CRTPTOGAMIA. 



elongato-conica hirta basi pilis simplicibus multi-septatis fimbriata ; 

 perichcetialibus pectinato-dentatis dorso apicem versus ciliato-papillosis. 



Hab. Feejee Islands; on trees. 



The newer parts pale green, the older brownish-yellow. Stems 2 

 to 4 inches long, 1 to H lines wide, prostrate, creeping, with two or 

 three main divisions, each division irregularly or subpinnately branched. 

 Leaves crowded, bifariously imbricated, lanceolate, acuminate, con- 

 cave, serrate, indistinctly bicostate at base, with apex very much 

 rugose-undulate; cellules not compact, linear-oblong, slightly and 

 minutely papillose, capsule suboval, horizontal, exannulate. Oper- 

 culum as long as the capsule, with a hemispherico-conic base, and a 

 subulate decurved rostrum. Pedicel erect, very hispid its entire 

 length. Calyptra elongate-conic, covered with short, straight, and 

 geniculate hairs; the base fringed with long, flexuous hairs, composed 

 of elongated cellules, placed end to end. Peristome same as in Holo. 

 Taitensis, except that the teeth are not so closely trabeculate. Peri- 

 chaetial leaves pectinate-dentate on the margins and ciliate-papillose 

 on the back above. Vaginula very short. 



The long and much undulated points of the leaves and the pedicel 

 ciliate-hispid its entire length, are the principal distinguishing marks 

 of this species. 



Eoloblepharum leptopoma and K ortliw*rhynchwm, are smaller mosses 

 than those just described; the first has a close bipinnate ramification, 

 and ovate, horizontally spreading leaves, with plain apices; the 

 second is remarkable for its minute, pendulous, obovate capsules. 



Plate 22, A. — Holoblepharum rtjgifolium : plant, of the natural 

 size. Fig. 1. Portion of stem, with leaves. 2, 3. Stem-leaves. 4. 

 Portion of base of stem-leaf, showing the reticulation. 5. Upper 

 part of leaf, showing the same. 6. Calyptra, with portion of pedicel. 

 7. Hair from base of Calyptra. 8, 9. Capsules. 10. Portions of 

 outer and inner peristome. 11. Vertical section of the same. 12. 

 Portion of pedicel. 13. Vaginula. 14. Perichsetium. 15. Perichse- 

 tial leaf. 16. Portion of margin of perichgetial leaf.— Details magni- 

 fied. 



