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BOTANY OF KERGUELEN ISLAND. 
Kerguelen Island, Moseley. Hill N.W. of Mount Crozier, barren, Eaton . 
Very closely related to G. Symphyodon and G. emersa, C. Muller, and also to 
D. crispulus. Hook. f. et IVils. ; all are possibly forms of one species. 
6. Grimmia (Dryptodon) crispulus, Hook. f. et Wits. Flor. Antarct. 124, 
et 402, t. 57, /. 9. 
Christmas Harbour, in gravelly beds of rivulets. Hooker. 
7. Grimmia (Rhacomitrium) lanuginosa, Bill.; Brid. i. 215. 
— Kerguelen Island, Moseley ; Royal Sound and near Vulcan Cove, barren, 
Eaton. 
All the specimens are less robust than those collected by Dr. Hooker in Hermite 
Island ; from the whitening of the tips of the leaves they are very hoary. 
Many of the specimens brought from southern regions which appear to diher in 
only slight particulars from northern states have been described as distinct; of 
these, Bhacomitrium Jirnium De Kotaris, from Chili, is a fulvous brown moss, 
B. Geronticum, C. Muller (Hedwigia, 1870), is possibly the same. B. senile, 
Schimp. (Lechler, 1089, from Magellan), with leaf points crisped and hoary, B. 
ineaniim, C. Muller (Hedwigia, 1870), from Cape of Good Hope, is, if specimens 
from the top of Table Mountain belong to it, scarcely in any particular different 
from Arctic examples. 
8. Grimmia (Rhacomitrium) protensum, Rmw?? ; Hook. f. et Wils. 
Flor. Antarct. 402. 
Christmas Island, barren. Hooker. 
9. [G. PRONDOSA, James in Bull. Z7. S. Nat. Mns. 3, 25, is another Kerguelen 
Island species, found by Kidder.] 
1. Orthotrichum crassifolium, Hook.f.et Wils. Fl. Antarct., p. 125, 
tah. Ivii./. 8. 
Christmas Harbour, common. Hooker, Moseley ; Royal Sound, Eaton. 
The specimens from Kerguelen have the points of the perichmtial leaves reach- 
ing to three-fourths of the length of the capsule, which is thus only emergent, and 
in this respect they agree with some of the specimens gathered in Hermite Island 
by Dr. Hooker. No importance can be attached to this particular character, as in 
Dr. Hooker’s specimens from Lord Auckland’s Islands, emergent and exserted 
capsules may be seen on the same stems. 
The capsules are either smooth or with a few folds regularly placed on one side, 
the remainder being smooth, and are more urcolate than any of the specimens 
collected by Dr. Hooker. 
The inflorescence consists, as usual in the genus, of a male flower near the base 
of the perichsetium in all the specimens. 
2. Orthotrichum atratum, Mitt, in Linn. Soc. Journ., XV., p. 66. Monoi- 
cum. Caulis humilis, csespitosus. Polia patentia, sicca incurva, laxe contorta, lan- 
ceolafa, apice lata obtusiuscule acuta, nervo suh summo apice evanescente, ceUulis 
