BKYOPHYTA 



c. JENSEN. 



THE following list of thc Færoesc species of Mosses and Iheir di- 

 stril)ution on thc groiip of islands is based on the inaterial 

 which is to be found in both thc old and the new collcclions in 

 the Museum of the Bolanical Gardens, Copenhagen. The greater 

 part of these collcclions werc collectcd by Rostrup and Fcilberg 

 (1867), while other rather valuable contributions, some largcr and 

 some smaller, were made by Lyngbye (1817), Trevelyan (1821), an 

 unknown collector (1831), Feddersen (1886), Borgesen (1895), Osten- 

 feld (1895—97), Warming and J. Hartz (1897). I have further had 

 access to Dr. Rostrup's private colleclion and to the collection made 

 by the Swedish bolanist, H. G. Simmons; the latter collection is to 

 be found in the Botanical Museum, Lund. In 1896, from May 

 8th. to July 15th., I traversed the greater part of the group of is- 

 lands, viz. Sydero, Store Dimon, Sando, Myggenæs, Vaago, Stromo, 

 Ostero and Bordo for the purpose of investigating the Mosses and 

 making collcclions. I was fortunate enough to find a large number 

 of species, hitherto unknown on the islands and among these a 

 species which is doubtless new to science, viz. Pohlia færoénsis. 

 I also took many noles on the horizontal and vertical distribution 

 of the species and their social relation to each other and to the 

 vascular planls in different localities. In the following list I have 

 only numbered those species which I have actually seen. In one 

 single case only, viz. under Oncophorus virens, have I given a 

 habitat, the correctness of which I have not been able to ascertain. 

 Older publications of species which are wanting in the list will be 

 found in the list of corrections and alternations. 



