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Cryptogams were observed by the other botanists who 

 previously visited Eouiid Island : — 



Musci. 



Barbula sp. {fide C. H. Wright). Friable rocks, 220 

 feet above sea-level, on the west side of the island. Plant 

 yellowish brown. 



Barkly and Home saw one moss in 1869, and they 

 record, in Trans. Eoy. Soc. Maur., 1869, pp. 112 and 136, 

 "No. 12. Moss from trees: common on the higher parts of 

 the island;" and Sir H. Barkly writes, "I presume it to 

 be a sphagnum." 



Pike, in Sub-Trop. Eambles, in a footnote to p. 166, 

 writes, " I believe it is Hypnv.s acicularis, Linn." 



I did not observe this moss in 1889. 



Hepatic.e. 



Lejeuxia sp. (fide C. H. Wright). — Growing on the 

 stem of the " Bottle Palm," Hyoplwrhe, amaricaidis, Mart., 

 630 feet above sea-level, on the south side of the hill. 

 Plant pale green. 



LiCHENES. 



Eamalina calicaeis, Fr. (fide C. H. Wright). — Growing 

 on the dead branches of Fcrnelia huxifolia. Lam., 240 feet 

 above sea-level, on the west side of the island. Common. 

 Thallus and fructification pale yellow. 



Parhelia conspersa, Ach. {fide C. H, Wright). — Eocks 

 on hillside, 45 feet above sea-level. Common. Thallus 

 pale yellow. 



Physcia picta, Xyl. {fide C. H. Wright). — Growing on 

 the adventitious roots of Latania Loddigesii, Mart., 200 

 feet above sea-level, on the west side of the island, Thallus 

 white. 



Lecakoea subfusca, Ach. {fide C. H. Wright). — Grow- 

 ing on the dead branches of Fcrnelia luxifolia, Lam., 200 

 feet above sea-level, on the west side of the island. Plant 

 white. 



