StereophyUwn] mosses (( lepp). 
long, constricted beneath the mouth when dry ; peristome double, 
the teeth yellow . t rabeculate and densely striolate below, attenuated 
and papillate above, 0*3 mm. long; internal peristome colourli . 
the plicate membrane rising to half the length of the teeth and 
bearing subperforated process s and solitary cilia, both papillate ; 
operculum convex, shortly, thickly and obliqui ly r< itrate. 
I'i \i.m A.NDONGO, GsBspitoseon trunks of old trees in damp forests 
near Luxillo ; with fir. middle of May 1857. No. 107. A few -mall 
specimens with all their capsules unfortunately lost, gathered on the 
bark of old trees of "Mucuco" (Gigalobium abysninicum), upon the 
more elevated rocks (3300 ft.) within the prsssidium, beginning of 
May 1857. N<>. 81. 
This species is closely allied to S. Vugiutfolium, but is readirj dis- 
tinguished by its acutely pointed leaves usually auriculate on Bide 
of tin- base. 
The Following numbers represent indeterminate specimens or 
mixtures of scraps : — 
Hrn.i.v. — With BracKymenium (No. 37) ; on the base of old trunks 
in forests near Lopollo ; with poor fir May I860. No. 38. 
Cap] de Verde Islands. -The only moss observed by Welwitsch in 
the whole island of S. Vicente ; in company with Nephrodium hirsutum 
on basaltic rocks at an elevation of 1600 to 1800 ft. on the mountain 
called •■ Monte Verde " ; without fr. end of August 1853. No. 121. 
Go] I KGO Alto. — A mixture on old trunks of Edvoardia lurida in 
Sobato de Quilombo ; Feb. 1855. No 130/'. A. mixture growing with 
Barbula (No. L34) near Bango Aquitamba; May 1856. No. 208. 
Mixture amongst Racopilu . Mata de Qoisucula ; Jan. 1855. No. 210. 
Mixture, Quisncula ; Feb. 1855. No. 289. 
I'i m.i. Axdongo. — On the older stems of Velloaia <>n the more 
elevated rocks of the presidium ; end of April 1857. No. 207- 
Some specimens of the protonema of mosses were found among 
the Fungi. Their numbers are as follows: 
Goli ngo Alto. On the bark of dead branches in the forests of 
Quibanga; July 1857. No. 43. <>n rotting trunks in the forests of 
Queta Centra] ; June IS.OiI. No. 41. On the thicker 'lead branches 
on the weeded slopes towards Zenza, Sobato de Bumba; Oct. 1855 
No. iih. 
