400 FLORA ANTARCTICA. \Fuegia, the 



Hab. Kergnelen's Land, not uncommon on moist sandy banks (barren). 



Closely allied to the British Physcomitrium pyriforme, of which it may be a variety. 



Plate CLI. Fig. V. — 1, a tuft of the natural size ; 2 and 3, leaves ; 4, apex of ditto : — magnified. 



5. LEPTOSTOMUM, Br. 



1. Leptostomtjm Menziesii, Brown ; caule subsimplici, foliis oblongo-ovatis apice denticulatis nervosis 

 piliferis, theca oblongo-clavata subrecurva horizontalitcr inclinata, operculo conico, rostro brevi obliquo. 

 Gymnostomum Menziesii, Hook. Muse. JExot. t. 6. 



Hab. Hermite Island, Cape Horn; very common from the sea coast to the top of the hills, alt. 1700 ft., 

 on trees, rocks and banks, forming large noble tufts. Strait of Magalhaens, D ' Urvitte. 



6. SPLACHNUM, L. 



1. Splachnum Magettanicum, Brid.j caule erecto subdiviso, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis 

 serratis evanidinerviis, pedunculis aggregatis, thecpe oblongse ovatas apophysi obconica, operculo convexo. 

 S. Magellanicum, Schwaegr. Suppl. I. pt. 4. p. 47. t. 14. Eremodon Magellanicus, Brid. Bryol. Univ. 

 vol. i. p. 236. 



Hab. Hermite Island, Cape Horn, on the horizontal limbs and dead stumps of old trees in the woods, 

 growing in large tufts. 



Calyptra conico-rnitreeformis, basi appendiculata, demum lacera, pallida, apice flavescens. 



Our specimens, though not in the best state for the examination of the capsules, all possess apparently a peristome 

 of eight teeth ; nevertheless we do not consider it necessary to remove this moss from Splachnum. Bridel's genus 

 Eremodon is not adopted by Bruch and Schimpcr, and is indeed untenable. Our moss has characters which induce 

 us to doubt whether it should be referred to Tayloria or to Splachnum of Bruch and Schimper. Its affinity with 

 the European Tayloria serrata and Ritdolphiana is too striking to be overlooked ; but the pale apophysis, though not 

 wider than the capsule, is evidently that of a true Splachnum ; while the peristome connects it with Dissodon, Br. 

 and Sch. 



7. GRIMMIA, EM, 



Peristomium simplex. Denies sedecim, pyramidati, pertusi, rarius imperforati, reflexiles. Calyptra rnitrseformis. 

 Theca a?qualis. 



1. Geimmia tortuosa, Hook. fil. et Wils. ; caule pulvinato, foliis erecto-patentibus lineari-lanceolatis 

 acuminatis piliferis siccitate tortuosis, theca immersa subsessili urceolata., operculo convexo apiculato. 

 (Tab. CLI. fig. VII.) 



Hab. Falkland Islands; dry cniartz rocks on Mount Vemet, alt. 1,000 feet, very scarce. 



Caules 3-4-lineares, pulvinati, subramosi. Folia conferta, erecto-patentia, subfiexuosa, lineari-lanceolata, 

 acuminata, pilifera, carinata, margine paulo incrassata, subplana, nervo valido, dorso prominente, excurrente, sicci- 

 tate tortilia, subcrispata, opaca, atroviridia, areolis minutissimis, pmictatis, basi majoribus, reticulatis, pellucidis ; 

 perichcetialia similia. Seta brevissima, vix ulla. Theca immersa, subrotunda, erecta, fusca, ore patulo. Annulus 

 nullus. Peristoma dentes conniventes, siccitate erecti, subrerlexi, pyramidati, integri, rubri. Operculum planiusr 

 culum, sub rostella turn. Sporce minima?, ferruginefe. Calyptra brevis, basi lacera, fusca, apice brunnea. 



