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were by Prof. Massalongo, of Ferrara, who published an illustrated 

 account* of the species collected, describing 27 as new. The sec- 

 ond collection was made under the direction of the French " Mission 

 Scientifique du Cap Horn/' and was studied by M. Bescherelle, of 

 Paris, and Prof. Massalongo. A preliminary paperf by these writers 

 described the new species and varieties, and their memoir, X pub- 

 lished a little later, gave a complete enumeration of the plants in 

 the collection with illustrations of many interesting forms. In 

 their list, which includes a number of species found by Dr. Sava- 

 tier on the western coast of Patagonia, we find 88 species, of which 

 12 are considered new. The third collection was made by Dr. 

 Naumann during the voyage of the German ship, the Gazclk. 



Although collected in the years 1875 and 1876, the account of 

 these hepaticae was not published until 1890. They were first 

 studied by Dr. Gottsche, of Altona, who made drawings of the 

 various species collected. He also began but did not finish the 

 work of description, and his notes were afterwards revised and 

 completed by Dr. Schiffner, of Prague, who made use of many 01 

 Gottsche's figures in the published account§ of the collection. 

 69 species from the Straits of Magellan are included in this enu- 

 meration, and, of these, 16 are described as new. 



The present report is based on a collection made by Dr. John 

 B. Hatcher in the years 1896 and 1897, while engaged in geolog- 

 ical field work for Princeton University. Nearly all the plants 

 were found either at Lapotaia on the southern coast of Fuegia or 

 at Villarina Bay, about a day's journey to the westward of La- 

 potaia, both stations being situated on the Beagle Channel. A 

 very few species came from the Cordilleras of Patagonia. The 

 collection, which numbers 53 species, includes few novelties, but is 

 of interest in adding to our knowledge of certain rare and incom- 

 pletely known forms. 



*Epatiche della Terra del Fuoco raccolte nell'anno 1882 dal Dott. C Speg«* 

 zini. Nuovo Giorn. Hot. Ital. 17 : 201-277. pi. 12-28. 1885. 



f Hepaticae novae americanae-australes. Bull, de la Soc. Linn. 626-632, j> 

 640. 1886. 



% Hepatiques recoltees par la Mission francaise du Cap Horn au 1882 et I J* 



Comptes rendus de la Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn, 5 : 201-252. //■ /-/■ l ' 



S. Gazelle vorzugbcb 



Lebermoose 



^ ^^miwav. ^itpauwcj gcsuiiiHieu aui aer rveise o. m. &• ^**~ .# 



in der Magellan- Strasse, auf der Malayischen Inseln und Kerguelen-Land, 1-4 ■ * 



1-8. 1890. 



