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TWO NEW SPECIES OF MUSCI. 
the branches elongated, lax, attenuated towards their extremitieSj 
and irregularly set with lax spreading ramuli. Leaves shining, re- 
motely and loosely set on the stem, spreading almost horizontally, 
broadly ovate, with a small acumination, somewhat concave, sharp- 
ly serrate from the very base to the apex ; nerve disappearing be- 
low the summit. Perichcetial leaves erect, broadly ovate below, 
suddenly contracting, and terminating in a lanceolate apex, entire 
and nerveless, and very pellucid. Fruit-stalk nearly an inch in 
length, smooth, red. Capsule short, cernuous, deep red. Lid short- 
ly conical, with an acute suboblique rostrum. 
This species is at first sight so remarkable for the remote 
and lax manner in which its leaves are set on the stem, 
that I have given it a name expressive of this character. 
It is also well marked, by the cauline leaves being serrated 
from the point of insertion to the apex ; those of the peri- 
chsetium being quite entire and destitute of a nerve. 
Hypniim remotifolium was sent with some other mosses 
as packing in a chest of geological specimens, which the 
President of this Society received from South America. 
It is a proof how easy a thing it is, under some circum- 
stances, to assist scientific investigation, by communicating 
what appears to be the commonest objects from a distant 
country. I can assure those gentlemen who have occasion 
to send packages of minerals and other things from differ- 
ent parts of the world, that, by using mosses, lichens, S^c. 
as materials for packing, they may greatly enrich the col- 
lection of the muscologist, and forward the progress of this 
department of natural history. 
Edinbubgh, ) 
May 5. 1825. j 
