418 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
subclavato erecto subdeclinatove a cauli remotiore; amphigastria suborbiculata, bifida, sinu laciniisque 
acutis; folia involucralia longiora, late lanceolata, lobulis late ovato-lanceolatis, amphigastrioque 
dentato-laceris; perianthium emergens oblongum, obtusum, apiculatum, dorso levi ventre unicari- 
natum.—Viti (Seemann! n. 834; Milne). 
4. F. vaga, (sp. nov.) Mitt.; caulis procumbens, subpinnatim divisus; folia divaricata, oblongo- 
rotundata, apice inflexa, lobulo cauli approximato hamato decurvato ; amphigastria rotunda, trans- 
versim paululo latiora, apice sinu parvo brevissime fissa, lobulum tegentia.— Viti (Seemann !). 
Caulis biuncialis, eum foliis sublineam latus. Folia castanea. 
5. F. nodulosa, Nees ab E.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 443; caulis, ramis 
elongatis divergentibus, pinnatus bipinnatusve, ramosus ; folia divergentia, orbiculata, margine apice 
ventralique inflexa, lobulo parvo cauli approximato claviformi dependente ; amphigastria orbicularia, 
basi cordata, medio carinata, apice sinu parvo rectangulari bidentata, margine recurva; folia involu- 
eralia, marginibus incurvis subintegerrimis; amphigastrium lacero-serratum ; perianthium ovatum, 
dorso convexum, ventre unicarinatum, angulis subdentatis.— Viti (Seemann !), Tahiti (Menzies !). 
6. F. deflexa, Mitt. Bonplandia, 1862, p. 19; caulis elongatus, bipinnatus; folia orbiculata, 
obtusa, lobulo clavato vel pyriformi deflexo a cauli subremoto ; amphigastria magna, lobulum tegentia, 
oblata, emarginata, sinu laciniisque obtusiusculis.— Viti (Seemann ! n. 834). 
Caulis 4-5 uncias longus, ramis divaricatis subuncialibus.— F. intermediæ statura similis, folia autem 
F. nodulose similiora sed magis orbiculata, et lobulo a cauli remotiore.—Spicæ masculæ breves, foliis arcte 
imbricatis. 
X. Marsupidium, Mitt. in Hooker, Handb. of the New Zealand Flora, p. 751 et 753. 
Caules erecti ascendentesve, simplices, Folia subverticalia. Amphigastria nulla. Perianthium in 
ramo brevi basilari nudum. 
1. M. Urvilleanum, Mont. (Scapania); Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. 63; folia 
patentia, rotunda, apice integra vel oblique subretusa, denticulata, cellulis parvis rotundatis areolata. 
— Viti (Seemann). 
‚ Å single stem picked from amongst Mosses is all that indicates the presence of this or some closely- 
allied species. | 
XI. Metzgeria, Raddi. Frons tenuis, furcata pinnatimve divisa, costa angusta percursa, e 
latere ventrali fructifera. Flores masculi in lobulis excavatis inclusi, e latere ventrali costæ oriundi. 
1. M. furcata, Linn. Sp. Plant. (Jungermannia); frons furcata, vage divisa, linearis, pagina 
superiore glabra, margine costaque paginæ inferioris setulosa vel denudata, involucro e costa oriundo 
parvo monophyllo, calyptra carnosula setulosa.—Viti (Seemann), Samoa (Powell, n. 164). 
Frondes in speciminibus Samoanis margine recurvæ serie duplici ciliorum fimbriatæ, forma communi 
Europææ omnino similia. 
XII. Sarcomitrium, Corda in Sturm Flora Germ. vol. ii. p. 120. t. 35. Frons subsimplex, 
pinnata bipinnatave, e costa valida carnosa fere totam occupante constituta. Fructus lateralis. 
Flores masculi in lobis propriis dispositi, antheridiis immersis.—Aneura et Metzgeria ex parte, 
Gottsche; Lindenb. et Nees, Syn. Hepat. p. 493 et 501. 
2 12-25 is a non- Vitian species :—1. S. multifidum, Linn. Sp. Pl. (Jungermannia).—Samoa (Powell !). 
1. 8. plumosum, Mitt. Bonplandia, 1862, p. 19; caulis ascendens, compressus, nudus, bipin- 
natus, ramis ambitu late ovatis ramulis compressis margine integerrimis pellucidis пегуо paululo 
obscuriore notatis; involucri squamæ dactyloideæ.—Viti (Seemann ! n. 847). 
