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BOTANY OF KERGUELEN ISLAND. 
Swain’s Bay, Eaton. 
Small barren stems, but not different from speeimens from the Bogotian and 
Quitenian Andes. 
1. Blindia gracillima, Mitt. Dioica, laxe csespitosa. Caulis elongatus, 
gracillimus, interne nudus, superne foliis remotiusculis laxe obtectus. Folia anguste 
lanceoloto-subulata, pagina folii e cellulis angustis elongatis parietibus pellu- 
cidis usque ad f nervi apice vix denticulati longitudinis anguste continuata; 
eellulis alaribus in auriculam parvam dispositis rubris ; folia peiichsetialia erecta, 
l)asi obovata, convoluta, sensim subulato-attcnuata, nervo longius excurrente. 
Theca in seta brevi flexuosa arcuata pendula, subresupinata, globosa; operculo 
oblique rostrato ; peristomii dentibus rubris latis teneris integris vel rarius pertusis 
intus Isevibus extus parietibus transversalibus prominentibus appendiculatis ; annulo 
nullo ; calyptra parva, viridis, nigrescens. B. curviseta, Mitt, in Linn. Soc. Journ. 
XV., 193.' 
Boyal Sound, in lakes, with young and nearly ripe fruit, Eaton. 
Stems 2-4 inches long, forming loose tufts, the upper portions red, the lower 
black, denuded of leaves, and forming a loose entangled mass. Leaves at the apices 
of the stems fulvous and shining, the lower all blackened ; in then’ direction the 
upper leaves are but little changed when wet or dry ; they arc 1-^-2 lines long ; the 
areolation consists of elongate cells separated by pellucid Avails ; at the angles of the 
base of the leaf the alai’y cells are distinct and red. The ner\'e becomes indistin- 
guishable at four-fifths of the whole length of the leaf, and is thence continued, and 
ends without forming a pungent point ; leaves of the perichtetium longer, and their 
dilated bases about twice the width of the cauline leaves. Seta 2-2^ lines, straight 
in its loAver half, thence to the capsule tAvisted and variously curved. Capsule erect 
when dry, when Avet AAuth a sAvan’s-neck-like curve, and so bent as to become hori- 
zontal ; when mature spherical AA'ithout any neck where it is affixed to the seta ; 
colour reddish brown ; substance thin but firm. Operculum always obliquely beaked, 
at length of the same colour as the capsule. Peristome perfectly formed ; teeth 
red, broad at the base, thcucc with an even outhne narrowed to their points, with 
the exception of a rare perforation there is no trace of their being composed of a 
double row of cells ; at the base of the teeth the transverse divisions are close 
together, but aboA’ c this they are much wider, and on turning the tooth on edge it 
is seen that each dissepiment of the articulations is prominent on the outer side, 
but not on the inner. Spores small, round. Calyptra coriaceous, brownish-green, 
deeply cleft, with a spreading base. 
Tab. III., Fig. 1, plant of natural size; 2, cauline leaf; 3, perichsetium with 
capsule ; 4, portion of peristome ; all magnified. 
2. Blindia microcarpa, 3Iitt. in Jonm. Linn. Soc., XV., 65. Monoica, 
pulvinatim csespitosa. Caulis dichotomus, fastigiatim ramosus. Folia patentia, 
stricta, plus minus falcata curvatave, dimidio inferiore lanceolato superiore carinato 
