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6th. On examination of the drawing we observe that the 

 plant we have been identifying is there represented just as it 

 appears in its natural size, as it appears with a pocket lens, 

 and as the capsnle appears under the microscope ; we may 

 therefore not only come to the conclusion that the plant is a 

 Ftmaria, but that it is also Funaria crispula. 



A more minute description of the plant will be found by 

 referring to the index at the end of the specific description. 



There are many localities around this city (Hobart) where 

 cryptogamic life abounds, and to a few of such haunts we will 

 briefly allude. The summit of Mount Wellington is an in- 

 teresting locality to the bryologist, almost every square yard 

 of its rugged surface is garnished with moss, with lichen, or 

 with hepatic ; both Andrema acuminata and A. subulata are 

 abundant. In the crevices the graceful Lepidozia pendulina, 

 and the rich Jungermannia colorata, are in rivalry ; whilst 

 JLeptostomum gracilis, inthemost genteelmanner, tosses its nut- 

 brown capsules in conscious superiority to both. Theweather- 

 worn depressions, forming pools on every side, contain Sphag- 

 num Australe and Dicranum Billardieri ; these are strangely 

 altered by surrounding conditions from their normal growth, 

 as they appear in the forests and bogs below. Colonies of 

 Polytrichum juniperinum here attain magnificent condition, 

 growing from three to six inches in height, perfectly erect, 

 each plant tipped with a fawn-coloured woolly cap, much in 

 the form of the head-dress which artists generally supply to 

 Robinson Crusoe. The " Ploughed-fields " will amply repay 

 the collector ; it is probable that many species of Hepaticse 

 and mosses will here be found that do not flourish elsewhere. 

 It is almost certain that Racomitrium lanuginosum (the wool- 

 bearing moss with a torn calytra) will be obtained. The tips 

 of the leaves of this superb moss are prolonged into thin hair- 

 like points, giving to the whole plant the appearance of being 

 covered with a thin coating of wool. The neighbourhood of 

 the Springs is a perfect paradise of mosses. The beautiful 

 Hookeria amblyophylla will here be found — a species of a 

 magnificent genus, whose capsules are of perfect form, and 

 whose leaves are always interesting objects for the micro- 

 scope on account of their exquisite areolation. A moss of 

 soft texture, yellowish green, and growing freely five or six 

 inches high, may also be collected ; it generally seeks the 

 shelter of some rock ; it is Bartramia Ilalleriana, and 

 will no doubt puzzle young students not a little in 

 their endeavours to identify it. The fruit appears to be 

 lateral in consequence of the growth of the innovations 

 or young shoots, which are usually solitary, but when 

 examined at an early stage (in flower) they will be found to 

 be truly terminal. The globose capsules of this plant are 



