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2G0. B, carneum is B. albicans: the capsule of this Moss 

 has no annulus. 



262. B. nutans. — Some of the specimens are much smaller 

 than the rest, and belong probably to B. annotinum^ Hedw. 



263. B. nutans, var. minor. — The Moss here given is far 

 more nearly allied to B. albicans, No. 260, with which it 

 agrees in having no annulus. It has however the appearance 

 of a distinct species. 



270. B. elongatum. — None of the specimens are very ex- 

 pressive: some resemble B. crudum, No. 269, and may be 

 only varieties of that species. 



283. Polytrichum sexangulare. — Bridel, Br. Univ. v. ii. p. 

 132, calls this Moss P. sexangulare, and says that P. septen- 

 trionale, Swartz, is only a var. of P. alpinum. 



284. P. urnigerum. — The specimens all agree with the 

 British Moss so called : (compare P. copillare, Schwaegr. Suppl. 

 I. ii./). 318.) 



285. P. angustatum. — Thespecimens are doubtless correctly 

 named. The original specimen, from which the figures are 

 given in Hooker's 3Iusc. JLxot. t. 50, has the operculum 

 broken ; hence the figure is so far incorrect as a represen- 

 tation of the species. The reticulation of the leaf is more 

 minute than in P. undulatum, yet varieties occur which can 

 with difficulty be referred to either of the estimated species. 



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Latest Information from Mr Gardneh. 



Rio de Janeiro, Dec. \Bth, 1840. 



* * * Shortly after my arrival in Rio, I wrote you a 

 few lines to inform you that I had at last happily terminated 

 the journey on which I have been so long engaged. I have 

 now to inform you that I have just shipped on board a vessel 

 bound for London, three boxes of plants, two of which con- 

 tain 527 species of dried plants, which I send to Pamplin 

 for distribution among my subscribers ; and the other with 



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