82 ME. W. MITTEN ON THE MOSSES OF 



omnibus conformibus magnis pellucidis parietibus angustis, perichae- 

 tialibus e basi latiore lanceolatis, theca in pedunculo elongate rubro 

 horizontali globoso-ovali plicata coUo vix ullo, operculo breviter 

 conico, floribus masculis in rarais gracilioribus laxifoliis foliis peri- 

 gonialibus latis apice obtusiusculis cymbiformi-concavis superne cel- 

 lulis angustis areolatis. 



Bryum vagans. Hook. fit. et Wils. Crypt. Antarct. 



Hab. Hermite Island, Dr. J. D. Hooker ; Sandy Point, Magellan, and 

 Chili, Lechler, 3063. 

 This fine moss has been referred by M. C. Miiller to Meesia; the 



fertile state is named by M. Schimper, in Leehler's collection, Philonotis 



dimorpJia, Schimper, MSS. 



3. Beeutelia, B. ^ S. 



B. affinis. (Bartramia, Hook.) 



Hab. Tasmania, The Falls, Mr. Archer. 



B. coMOSA (Mitten). Dioica, caule erecto ramis pluribus confertis eo- 

 mosis inferne fusco-tomentoso, foliis e basi brevi erecta superne dila- 

 tata utrinque ad raargines seriebus pluribus cellularum majorum 

 hyalinarum limbatis angustatis lanceolatis patentibus nervo excurrente 

 piliformi mucronatis plicatis margine serrulatis papillosis, perichseti- 

 alibus e basi sensim angustatis late lanceolatis, theca in pedunculo 

 elongato sesquiunciali ovali inclinata plicata, operculo conico, peri- 

 stomio normali. 



Hab. New Zealand, Manikau Forest, N. Island, Col. Bolton. Bay of 

 Islands, Dr. JoUiffe. Gathered also by Dr. J. D. Hooker, Mr. Kerr, 

 and Mr. Knight. Tasmania, on rocks and earthy banks. East Creek, 

 and rivulet near Cumming's Head, Western Mountains, Mr. Archer, 

 Wellington Falls, Mount Wellington, Mossman, 744 in part. 

 Differs from B. pendula in the form of the base of its leaves and of 



its capsule. 



B. DUMOSA (Mitten). Dioica, caule erecto ramis confertis dumoso 

 inferne radicellis fuscis intertexto, foliis e basi erecta superne dilatata 

 caulem amplectente cellulis fere omnibus conformibus angustatis lan- 

 ceolatis patenti-divaricatis plicatis papillosis siccitate non mutatis 

 nervo tenui excurrente mucronatis margine serrulato, perichaetialibus 

 ovatis acumine lanceolato, theca in pedunculo erecto breviusculo 

 rarius elongato oblonga nutante plicata, operculo brevi conico, peri- 

 stomio normali. — Bartramia pendula, Hook. fil. et Wils. in Crypt. 

 Antarct. ex parte. 



Hab. Hermite Island and Kerguelen's Land, Dr. J. D. Hooker. Chiloe, 

 Lobb. Chili, Lechler, 813 and 809 in part. 

 DiflFers from B. pendula in the clasping bases of its more divergent 



leaves, without the band of enlarged cells on each side. In Mr. Lobb's 



specimens the seta is an inch and a half long; in those collected by 



Dr. Hooker it is about half an inch. 



