Stereophyllum] mosses (Gepp). 309 



long, constricted beneath the mouth when dry ; peristome double, 

 the teeth yellow, trabeculate and densely striolate below, attenuated 

 and papillate above, 0'3 mm. long ; internal peristome colourless, 

 the plicate membrane rising to half the length of the teeth and 

 bearing subperfcrated processes and solitary cilia, both papillate ; 

 operculum convex, shortly, thickly and obliquely rostrate. 



PuNGO AxDONGO. — Cosspitose on trunks of old trees in damp forests 

 near Luxillo ; with fr. middle of May 1857. No. 107. A few small 

 specimens with all their capsules unfortunately lost, gathered on the 

 bark of old trees of ''Mucugo" {Gigalohium abyssinicum), vipon the 

 more elevated rocks (3300 ft.) within the praasidium, beginning of 

 May 1857. No. 81. 



This species is closely allied to S. linrjuw/olium, but is readily dis- 

 tinguished by its acutely pointed leaves usually auriculate on one side 

 of the base. 



The following numbers represent indeterminate specimens or 

 mixtures of scraps : — 



HuiLLA. — With Brachymenium (No. 37) ; on the base of old trunks 

 in forests near LopoUo ; with poor fr. May 1860. No. 38. 



Cape de Verde Islands. — The only moss observed by Welwitsoh in 

 the whole island of S. Vicente ; in company with Nephrodium hirsutum 

 on basaltic rocks at an elevation of 1600 to 1800 ft. on the mountain 

 called " Monte Verde " ; without fr. end of August 1853. No. 131. 



Goj.uNGO Alto. — A mixture on old trunks of EdwarcUa lurida in 

 Sobato de Quilombo ; Feb. 1855. No. 1306. A mixture growing with 

 Barbula (No. 134) near Bango Aquitamba ; May 1856. No. 308. 

 Mixture amongst Racopilum, Mata de Quisucula ; Jan. 1855. No. 310. 

 Mixture, Quisucula ; Feb. 1855. No. 389. 



PuNGO Andongo. — On the older stems of Vellosici on the more 

 elevated rocks of the praesidium ; end of April 1857. No. 307. 



Some specimens of the protonema of mosses were found among 

 the Fungi. Their numbers are as follows : — 



GoLUNGO Alto.— On the bark of dead braiiohes in the forests of 

 Qnibanga ; July 1857. No. 43. On rotting trunks in the forests of 

 Quota Central ; June 1856. No. 44. On the thicker dead branches 

 on the wooded slopes towards Zenza, Sobato de Bumba ; Oct. 1865. 

 No. 446. 



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