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SOME ADDITIONS TO THE MOSS FLORA OF 
TASMANIA. 
By W. A. WeryYMovrH. 
This paper will deal (1) with Tasmanian mosses new to 
science ; (2) with known species now first recorded for Tas- 
mania; and (3) with a few already recorded for th’s colony, 
but either rare or not previously described. 
The determinations are by European scientists. One of 
these, Dr. O. Burchard, of Hamburg, has reported 65 new 
species, a list of which was received from him by the Secre- 
tary of this Society in January, 1892. None of these deter- 
minations having, up to date, been supported by descriptions 
for publication, I have hitherto refrained from calling your 
attention to them. Only a few that have been revised and 
confirmed by another authority are included in this paper. 
Professor V. F. Brotherus, of Helsingfors, who has for 
some years been engaged upon the mosses of Australia, and 
more recently upon those of Tasmania also, has just pub- 
lished in Part II. of ‘‘ Some New Species of Australian Mosses 
described by V. F. Brotherus”’ original descriptions of six 
new species from this colony. My versions of these descrip- 
tions are given below. Following them are other new 
species, for which descriptions will be forthcoming later on. 
One of our most interesting mosses is Plewrophascum 
grandiglobum, Lindberg, which up to the present has keen 
recorded only as collected by Mr. R. M. Johnston, near the 
Picton River. I can now add that it has been obtained by 
Mr. Wm. V. Fitzgerald in the neighbourhood of the Little 
Henty; by Mr. T. B. Moore on the highlands of Mount 
Tyndal; and by the Rev. John Bufton, F.L.S., at Port Davey. 
Mr. Johnston’s specimens passed to Professor Lindberg very 
many years ago through the bands of Baron von Mueller, 
who also furnished Messrs. Moore and Bufton with the name. 
T 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 drawings of their several parts. 
MOSSES NEW TO SCIENCE. 
1. Ulota Weymouthi, Burchard, n. sp. 
Hab.—On wood, Falls Track, Mount Wellington, W. A. 
Weymouth, No. 615. 
