liY V. L'\ f.K'OTIlEIlUS AND \\'. W. WA'r'J'S. 381 



lata, siibulato-acumiiiata, margiiiibus erectis, sui)erne iniiiutissime 

 denticulatis, enervia, ceJlulis anguste linearibus, basilaribus 

 infimis multo brevioribus et laxioribus, alaribus baud diversis; 

 bractece perichcetii internjt e basi vagiiiaiite, raptim longe subu- 

 latie, subula denticulata: seta 1*5-2 cm. alta, tenuissima, lute- 

 scenti-rubra; fheca nutans, oblongo-ovalis, sicca deoperculata sub 

 ore paulum constricta, pallide fusca; opcrcidum breviter et obtuse 

 rostratuni 



On rotten log, back of Johnson "s (n. 112). 



Species distinctissinia, ab /. candldo statura nuilto robustiore, 

 seta elongata thecaque nutante raptim dignoscenda. 



Catagonium (CM.) CM. 



C. POLITUM (H.f.W. as Hypnum) Broth. 

 Top of Mt. Gower. 



V E s I c u L A K I A (CM.) CM. 



V. MONTAGNEI (CM.). 



On wet rocks, Dinner Uun(n.320); and Run, Scaly Bark(n.5l'0). 

 SKMATOPHYLLACEJ^:. 

 Rha phidostegium (Br. eur. ) De Not. 

 liH. coNTiGUUM (H.f.W.) Par. 

 Throughout the Island; plentiful. 



Rh. (Cupressinopsis) subfalcaiulum Broth, et Watts, sp.nov. 

 Autoicum; gracilescens, caespitosum, ciespitibus densiusculis, 

 depressis, moUibus, lutescentibus, nitidis; crMz-^is elongatus, repens, 

 per totam longitudinem fusco-radiculosus, dense foliosus, pinna- 

 tim ramosus, ramis vix ultra 3 mm. longis, patentibus, complana- 

 tulis, obtusis; folia indistincte falcatula, concava, e basi oblongo- 

 lanceolata sensim in acumen elongatum piliforme attenuata, mar- 

 ginibus erectis vel angustissime recurvis, apice serrulatis, enervia, 

 cellulis angustissime linearibus, levissimis, alaribus magnis, ob- 

 longis, vesiculosis, fusco aureis; bractece perichoitii internee e basi 

 vaginante in subulam elongatam, argute serratam sensim attenu- 

 atae; setae. 1*5 cm. alta, tenuissima, rubra, levissima; theca hori- 

 zontalis, minuta, ovalis, sicca deoperculata sub ore vix contracta, 

 pallide fusca; operculuyii longe rosLratum. 



