72 MB. W. MITTEN ON THE MOSSES OF 



plus minus rccurvo integerrirao, cellulis superne minutissimis rotun- 

 datis obscuris e medio ad basin pallidioribus elongatis pellucidis, peri- 

 chaetialibus latioribus, theca in pedunculo elongato rubro cyliudrica 

 curvata, operculo subulato, peristomio elongato dimidio inferiore 

 tubuloso. 



Hab. Falkland Islands, on sand-hills in Uranie Bay, Dr. J. D. Hooker ; 

 Capo Negro, Magellan, Lechler, 1088. 

 Rusty-green; nearly allied to S. princeps and to «S. ruralis, but 



smaller ; stems half an inch to one inch high, seta an inch long. Easily 



recognized by its ovate leaves. 



7. Steeptopogon, Wils. 



S. mnioides. Mitten (Barbula, Schw.). 



Hab. Tasmania, on logs in copses. Falls- run, Mr. Archer ; Chili, LccA/er, 



654. 



The calyptra of this species resembles that of S. erythrodontay to which 

 it is very closely allied. 



Another species of this genus is S. marginatus (Schistidium, Hooh.fil. 

 et Wils. Crypt. Antarct. t. 151. f. 6). 



8. Encaltpta, Schreb. 



E. AUSTRALis {Mitten). Monoica, E. vulgari simillima, foliis inferi- 

 oribus ligularibus comalibus sub-elliptico-spathulatis obtusiusculis 

 nervo percurrente dorso apice parce denticulato scabrove margine ob 

 papillarum prorainentiara erosula, theca cylindrica laevi gymnostoma, 

 operculo subulato sub-sequilongo, calyptra apice laevi. 



Hab. Tasmania, near the Cataract, Launceston, and on the fossiliferous 

 limestone near Cheshunt, Mr. Archer ; New Zealand, Colenso, Kerr, 

 Knight. 

 Differs from E. vulgaris in the less rounded apices of its leaves and 



smooth point of the calyptra. 



V. GRIMMIACEiE. 



1. GrElMMlA, JEhrh. 



* Schistidium. 

 G. apocarpa, Hedw. 



Hab. Tasmania, on the rocks, the Falls ; on stones, the Hummocks ; 

 on rocks. Meander River, and Jackey's Plain Creek, Mr. Archer. 



** Eugrimmia. 



G- pulvinata, Hook, et Tayl. 



Hab. Tasmania, Cheshunt, and var. ^, Africana, on rocks, Port Sorrell, 

 and elsewhere, Mr. Archer. 



