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Hab. Organ Mountains, Brazil. 



There is only a small, sterile fragment of this species in the collec- 

 tion. It appears, however, to furnish characters sufficient to distin- 

 guish it from any other described species. 



Plate 20, A. — Meteorium crinitum: plant, of the natural size. 

 Fig. 1. A branch. 2, 3, 4, 5. Leaves. 6. Portion of the base of a 

 leaf, showing the reticulation. 7. Point of a leaf, showing the same. 

 — Details enlarged. 



8. Meteorium helictophyllum, Mont. 



Meteorium Jielictophyllum, Mont, in Yoy. Pole. Sud. Crypt, p. 322. 



Hab. Savai, one of the Navigator's Islands. Tahiti, Society 

 Islands. 



9. Meteorium florabundum, Doz. & Molkb. 



Leshea fiorabunda, Doz. & Molkb. Ann. Sci. Nat. 1844, 2, p. 310. 

 Hypnum florabundum, C. Mull. Synop. Muse. 2, p. 265. 



Hab. Samoan, or Navigator's Islands. 



10. Meteorium Yitianum, Sp. Nov. (Tab. 21.) 



M. majusculum ; caulibus Ion gissimis pend alls divisis rectangidate ramo- 

 sm ramis distantibus simplicibus vel pauci-ramulosis ; foliis horizonta- 

 libus laxis bifariis e basi lata cordata-ovata lanceolatis filiformi-attenu- 

 atis toto ambitu serratis semi-costatis plicato- et rngidoso-implanis, 

 cellulis minutissimis lineari-ftisiformibus wiipapillosis (flo. et fruct. 

 non lectis). 



Hab. Feejee Islands : upon trees. 



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