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SOME ADDITIONS TO THE MOSS FLOEA OF 



TASMANIA. 



Bx W. A. Weymouth. 



Past II. 



(Read November 2$th, 1895 J 



In continuing the subject opened by me in the proceedings 

 for 1893, I desire to acknowledge my further indebtedness to 

 Professor V. F. Brotherus, of Helsingfors, from whose third 

 series of " New Species of Australasian Mosses," as published 

 in Oefversight af Finska Vet.-Soc. Foerh, Helsingfors, 1895, I 

 obtain the descriptions of New Mosses given under the first 

 following heading. It is a pleasure to call attention to the 

 fact that the writer's name does not appear alone in connec- 

 tion with these new species, his friends, Mr. T. B. Moore, of 

 Strahan, and the Bev. John Buftou, of Dunally, bearing him 

 company. This portion of the paper adds fifteen (15) new 

 species, mating in all twenty-eight (28) new mosses since Mr. 

 B. A. Bastow's list. 



The second heading notes two new varieties. The third 

 deals with mosses already known elsewhere, but now for the 

 first time recorded for Tasmania. One of these, Barbula 

 rubella (Hoffm.), Mitt., is of the more interest in that it is 

 also thus first recorded for Australasia. 



The fourth part gives descriptions of four new mosses the 

 names only of which appeared in my 1893 paper. These are 

 obtained from the sources in which the respective authors 

 published their original descriptions. 



NEW MOSSES. 



14. Sphagnum maximum, Warnst., n. sp. 



Hab. — Tasmania, locality unknown. (Herb. Mitten, No. 5.) 

 Writing to me on the 24th Jan., 1893, Mr. W. Mitten said: 



— " Packing material for apples from Tasmania supplied 



me with a Sphagnum, which I sent to Mr. Warcstorf, who 



said it was new." 



On application to Mr. Warnstorf he was good enough to 



send me a small specimen of this moss, with the above name. 



