‘wegia, th 
| paraphyses 
dum herm. 
evi instruc 
bum Island, 
ig. I) 
id at the base 
trichia hyper- 
el, synonym, 
Jatis concavis 
ce subpilos. 
of the hills, 
binde luteo- 
riora ; apice 
neta, areolis 
ıbinde hori- 
circiter 32, 
Calyptra 
ower leaves, 
pin -il 
p. 45.1,10. 
Falklands, etc. | CRYPTOGAMIA ANTARCTICA. 105 
Has. Falkland Islands, on the moors, (barren). Hermite Island, Cape Horn, (barren). 
Evidently the British species, and a very widely dispersed one. 
3. PoLyrricHum alpestre, Hoppe; Bridel, Br. Univ. vol.ii. p.140. P. juniperinum, var. Hook. et Tayl. 
Zc. p. 45. 
Has. Strait of Magalhaens, Port Famine, Capt. King. 
This, which is also a British species, has been collected by Capt. King only. 
4. PoLYTRICHUM piliferum, Schreb.; Schwaegr. Suppl. Y. vol. ii. p. 313. t. 153. Hook. et Tayl. l c, 
p. 44. t. 10. ; 
Has. Falkland Islands, not uncommon on the moors, raré in fruit. 
Affecting the same locality and habit in the Falklands that it does in England. 
` 5. PoLYTr1CHUM dendroides, Schwaegr. Suppl. TI. vol. ii. p. 2. t. 151. 
Haz. Strait of Magalhaens, D’ Urville. Hermite Island, in the woods, on steep banks by rivulets, 
not uncommon, but rare in fruit. 
In fertile specimens the branches are arranged at intervals around a common axis, the lower ones usually sub- 
divided. The peristome has some analogy to that of Zyellia, the teeth being very small and the connecting base 
remarkably thick and prominent. The calyptra is quite glabrous. Columella apparently winged. In habit this 
moss belongs to Pogonatum of Bruch and Schimper, but its other characters do not correspond. 
6. PoLYTRICHUM squamosum, Hook. fil. et Wils.; caule elongato squamoso fastigiato-ramoso, ramis 
patentibus brevibus densis curvatis, foliis dense imbricatis erecto-patentibus lanceolato-subulatis strictis 
serratis. (Tas. CLIII. fig. VIII.) 
Has. Hermite Island, on the hills at an altitude of 1,000-1,500 feet, scarce and scattered, always 
barren. 
Caulis subspithameus, ascendens, firmus, subflexuosus, atro-purpureus, maxima ex parte humo sepultus, triqueter, 
superne squamis appressis luteo-fuscis scariosis nitidis in folia caulina gradatim abeuntibus vestitus, apice dendroideo- 
ramosus ; rami vix semiunciales, subsimplices, patentes, fastigiati. Folia dense conferta, suberecta, ad apices ramorum 
subsecunda, siccitate appressa, e basi membranacea pellucida semiamplexicauli lanceolato-subulata, vix trilinearia, 
superne lamellata, dorso carinaque scabra. 
Although this moss is very different in aspect from .P. dendroides, the characters seem scarcely suflicient to 
distinguish it. The short straight leaves are only half as long as in that species. 
Prare CLIII. Fig. VIIL.—1, plant of the natural size; 2 and 3, leaves :—magnified. 
7. PorvrmcHuM Magellanieum, Hedw., Sp. Muse. p. 101. t.20. Fl. Antarct. pt. 1. p. 182. t. lix. 
Haz. Strait of Magalhaens; .D’Urville, Hombron. Hermite Island, on fallen trunks of old trees, &c., 
in the woods ; also on alpine rocks, in clefts. Falkland Islands, not uncommon on the ground and in clefts 
of quartz rocks on the hills, (always barren). 
19. CONOSTOMUM, Sw. 
1. Conostomum australe, Swartz, Schwaegr. Suppl. IL. vol.i. p. 108. t. 130. Fl: Antarct. pt. 1. p. 182. 
Has. Hermite Island, on open rocky ground on the hills, occupying the same situations as C. boreale 
in Europe. Falkland Islands, in similar localities, bearing fruit in November. 
Entirely the representative of the British and Arctic C. boreale. Also found in Lord Auckland's group. 
