282 MOSSES (Gepp). [Ocioble]}harum 



sp. not uncommon in woods composed of these trees, near Freetown, 

 but sparingly witli f r. Sept. 1853 ; gathered on an excursion interrupted 

 by torrents of rain. No. 123. . . 



PuNGO AxDONC.o.— On old tree-trunks in the denser primitive woods, 

 but in no wise producing fruit every year ; in the rainy season flayo- 

 viresceut, in the dry season silvery-white, glistening and becoming 

 black ; Mata da Pedra Pungo, within the prsesidium ; April 1857. 

 No. 67. Albido-viresceut in the living state, but quite white when 

 dried up ; laxly ciespitose on the moist rocks of Pedra de Songue, at 

 an elevation of 3500 ft. ; without fr. April 1857. No. 67*. On the 

 cleft rooks of Pedra S. Antonio within the prsesidium, but sparingly ; 

 with fr. April] 857. No. 67c. 



GoLUXGO Alto. — On old palm-trunks (Elais guineensis) in very 

 dense moist woods near Calolo ; two or three capsules found with 

 opercula ; Sept. 1857. No. 130. On various old trees, Mata de 

 Quisucula ; with fr. Feb. 1856. No. 130e. 



6. HYOPHILA Brid. Bryol. Univ. I. p. 760 (1826). 



1. H. gymnostomoides Jaeg. Gen. et Sp. Muse. I. p. 202 (1873). 

 Pottia gymnostomoides Welw. et Duby in Geneve, Mem. Soc. 



Phys. XXI. i. p. 226 (1871), t. iv. fig. 4. 



Pungo Andongo. — A gymnostomoid moss, occurring in wide, in- 

 tensely green patches on shaded rocks near the cataract of the great 

 river Cuanza near Condo ; with fr. March 1857. No. 78. 



2. H. eompacta Jaeg. Gen. et Sp. Muse. I. p. 203 (1873). 

 Pottia eompacta Welw. et Duby in Genfeve, Mem. Soc. Phys. 



XXI. i. p. 225 (1871), t. iii. fig. 5. 



HuiLLA. — A small, compactly pulvinate moss, almost black or 

 greenish-black when alive and when dried, with capsule orange-yellow 

 on a yellowish seta. In sandy woods of Proteaceae, around and on 

 the conical ant-hills of termites (i.e. Salalb) between LopoUo and 

 Monino ; with fr. April 1860. 



Pungo Andongo. — In open muddy spots in fissures of rocks by the 

 great waterfall of the river Cuanza near Condo ; with unripe fr. 

 March 1857. 



7. BAEBULA Hedw. Fund. Muse. 11. p. 92 (1782). 



1. B. nnguiculata Hedw. Muse. Frond. I. p. 59. t. 23 (1787) ; 

 var. apiculata Br., Sch. et Guemb. Bry. Eur. II. t. 143, y (1836-51). 



B. apiculata Hedw. Sp. Muse. p. 117, t. xxvi. f. 1-3 (1801) var. 

 ex Welw. et Duby in sched. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — On exposed rocks near Zensala de Bumba ; with 

 f r. May 1855. No. 133. In exposed sparsely grassy places near Banza 

 de Bango Aquitamba ; with fr. May 1856. No. 134. On shaded 

 clayey soil in woods from Quibolo down to the western base of Alto 

 Queta, at an elevation of 2100 ft. ; with fr. June 1856. No. 135. 



Here should be added the three following numbers, at present 

 indeterminate : — 



Pungo Andongo.— A humble little moss of dusky-green hue, very 

 densely csespitose, on the most lofty rocks of the presidium, in the 

 part called Pedra de Cazella ; sterile, April and May 1857. No. 87. 

 A brown-green plant, densely csespitose ; shoots laxly aggregated, easily 

 detached ; on exposed wet soil near Catete ; sterile, middle of May 



