26 NATURAL HISTORY OF KERGUELEN ISLAND. 



inately. The detached masses generally were found disposed in a fan- 

 shape, radiating apparently from a central point, as if a larger mass in 

 which they had been aggregated had been broken up by the force of 

 the wind. Found only in a barren state. Very local. 



5. Racomiteium lanuginosum, Brid. i, p. 402, 1. 152. — Abounds on 

 high rocks. 



0. Orthotrichum crassifolium, HooTc. fil. & Wils. 1. c. p. 125, t. 

 57, f. 8 ; var. /?. acutum, C. Miill. Syn. i, p. 691. — This plant is monoi- 

 cous, the male gemmas being found terminal on separate, many-branched 

 plants ; also at the base of the female plants. 



7. Webera ceuda, ScJireb. Spic. Fl. Lips. p. 83. — In the shade of, 

 and in the crevices of rocks ; appearing in many forms. 



8. Webera albicans, Whlb. Fl. Lips. p. 353. — In wet, mostly springy 

 places. 



9. Webera nutans, Schreb. 1. c. p. 81, var. /9. ccespitosa. — In wet situ- 

 ations on mountain-sides. 



10. Webera nutans, Schreb. var. y. bicolor. — In shady places near the 

 sea. 



11. Bryum Warneum, Bland, in Brid. p. 675. — Growing with Bryum 

 bimuni. Not common. 



12. Bryum Gayanum, Mont, in litt. 0. Miill. Syn. i, p. 267. — Eare. 



13. Bryum btmum, Schreb. 1. c. p. 83. — Common in wet and boggy 

 places. 



14. Bryum torquescens, Br. & Schp. Bry. Eur. fas. 6-9, p. 49, t. 

 20. — From the rear of the transit-house, near the sea. 



15. Bryum pallescens, Schwaeg. Sup. i, ii, p. 107, t. 75. — In damp 

 situations. 



16. Bryum argenteum, Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1586.— On exposed rocks 

 and on bare ground. 



17. Bartramia patens, Brid. Sp. Mus. iii, p. 82. — Among shaded 

 rocks. 



18. Bartramia flavioans, Mitt, in Hook. Kew Jour, iii, 55. — Eear 

 of the transit-house, among rocks. 



19. Bartramia appressa, HooJc. fil & Wils. Fl. Nov. Zel. 89, t. ^6^ 

 f. 5 =J5. exigua, Sulliv. U. S. Exp. Exped, 



20. Cathartna (Atrichum) compressa, C. Miill. Syn. i, p. 95, — 

 Polytrichum conipressum, Hook. fil. & WiU. 1. c. ii, p. 410, t. 153. — On hill- 

 sides upon wet rocks. 



21. Plagiothecium DoNiANUM, Hm. Eug. Bot. i, 1446.— £r?/i?www den- 



