SALMON: SOME SPECIES OF ECTROPOTHECIUM 315 
“This moss may be the same species as Hookeria praelonga Arnott, 
and possibly, also, Hypnum vesiculare Schwaegr.’’ This remark of 
Wilson’s was somewhat altered by Miller, who stated in the 
“Synopsis,” under Hypuum vesiculare, “ Hookeria praelonga W. 
Arn. ex animadv. Wilsoni in Lond. Journ. of bot. 1848. p. 278, 
huc pertinere dicitur.’’ Mitten, also (Musci Austro-Amer. 518), 
quotes Hookeria praclonga ““W. Arn. ex obs. Wils.” as a synonym 
of Hypnum vesiculare. 1 have been able to examine the type-speci- 
mens of Hookeria praeclonga in Arnott’s herbarium at the University 
of Glasgow, and find that this plant is quite distinct specifically from 
E. vesiculare ; it is a species of Ectropothecium allied to E. amphi- 
bolum, or is possibly a form of that species. 
“ Hypnum Montagne,’ from Cuba, belongs in part to Z. vesz- 
culare type, and in part to the var. Poeppigianum described below. 
There is a specimen in the Kew Herbarium, labelled in Montagne’s 
handwriting “ Prerygophyllum Montagnei Belang. Voy. Ind. Or. 
Cuba,” which is undoubtedly specifically identical with Schwaeg- 
richen’s plant. The specimen consists of portions of two fruiting 
stems, and in the small size and general habit of the plant, as well 
as in the shape of stem- and branch-leaves, areolation, etc., this 
Cuban plant agrees exactly with the type-specimen of £. vesicu/are 
(from Jamaica) in Schwaegrichen’s herbarium. Ina few instances, 
however, the branches reach a length of 5 mm., and measure, 
with their leaves, about 1 mm. wide. The same plant, in a slightly 
more robust state, was sent out, under the name Aypuum Mon- 
tagnet Schimp., as part of zo. 720 in Wright's Cuban Mosses,— 
at least as regards the examples under this number in the Kew, 
British Museum, and Mitten’s herbaria. These specimens, whilst 
certainly belonging to Schwaegrichen’s species, represent a larger, 
More luxuriant state. Some of the branches attain a length of 8 
mm., and sometimes, though rarely, bear a short branchlet. The 
branches with their leaves are about i.5 mm. wide. 
In the example in Miiller’s herbarium labeled “ Aypuuim 
conostegum C. Miill., Cuba, decayed logs in forests. Wright 
MN. 120 = H. Montagnei Sch. ex C. M.,” some of the specimens 
are clearly the same as the plant from Cuba (collected by Doring) 
described by Miller as 4. conostegumm—a plant which, as men- 
tioned below, I cannot separate from the var. Poeppigianum of E. 
