Musci.] 



CHILI. 



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5. PTERIS. Linn. 



1. P. Chilensis; fronde bi-inferne-tripinnata, pinnis lanceolatis profunde pinnatifidis, 

 laciniis lineari-oblongis remotis obtusis glabris, stipite rachique glabris, involucris latissimis 

 margine fimbriatis. — Desv. Mag. Nat. Ber. 1811. p. 325. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 79. 



6. ADIANTUM. Linn. 



1. A. Chilense; fronde tripinnata, pinnulis breviter petiolatis subrigidis reniformi-cune- 

 atis radiatim venosis crenatis demum glabris, involucris transversim oblongis approximatis, 

 stipite rachique nitidis glaberrimis. — Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p. 207. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 4. 

 p. 214. Hook, et Grev. Ic. Fit. p. 273. 



Hab. Conception. 



2. A. scabrum; frondibus bi-v.-tripinnatis, pinnulis orbiculari-reniformibus denticulatis 

 subtus birds albo-farinosis, stipite paleaceo scabro, rachibus scaberrimis, soris subcontinuis. 

 Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p. 207. 



Hab. Conception. 



3. A. cuneatum; frondibus triplicato-pinnatis, pinnulis petiolatis cuneatis membranaceis 

 apice rotundatis laciniato-bi-trilobatis, lobis profunde bundato-emarginatis, sinubus sori- 

 feris, involucris reniformibus. — Langsd. et Fisch. Ic. Fil. p. 23. t. 26. WiUd. Sp. PL v. 5. 

 p. 450. Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p. 206. Hook, et Grev. Ic. Fil. p. 30. 



Hab. Conception. 



7. HYMENOPHYLLUM. 

 1. //. Tunbridgense. Sm. Engl. Bot. p. 162. Hook, in Fl. Lond. N. S. t. 71. Wittd. Sp. 

 PL v. 5. p. 520. 

 Hab. Conception. 



Ord. LXXIII. OPHIOGLOSSEiE. Br. 

 1. OPHIOGLOSSUM. 



L O. tuberosum; parva, spica caulina, fronde oblongo-lanceolata reticulata in petiolum 

 attenuata, pedunculo fronde triplo longiore, radice tuberosa. 



Tuber magiiitudine seniinis Pisi sativi, subtus fibrosa. Planta vix digitem longa. From uncialis. Spica 

 parva, lineari-oblong-a. 

 Hab. Conception. 



Ord. LXXIV. MUSCI. 

 I. LEPTOSTOMUM? Br. 

 1. L. ? splachnoideum ; caulibus ca?spitosis brevibus, foliis densissime imbricatis erectis 

 oblongis acutis concavis minute reticularis nervosis piliferis, seta caule subapque longa, cap- 

 sula cum apophysi rotundata ovata obtusa, operculo brevi-haemispherico subumbonato. 



Hab. Conception. — The specimens of this are few, and in an indifferent state. The leaves are like 

 those of Leptostomum, (Br.) and the capsule resembles that of Splachnum sphcericum, but we are unable to 

 find any peristome. 



