22 CRYPTOGAMIA ANTARCTICA. [Auckland and 
1. Bryum nutans, Schreb.; caule subramoso breviusculo v. elongato, foliis superioribus elongato-lan- 
ceolatis apice serratis inferioribus ovato-lanceolatis integerrimis, theca nutante v. pendula oblongo-pyriformi 
longitudine varia, operculo majusculo convexo papillato. B. nutans, Schreber, Fl. Lips. p. 81. Hook. et 
Tayl. Muse. Brit. p. 203. t. 29. Bruch et Schimper, Bryol. Europ. Fase. 6-9, p. 34. t. 12. 
Has. Lord Auckland's group; on the hills, at an altitude of 1000 feet; rare, growing in a peaty soil. 
The description given above is mainly taken from the * Bryologia Europea,’ the authors of which add to the 
specific character “ hermaphroditum, antheridiis per paria in foliorum summorum perichetialiumque axillis inque 
archegoniorum receptaculo." The Auckland Island specimens are immature and vary in size, but coincide well 
with others of British growth. This is a moss of a high arctic as well as antarctic latitude. 
2. Bryum Wahlenbergii, Schwaeg.; caule simplici erecto v. ascendente, foliis apices versus serratis in- 
ferioribus remotis ovatis acuminatis, caulinis confertis lanceolatis costa evanida instructis, theca inclinata v. 
pendula brevi pyriformi, operculo convexo v. subconico mamillato, dentibus majusculis. B. Wahlenbergii, 
Schwaeg. Suppl. vol. i. pt. 2. p. 92. t. 70. Bruch et Schimper, Bryol. Europ. Fasc. 6-9, p. 44. t. 19. 
Has. Lord Auckland’s group; barren. (Dr. Lyall.) 
The inflorescence of this moss is dicecious. 
3. Bryum blandum, Hook. fil. et Wils.; caule subsimplici, foliis imbricatis erecto-patentibus oblongis 
obtusis integerrimis concavis, nervo tenui subcontinuo, theca— ? (Tas. LX. Fig. 1.) 
Has. Campbell’s Island; in boggy places, frequent, but barren. 
Caules pollicares, ceespitosi, parce ramosi, flaccidi. Folia suberecta, laxe imbricata, valde concava, membranacea, 
pellucida, laxe reticulata, areolis rhomboideo-hexagonis, marginibus non reflexis, siccitate appressa, contracta, nitida, 
infima rubella y. rosea, superiora pallide viridia, nervo rubello sub apicem v. evanido. Fructus deest. 
A very beautiful moss, remarkable for its brilliant reddish and very membranous foliage. Allied to B. cellulare, 
Hook. (in Schwaeg. Suppl., t. 214 a, idem ac Pohlia turbinata, Schwaeg., l.c. t. 194?); but the leaves are larger, 
much more concave and obtuse, and the stems longer. 
PrarE LX. Fig. 1.—1, and 2, specimens of the natural size ; 9, a portion of a branch-and leaves; 4, leaf :— 
magnified, 
4. Bryum truncorum, Brid.; caule erecto subsimplici, foliis marginatis obovatis serratis longe acumi- 
natis supremis rosulatis, theca pendula elongata cylindracea, operculo brevi conico apice acuto. B. truncorum, 
Brid. Bryol. Univ. vol. i. p. 699. 
Has. Campbell’s Island; in moist exposed places, barren. 
These specimens seem to be of the same species as others gathered in New Zealand with capsules, and which 
agree well with Bridel’s description of B. truncorum, a Bourbon plant, detected by Bory de St. Vincent. Our moss 
is closely allied to the B. ramosum, Hook. (Ic. Plant. t. 20. f. 2), and also to B. patens, Hook. and Wils. (Lond. 
Journ. of Bot., vol. iii. p. 155), from which latter, as also from B. roseum, it differs in the margined leaves 
and in 
the remarkably narrow elongated theca. It is perhaps the B. leptothecium, Tayl. MSS. 
5. Bryum annulatum, Hook. fil. et Wils.; caule perbrevi, foliis patentibus subrigidis ovato-lanceolatis 
acutis integerrimis solidinerviis, theca pendula ovata, operculo conico, annulo latissimo. (Tas. LX. Fig. II.) 
Has. Campbell's Island; on the low grounds, scarce. 
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