44 THE EEV. ME. HIGGHNS ON THE 



dura {Herb. Mus. Petrop.), et in Peruvia cisandina prope Mozobamba 

 et Tarapoto (Matthews). 

 Species non satis nota C. amazonum valde affinis et forte ejus varietas. 

 DiiFerre videtur eaule (ex Siber et Matthews) altiore arborescente, 

 pube, bracteis majoribus numerosis plerisque 4 lin. longis, calyce 

 paullo breviore, vexillo villosiore. 



26. C. RACEMOSA (Benth. in Ann. Mus. Vind. vol. ii. p. 115), eaule 

 fruticoso glabriusculo, foliolis ovatis ellipticisve acuminatis coriaceis 

 glabris v. subtus pubescentibus, racemis dense multifloris, bracteis 

 pedicello vix brevioribus, bracteolis ovalibus coriaceis calycem sub- 

 sequantibus, vexillo sericeo-pubescente v. villoso. 



Hah. In Brasiliae prov. Goyaz prope Natividade {Pohl). 



Frutex v. arbor ramis diffusis C. amazonum affinis. Foliola magis co- 

 riacea, venis primariis parallelis crebrioribus. Racemi vulgo folia 

 aequant v. superant, nunc fere pedales, a medio ad apicem dense floridi, 

 bracteis numerosis 2-3 lin. longis. Flores C. amazonum, sed brac- 

 teolse et calyces tenuiter tomentelli et vexillum molliter sericeum. 



Supersunt species duae a G. Don in ins. St. Thomse lectae, C. racemosa 

 et C. alba, ejusd. Gard. Diet. vol. ii. p. 213, verosimiliter vel ad C, 

 glycinoiden referendae vel e genere excludendse. 



On the Cultivation of Mosses. By the Eev. H. H. Higgins. 

 Communicated by N. B. Ward, Esq., E.L.S. 



[Read February 3rd, 1857.] 



I SEND a few particulars respecting the cultivation of Mosses, 

 of which about two hundred and forty species have been planted in 

 my bryarium, which is a glass case about 4 feet 6 inches long, 

 22 inches from back to front, and 26 inches in height. It is fitted 

 with shelves, and has two doors, one of which is generally left 

 only partially closed. The plants are in separate pots, and are 

 never removed from the case, but are kept in the shade and fre- 

 quently watered with a syringe. Care is taken to procure suitable 

 kinds of soil ; but in most instances the soil is sparingly used, the 

 pots being more than half filled with drainage. 



Andreaceje. — A. rupestris flourished and fruited till the second 

 season. If removed with a portion of the rock attached, it might 

 last much longer. 



Sphagnace^. — The pots were set in trays of water, and no soil 

 was put into them. Six species, five of them in fruit, were planted, 

 and did well for the first year. S. acutijlorum alone fruited the 

 second vear. They are now almost extinct. 



