agree in fructification with Neckera distieha ; but until complete 

 specimens are found, its exact position must be doubtful. Closely similar specimens both 

 in size and colour come from Java, Borneo, and the Pacific Islands. 



Sematophyllum (Rhaphidorrhynchum) cirrhifolium, Mitt. 



Hijpnum cirrhifolium, Sehwagr. in Freycinet Yoy. Bot., i. p. 129 ; C. Mull., Synopsis Muse. Frond., 



ii. p. 281. 

 Leskea cirrhifolia, Sehwagr., Suppl., t. 290. 



Admiralty Islands. — A few fragments only, agreeing with Gaudichaud's specimens 



collected in the Moluccas. 



Ectropothecium inflectens, Mitt. 



Hypnum inflectens, C. Mull., Synopsis Muse. Frond., ii. p. 2.39. 

 Ectropothecium fuscescens, Mitt, in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., x. p. 180. 

 Hijpnum fuscescens, Hook, et Am., Bot. Beech. Voy., p. 76, t. 19. 



Admiralty Islands. — In a barren state. Australia and Polynesia. 



C. Muller (in Journ. Mus. Godef.) enumerates this species as Hypnum (Vesicularia) 

 inflectens, Brid., and this is probably a correct reference to Bridel's Leskea (Omedia) 

 inflectens, Bryol. Univ., ii. p. 331, but the Hypnum inflectens, Brid., he. cit., p. 449, came 

 from Hispaniola, and is doubtless quite distinct. 



This species varies greatly in appearance, and, like its near allies, is uncertain in its 

 expansion after being dried. 



Pelekfum velatum, Mitt. 



!'■ leteum velatum, Mitt, in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., x. p. 17G, et in Seem. Fl. Yit., p. 400. 

 Lorentzia longirostris, Hampe in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital., iv. p. 288. 



Admiralty Islands. — Small specimens on rotten wood. Borneo and Samoa. 



