2 Mfl. W. MITTEN ON THE CRYPTOGAMIC FLOEA 



only one lias as yet been met with in fruit ; but the presence of 

 these three closely allied species in such a circumscribed area is 

 interesting, for it is only in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand 

 that two certainly congeneric species are known to exist. To 

 these are added descriptions of a few other curious species, chiefly 

 from Madeira. 



MUSCI. 



Anocctangium, Schtv. 



A. angustifolium, sp. nov. Caule brevi gracili, foliis patentibus 

 linearibus basi paululo angustioribus concavis apice acutis nervo per- 

 currente, cellulis basi paucis quadratis pellucidis sensim in rainutas 

 rotundatas subleves transeuntibus, perichaetialibus ovato-lanceolatis, 

 theca in pedunculo gracili obovata. 



Hab. Teneriffe, " ad rupes sylvarum," Schmidt in Herb. Hooker, no. 46. 



Less than A. compactum, Schl., and softer. The leaves are about 

 ten times as long as broad, pale green, subcrispate when dry ; the 

 cells very minute, but distinct. 



A. compactum occurs in Teneriife and Madeira, and grows asso- 

 ciated with Zygodon curvipes, C. Miiller, a moss which is found 

 also on the mountains of Abyssinia and does not appear to differ 

 from Z. cyathicarpus, Mont., so widely distributed in the southern 

 hemisphere. 



Glyphomitrium, Brid. 



(Ptychomitrium, Schimp.) 



G. pulvinare, sp. nov. Monoicum, pulvinatum, foliis patentibus incur- 

 vis e basi subovata lanceolatis acutis nervo excurrente marginibns in- 

 tegerrimis, cellulis basi paucis quadratis rectangulatis cito in parvas 

 rotundatas approximatas transeuntibus diaraetro circiter -^00 unciae 

 metientibus, perichaetialibus conformibus, theca in pedunculo trilineari 

 obovata, operculo rostro theca dimidio breviore, peristomio dentibus 

 brevibus solidis. 

 Hab. Madeira, on rocks, Johnson. 



Growing in small hemispherical tufts of a dull dark green colour, 

 much resembling G. crispatum, Bridel= Grimmia crispata, Hook., 

 but with leaves having the cells of the upper portion much larger 

 and those of the base not elongated. G. polyphyllum, Dicks., is 

 abundant and very fine in Madeira. 



According to M. Schimper, Ptychomitriwn, to which he refers 

 G. polyphyllum and some other species, differs from Glyphomitrium 

 in having the teeth of its peristome not approximated in pairs and 



