PROCEEDINGS, JUNE. ix 
JUNE, 1893. 
The monthly meeting of the Royal Society of Tasmania was held at 
the Museum on Tuesday, June 13, Mr. J. Barnard (senior vice-president) 
occupying the chair. There was a moderate attendance of members 
and several ladies. 
ADMISSIONS. 
The following gentlemen were balloted for and elected Fellows of the 
Society :—Messrs. T. E. Stewart Abbott, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., W. T. 
Strutt, F. W. Piesse, Colonel Cox, C.B., and Mrs. C. Kddie 
(Launceston). 
SOME ADDITIONS TO THE MOSS FLORA OF TASMANIA. 
Mr. W. A. Weymouth read a paper dealing with Tasmanian mosses 
(1) new to science ; (2) known species now first recorded for Tasmania ; 
and (3) a few already recorded for this colony, but either rare or not 
previously described. He said:—The determinations are by European 
specialists. One of these, Dr. O. Burchard, of Hamburg, has reported 
65 new species, a list of which was received from him by the Secretary 
of this Society in January, 1892. None of these determinations having 
up to date been supported by descriptions for publication, I have 
hitherto refrained from calling your attention to them ; and only a few 
that have been revised and confirmed by another authority are included 
in this paper. Professor V. F. Brotherus, of Helsiogfors, who has for 
some years been engaged upon the mosses of Australia, and more 
recently upon those of Tasmania also, has just published in Part II. of 
«¢ Some new species of Australian Mosses, described by V. Ff. Brotherus,” 
original descriptions of six new species from this coiony. My versions 
of these descriptions are given below. Following them are other new 
species, for which descriptions will be forthcoming Jater on. One of the 
most interesting of our mosses is Plewrophascum grandiglobum (Lind- 
berg), which up to the present has been recorded only as collected by 
Mr. R. M. Johnston near the Picton River. I can now add that in 
January, 1892, Mr. L. Rodway handed me a fine specimen obtained by 
Mr. Wm. Fitzgerald in the neighbourhood of Mount Zeehan. In 
December of the same year Professor Brotherus sent me one collected 
by Mr. T. B. Moore on the highlands of Mount Tyndall (from Mr. R.A. 
Bastow I have since also received a bit of tnis); and in May of the 
present year the Rev. John Bufton sent me some obtained by himself at 
Port Davey. I would call the attention of the Fellows present to the 
mounted examples on the table; and would especially mention that Mr. 
L. Rodway, to whom I am indebted for ever ready help with microscope 
and pencil, has kindly undertaken to illustrate some species by draw- 
ings of their several parts. (Here followed names, descriptions, and 
other particulars.) 
Mr. Ropway said that some ot the specimens he had examined for 
Mr. Weymouth were very rare, of unusual interest, and not found in 
any other part of the world. He had made sketches of some for him, 
and suggested that these should be reproduced in the Society’s trans- 
actions if possible. (Hear, hear.) Where bryologists could not obtain 
Specimens, light correct sketches would greatly enhance the value of the 
journal, (Hear, hear.) 
DISCOVERY OF GLACIATION IN TASMANIA. 
Mr. T. B. Moore, F.R.G.S., contributed some supplementary notes 
to his paper, read at the April meeting on ‘‘ The discovery of glaciation 
in Tasmania. 
