confertis 
BOLIT, 
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> rocks near 
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soft spongy 
Fallands, etc.) CRYPTOGAMIA ANTARCTICA. 109 
11. Bryum Zevigatum, Hook. fil. et Wils; caule ramoso, foliis erecto-patentibus imbricatis ovatis con- 
cavis integerrimis siccitate erectis, nervo subcontinuo, theca pendula ovato-oblonga, operculo conico obtuso. 
(Tas. CLIV. fig. IIE). 
Var. 8. foliis angustioribus minus concavis. 
Has. Hermite Island ; wet rocks on Mount Foster, (barren); Falkland Islands; common in bogs, 
(always barren.) Var. 8. Kerguelen's Land (barren). : 
Dioieum? Caules unciales-triuneiales, steriles longiores, inferne radiculis tomentosis nigricantibus intertexti, 
ramosi. Folia imbricata, subpatentia, ovata vel elliptico-oblonga, subcallosa, concava, integerrima, nervo valido vix 
sub apice evanido instructa, leete viridia, nitentia, inferiora e fusco-purpurascentia, siccitate subappressa. Seta 7-8 
lin. longa, rufa, nitida, haud tortilis. Zheca pendula, subpyriformis, oblonga, ore subpatulo, rufo, nitido. Peristomii 
externi dentes ferruginei, siccitate erecti; interni cilia perforata ciliolis singulis interjectis. Operculum breve, 
conieum, obtusum. 
Our description and figure are drawn up in part from specimens gathered in Van Diemen's Land, by Mr. 
Lawrence. A very distinct species, characterised by its concave shining subcoriaceous leaves, retaining their 
shape when dry, intermixed with dark purple radicles. 
Pate CLIV. Fig. TIT.—1 and 3, stems of two states, from Hermite Island; 2, a third state, from Van 
Diemen's Land, of the natural size : 4 and 5, leaves; 6, thec® ;—magnified. 
12. Bryum مروت‎ Bridel, Bryol. Univ. vol. 1. p. 699. 
Haz. Falkland Islands; with fruit rare, Dr. Lyall; and a taller barren state in marshy places, not 
uncommon. 
24. MNIUM, Bruch et Schimper. 
1. Mxrum rostratum, Bruch et Schimper; Bryol. Europ. Monogr. p. 27.t.7. Bryum rostratum, Hook. 
et Tayl. Muse. Brit. p. 208. t. xxx. 
Haz. Strait of Magalhaens, Port Famine; Capt. King, (barren). 
25. FUNARIA, Schreb. 
1. Funarıa hygrometrica, Hedw.; Fl. Antarct. pt. 1. p. 135., Hook. et Tayl. Muse. Brit. p. 171. t. xx. 
Haz. Falkland Islands; common at Port Louis, on burnt ground. 
Not hitherto found in Fuegia, but a native of Campbell’s Island. 
26. ANGECTANGIUM, Brid. 
1. Anacranerum Humboldti, Brid. Hedwigia Humboldti, Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 187; Fl. Antarct. 
pt. 1. p. 135. 
Var. B. australe. ۱ 
Has. Hermite Island; on a moist sloping rock exposed to the north, on Mount Foster, alt. 1000 ft. ; 
in large barren patches resembling a discoloured mass of Sphagnum. j 
These specimens are intermediate between the typical form and that of Lord Auckland’s and Campbell Island. 
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