110 CRYPTOGAMIA ANTARCTICA. [Puegia, the i 
p 153.1 
27. LEUCODON, Schwaegr. AZ Ha 
1. Levcovon Lagurus, Hook; Muse. Exot.t. 126. Fl. Antarct. pt. 1. p. 136. 3.1 
: : : i 3 i f 
Haz. Strait of Magalhaens; Port Famine; D Urville et Jacquinot. Hermite Island; on trees in the cem 
forest and on rocks from the sea to an altitude of 1200 feet in large tufts. (las 
Larger than the specimen figured in the *Musci Exotici’; the capsules inclined, substrumose, the teeth of the Hs 
peristome united regularly in pairs by transverse bars, pale yellow, leaves nerved half-way. se 
punti : 
i. shomboide 
28. LESKIA, Hedwig. i hen 
1. Lzskia nitida, Hook. fil. et Wils.; caule vage ramoso, ramis longiusculis subsimplicibus teretibus, ! LN 
foliis imbricatis suberectis ovato-oblongis acuminatis concavis integerrimis basi binerviis, seta lævi, theca ۱ t +a 
cylindracea suberecta curvula, operculo brevirostri. (Tas. CLIV. fig. VI). E neat 
à Ä ; 1 
Haz. Staten Land; A. Menzies, Esq. (1787). Hermite Island; Cape Horn ; barren. 1 y 
Caules sesquiunciales, steriles longiores, molles, virides ; rami teretes, filiformes, apice e foliis convolutis cuspidati. | 4] 
Folia dense imbricata, erecto-patentia, ovato-oblonga, acuminata, acumine vix tertiam partem folii eequante, con- | QUA 
‘cava, subeonvoluta, integerrima, nervis basilaribus duobus instructa, lutescenti-viridia, sericeo-nitentia, tenuissime * Y 
elongato-areolata ; pericheetialia longiora, subsquarrosa. Seta uncialis, tortilis, gracilis, rubra. Zheca cylindracea, F 
suberecta, curvula, interdum subcernua, basi attenuata, brunnea. - Operculum basi conicum, rostello obliquo, capsula 1 
dimidio brevius, badium. Annulus operculo adherens. Peristomii externi dentes lutei, linea media notati, acu- | Y 
minati; interni processus breviores, angusti, carinati, ciliolis nullis. | lila 
This moss has considerable resemblance to Hypnum stramineum, but differs in having the leaves almost | 
piliferous, in the rostrate operculum and in the structure of the peristome. It is also allied to Hypnum crinitum, 
nobis, from Van Diemen’s Land. | 
Park CLIV, Fig. VI.—1, fruiting, and 2, barren specimen, of the natural size: 3 and 4, leaves; 5, thece :— Hs 
magnified, 
29. HYPNUM, Dill. | 
a. Foliis distichis. ۱ 
1. Hypnum politum, Hook. fil et Wils.; caule ramoso compresso, foliis distichis patentibus oblongis | | 
compresso-carinatis subpiliferis integerrimis enerviis, seta levi, theca suberecta oblonga. (TAs.CLIV. fig. IL.) | 
Has. Hermite Island; common in woods near the sea. Kerguelen’s Land; in rocky places (barren). n wi 
Caules unciales et ultra, ceespitosi, subramosi, complanati, distiche ramosi; rami compressi. Folia arcte im- a slig 
bricata, patentia, disticha, elliptico-oblonga, scapheeformia vel compresso-carinata, apice cucullata, subpilifera, inte- 
gerrima, enervia, leete viridia, sericeo-nitentia, tenuissime areolata ; perichsetialia ovata, longe acuminata, erecta, in- 
tegerrima, caulinis duplo breviora. Seta vix uncialis, levis, rufo-fusca. Theca oblonga, suberecta, sub-apophysata, 
ore patulo. Peristomii externi dentes lutei, incurvi, linea media notati; interni cilia ciliolis interpositis. Calyptra | 
dimidiata, straminea. ^Operculum non visum. ; 1 P 
A beautiful species, unlike any hitherto described. 
Prare CLIV. Fig. II.—Specimen of the natural size: 2 and 3, leaves ; 4, thecæ; 5, peristome; all magnified. 
