106 TWO NEW CRYPTOGAMS, 
been a few days together at Plymouth. It was partly owing to the 
of the cold, and as the week advanced he beéame seriously unwell. 
Not until very early on Friday morning, however, was his illness 
W. Movie Rogers. 
TWO NEW CRYPTOGAMS. 
By C. H. Waieur. 
Polytrichum (Poconaruu) nudicaule 0. H. Wright. — Di- 
oicous. Stem of male plant simple, of female fascic ately branched 
above, about 20 em. high, the lower part not furnished with leaves 
or i 
ry. Peri 
te. Leaves densely imbricate, slightly 
erisped when ay lanceolate from a slightly sheathing base; margin 
: i f, an 
onsisting of three or four rows of cells placed vertic r 
row slightly enlarged; nerve prominent bene and furnished 
With spines near its apex; areolation quadrate above, oblong at the 
, e b s n prominent. 
ASE, es. inula : 
Calyptra campanulate, densely hairy. Seta 15 mm. lon , reddish. 
7 Capsule erect, or slightly inclined, cylindrical, not striate, ni- 
__-—- Brescent ; peristome-teeth 82; operculum subulate, 
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