16 ME. BUNBURY ON THE BOTANY OF MADEIRA. 



fruit, but the stems and leaves agree so well with our common 

 purum, that I have little or no doubt of its identity. 



Hypnim Illecebrum, L. ? Common on the mountains, on moist 

 shady banks ; but barren. 



Hypnum alopecurum, L. Eibeiro Frio ; barren. 



Hypmim strigosum ? Moist rocks, Eibeiro Erio ; finely in fruit, 

 February 11. 



Neckera crista, Hedw. In great profusion and beauty on old 

 trees in the Laurel forests, especially at Eibeiro Frio, often en- 

 tirely clothing the trunks ; bearing ripe capsules in January. 



Neckera pennata ? Sparingly on old trees in the forests below 

 Pico Grande ; not in fruit. 



Leptodon longisetus, Montagne (in "Webb and Bert helot, Hist. 

 Nat. Canar.). On old Til trees below the precipice of Pico 

 Grande ; very sparingly in fruit. 



Leucodon seiuroides var. ? (The capsules roundish-ovate, shorter 

 and broader than in any other specimens I have seen of L. seiu- 

 roides ; but all the other characters agree with the variety called 

 L. Morensis by Bridel.) On trees near Santa Anna, and on 

 moist rocks in the Little Curral ; bearing fruit plentifully in 

 January. 



PolytricTium juniperinvm. Very common on the upper parts of 

 the mountains, especially in the bare region above the forests. 



PolytricTium nanum. Common on the mountains. 



Bartramia stricta, Brid. On moist rocky banks on the moun- 

 tains about the Great Curral, but rather sparingly. (In Teneriffe 

 I found it in great abundance.) 



Bartramia rigida, Mont. (Philonotis rigida, Brid.) On wet 

 rocks near Santa Anna, and at Eibeiro Frio. 



Trichostomum polyphyllum, Turn. (Ptychomitrium, Mont.) 

 Abundant on rocks at Eibeiro Frio. 



Stieta macropliylla. Plentiful on rocks at Eibeiro Frio, and 

 fructifying abundantly. 



Stieta damcecomis. On old mossy trees, Eibeiro Frio. 



Stieta aurata. On trees, Eibeiro Frio ; very sparingly in fruit. 

 The upper side of the frond, when fresh and growing, is of a rather 

 bright green colour, much like that of S. macrophylla ; but after it 

 has been dried some time, it turns to a reddish-brown, as repre- 

 sented in Von Martius's ' Icones Plant. Crypt. BrasiL' 



Parmelia caperata. On rocks. 



Parmelia parietina. On rocks, especially near the sea. 



Parmelia plumbea. On rocks, Great Curral. 



