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beautifully furrowed ; the whole genus is known in England 

 as Apple moss, the capsules, although small, are round and 

 plump — they are generally furrowed when dry. The fallen 

 trunks of trees in this locality are covered with the 

 club-bearing Polyotus Magellanieus, JPrullania proboseidiphora, 

 Gottscliea integrifolia (probably a new species to science, 

 found by Mr. Leonard Rodway), Jungermannia cymbalifera, 

 JPrullania falciloba, and other hepatics; mingled with these 

 may be found, in patches, tufts of Bryum bimum, Bhizogonium 

 spiniforme, B. bifarium, B. sub-basilare, and no doubt a number 

 of other interesting plants as yet undetected. 



The Silver Falls are a pleasant resort at all times, and a 

 glimpse of the cryptogamic life around them will by no means 

 detract from the pleasure of a visit. There is one par- 

 ticularly fine large moss growing there, and in many other 

 localities about the mountain, which will certainly arrest the 

 attention of all but the careless passer-by. I allude to 

 Hypnum (Ptych amnion) aciculare ; it much resembles thick 

 green chenille chord, it is distantly branched, and the fruit- 

 stalks shoot out most clearly from the side of the stem. 

 Patches of hepatic, glistening like frosted silver, enrich the 

 old trunks of forest sires as they lay here and there ; these 

 patches are composed of the curious sagey-greon Trichocolea 

 tomentella, the leaves are deeply cleft, so as to appear as small 

 spikes, and are, when freshly gathered, covered with minute 

 globules of moisture as though clothed with pearls, pearls of 

 the purest water. The Cyathophorum pennata fringes the fallen 

 tree-fern ; in conjunction with Hymenophyllwm flabellatum (a 

 fern), it forms a royal valence to each water-worn recess, and 

 immediately arrests the attention of the visitor to the Colony 

 as a masterpiece, it must elicit admiration. If examined closely 

 the fruit of the Cyathophorum will be found to spring from a 

 tiny cup, hence its name ; the fruit-stalk is very short, the cap- 

 sules beautifully symmetrical. Here also will be found three 

 or four species of Mookeria, Rhizogoniums, Hypnums. and 

 Macromitriums ; amongst Ilepaticm, Polyotus, Mastigobryum, 

 Lepidozia, Symphyogyna, and the degraded Anthoceros, with 

 many others. The Macromitrium serratum gilds the branches 

 of the trees on which it nestles ; it is lovely on the tree, it is 

 beautiful under the microscope, and as a dried specimen it 

 still remains charming both in colour and form. The vas- 

 culum may soon be filled in this secluded spot. Here we found 

 Orthotrichum lutcum, on the trees ; Distichium capillaceum, 

 growing at the roots of trees ; Dicranum Billardieri, Bryum, 

 bimum, Ceratodon purpureus, Hypnum (Thuiduim) furfurosum, 

 II. extenuatum, throe or four species of Bhizogonium, the 

 lovely Leptostomum Kenziesii, Campylopus, JPissedens; Hepatics 

 of various genera, including Marchantia polymorpha, — the 



