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BOTANY OF KERGUELEN ISLAND. 
erecto-patcntia, angustiora, nervo crassiore. Hypniun filicinum var. et H. serpens, 
var. Mor. Antarct., p. 419 et 418. 
Christmas Harbour, Hooker. Near Swain’s Bay, barren, Halou. 
The single patch of this moss gathered by Mr. Eat6n exhibits the species as very 
closely resembling A. filicinum, Linn., when it has not assumed a pinnate form ; it 
is larger than A. serpens. The foliage is fulvous, neither wet nor dry is it altered in 
appearance. 
5. Amblystegium decussatum, Hook.f. et Wils. Fl. Neio Zeald. ii. t. 90, 
f. 2. (Hypnum.) 
Royal Sound, a slender straggling state, with irregular branches and an upright 
form, amongst Bryum pendulum ; near Swain’s Bay, an upright state more robust 
and more branched; near Vulcan Cove, a still larger state, with stems three inches 
high ; all barren, Eaton. 
All the specimens referred to this species have hut little external resemblance to 
the complete state found fertile in New Zealand, hut they agree very closely in the 
areolation ot their leaves, and it is probable they are only slender forms similar to 
those produced by A. filicinum. 
1. Sciaromium conspissatum. Hook. f. et Wils. Fl. Antarct. 419, 1. 155, 
f. 3. (Hypnum). 
Christmas Harbour ; Hooker, Moseley. A short barren state. 
All the Kerguelen specimens are smaller than those from the Balkland Islands. 
1. Brachythecium subpilosum, Hook. f. et WUs. Fl. Antarct. 418, 
t. 154, f. 4. (Hypnum). 
Kerguelen Island, Moseley. 
More robust than the original specimens from Cape Horn, and in this respect 
nearer to the Hyxmwn rutabuhmi, var. 6, El. Antarct., from the Falkland Islands, 
which has since been named H. suhplicatimi, Hampe. If, however, the species may 
be supposed to vary as much in aspect as the European B. rutabulum, these 
slightly larger forms may be fairly considered within the limits of probable 
variation. Intermediate between the Hcrmite Island specimens and those from 
Kerguelen are some barren mosses from Otago, New Zealand, and some others 
y' collected in the Australian Alps by Von Mueller, to which it is probable the de- 
scription of Dr. Hampe’s Hypnum austro-alpinum may apply, as ho says that the 
seta is thick and rough, and the capsule short, which are the most prominent 
characters appertaining to B. snhpilosimi. 
2. Brachythecium salebrosum, Hoffm. (Hypnum). Hypnum rutabu- 
lum, var. 4, Hook. f. et Wils. Fl. Antarct. 417. 
Christmas Harbour, Hooker. Hill N.W. of Mount Crozicr, a fine silky state in 
large tufts, with stems 2-3 inches long ; Swain’s Bay, in boggy ground on the west 
side, a smaller'state, all barren, Eaton. 
This species is distinguished from B. rutabulum by the form of the leaves on the 
principal stems, which are not so dilated at their base, the outline being more nearly 
