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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



quent," Biackenridge. — Abounding also on the mountains behind Honolulu; a fine 

 species. 



Gen. Orthotrichoid, (No. 1); the calyptra smooth. Investing old branches in the forest 



on Mauna Kea; frequent. 

 ; Trichostonioid, but no hairs. On branches of trees, on the mountains behind 



Honolulu. 



(Trichostonmm?, No. 2); capsule invested with long hairs; but not the habit of Orthotri- 

 chum. Northern base of Mauna Kea. 



Gen. Muse, fringe of eight teeth, (No. 1). Leaves lanceolate, acute; fr. terminal; calyp- 

 tra upright, pubescent. Northern base of Mauna Kea. 



Gen. Muse, very small and delicate, (No. 1). Leaves sharp-pointed, almost capillary ; 

 fringe of as many as fifteen teeth. "Puna," Brackenridge. 



Gen. Muse, branches all in the same plane, (No. 1). Thin concave serrate leaves; small 

 fr. Investing dead branches in the forest on Mauna Kea. 



Parmelia ? (No. 5). Having a very broad white frond, the under surface black; no 

 shields. Hilo, C. P. 



? (No. 6) ; yellow dots on margin. Trunks of trees in the forest on Mauna Kea ; 



frequent. 



Usnea (compare No. 1 Taheiti to the Feejee Islands); in flower. Between the Great 



Crater and Mauna Boa. 

 ? (No. 3) ; Borrera-like, and yellow. " Branches of trees, on the mountains West 



of the gap behind Honolulu," Brackenridge. 

 Sticta? (No. 5); near S. pulmonacea, but the shields marginal, pedicelled. Trunks of 



trees in the forest on Mauna Kea, at the elevation of 3500 feet. 

 ? (No. 6). Small, brownish; habit of Parmelia. Trunks of trees in the forest on 



Mauna Kea. 



Gen. Sticta-like, (No. 1). Habit of Parmelia ; frond much divided, the under-surface black 

 and smooth; very large shields. Trunks of trees in the Upper portion of the forest on 

 Mauna Kea. 



(No. 2); a second species. Habit of Parmelia; frond dichotomously divided, the 



under-surface black and hairy; large shields. Trunks of trees, in the Upper portion of 



the forest on Mauna Kea and elsewhere ; frequent. 

 Cenomyce (bis No. 2 Feejee Islands); nearly simple; red-tipped. Along the route of 



the new lava-stream ; also, at the Northern base of Mauna Kea, and elsewhere ; rather 



frequent. 



(No. 3); branching, two inches high ; brown heads. In the forest on Mauna Kea. 



Bamalina? (No. 2) ; large and fine. On the Southern flank of Mauna Kaala. 



Gen. Ramalinoid, (No. 1). White, dense, coralline-like, brittle; one half to three-fourths 

 of an inch high. ]iranches of trees, at the upper margin of the forest on Mauna Kea. 



Lepraria? (No. 1). An investing yellow powder; like our New England sp., but some- 

 times whitish ; no fr. Lower margin of the forest on Mauna Kea. 



Alectoria ? (No. 1); giving out black hairs. Trunks of trees in the Upper portion of the 

 forest on Mauna Kea, frequent. 



Agaricus, (No. 7) ; hirsute. Growing on trunks of ti-ees, in the environs of the Great 

 Crater. The same species, at the upper margin of the forest on Mauna Kea, at the 

 elevation of 6700 feet, bristly, growing on the trunks of trees. 



Lycoperdon (No. 4); a sjiecies met with. 



