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Kermandec Islands (M‘Gillivray !) ; Samoa, Tutuila (Powell!),— 
and B. turbinatum, Hedw., and described as from 1-2 inches high, but the figure represents it from half an 
inch to an inch high. The specimens from the Kermandee Islands are shorter even than this, but corre- 
spond very well in the form of the leaves, It seems to be a small species allied to the European B. erythro- 
carpum, Schw., and the L. chrysoneuron, C. Miiller, so frequent in New Zealand. 
4. B. Billardierii, Schw. t. 76; “caule mediocri bifido, foliis oblongis oblique cuspidatis immarginatis 
dentatis, theca pendula incurva.”—New Belgium (Labillardiare !); Lord Howe’s Island (Milne !).—* Caulis 
pronarius semiuncialis, pone florem ramos aliquot simplices edens, semiunciales aut unciales; folia densa et 
in rosulam congesta in caule primario et ad apices ramorum, sparsa in inferiore ramorum parte ; folia con- 
cava, carinata, patula, oblonga, apice dentata, sepe obliqua, absque margine notabili, siccitate undulata et 
paululum complicata, amoene viridia; nervus crassus, ferrugineus, ex apice folii emergit absque comitante 
parenchymate et recurvatur, quindecies ibi brevior est quam folium; areole reticuli e rhomboide sub- 
rotundi; seta sesquiuncialis aut biuncialis, apice ad horizontem curvata; theca oblonga, ineurva, et per 
curyaturam suam pendula, ore vix contracta, ut seta operculum et peristomium externum e fusco brunnea; 
operculum plano-convexum, mucronulatum.”’—The specimens collected by Milne consist of only a few 
incomplete stems, but seem to agree with the figure and the above description given by Schwegrichen. 
lt is probable that the B. rufescens, Hook. f, et Wils. Fl, Tasmanica, p. 192. t. 174. f. 1, belongs to this 
species, for it corresponds with the description and figure in the form and margin of its leaves, as well as in 
the nerve being excurrent into a terete point. 
5. B. leptothecitwm, Tayl. in Phytologist, 1844, p. 1094; caulis gracilis; folia in rosulis congesta, 
patentia, oblongo-obovata vel spathulata, neryo apice cum limbo marginali coalito in mucronem brevem 
recurvum producto; cellulis superioribus oblongo-hexagonis, utriculo contracto repletis, limitibus angustis 
marginalibus angustis in seriebus pluribus congestis limbum tenerum denticulatum sistentibus ; theca in 
pedunculo elongato sporangio cylindraceo subrecto, collo sensim angustato curvato pendula, operculo 
depresso-conico,—Society Islands, barren (Bidwill! in Herb. Hooker).—Stems nearly an inch high, and 
to all appearance not different from the states so frequent in Australia and Tasmania, ' 
6, B. Commersoni, Brid. Mant. p. 119; Schw, t. 80; caulis plus minus elongatus, laxe ceespitosus ; 
folia ubique per caulis longitudinem qualia vel in rosulis congesta patula obovato-spathulata acuminata, 
nervo breyiter excurrente mucronata margine inferne integerrima e medio usque ad apicem eee 
brevibus serrata, cellulis hexagono-ovalibus chlorophyllosis, parietibus mollibus, PISCE AROS SSE oe 
linbum indistinctum formantibus, perichetialia interna minora; theca in pedunculo Raney seer is 
elongato-cylindracea, areuata, operculo conico acuto.—Lord Howe's Island, low grote ; a an és uF 
barren (Milne! Herb. Hooker, 47).—Specimens small and short, but agreeing 1n is du F a grees sa a 
of the younger and pale fulyous tint of the older leaves, as well as in we Are? met ** en hick 
B. Beyrichianum, Hornsch., and B. wmbraculwm, Burchell, Hook. Muse. Exot. gee a seeds: Rasientl 
the correspondence is so close as to lead to the supposition they may be states of only ly sp 
species, 
III, Cryproroprum, Brid. vol. ii, Bees ea SE dere Reece angusta, e cellulis 
arvis firmis areolata. ‘Theca in pedunculo breyi levis. eris jam . , 
ee eae gutta, Muse, Bxot 118 Ceywn) saul simplex vel ianonatintbun samosns 
folia inferiora parva appressa sensim superne longitudine increscentia, Maca ae hind obieewamciteane 
basi suboblonga sensim subulato-angustata rigida setacea, nervo ee coe « nferioribus aieeht ae peri- 
ad apicem dentibus brevibus geminatis serratis, cellulis firms rotundis ae 1 inclinatam longe superantia ; 
cheetialia a basi latiora lanceolata subulata caulinis similia thecam ovalen 
G 8 1 us Cé T= 
i gi ark ue ad dentium medium exserta 
: DY aa asnne ss Lik’ is interpositis in membrana usg 1d é : 
natis parce pertusis, ciliisque tribus equilong ; : foliage ot 
is pabttias Sandwich Islands (Gaudichaud !)—A remarkable Moss, having the rigid stems and g 
. is not allied to 
Rhizogonium spiniforme, but with its fruit terminal, and not exserted beyond the leaves. It is nota 
Lartramia. ++ Folia tristicha, dimorpha. 
a erecta, gymnostoma, . ma 
Od sabicul ies Pie Panes J ie vol. X. p. [92 . folia lateralia omnia superficiebus superioribus 
. O. denticulatum, . SoC, 
€ antia atentia, Oo l g 2 : + . * > ; : 
? 
ing in size it, and appearance with 
ormi | n. 103).—Corresponding in size, habit, 
formi.—Samoa, Upolu, on aoa Sealand, pl. 57 . f. 5, but arith denticulate te va ae ass 
to ree sat a ay mg ee is said in the ‘ Handbook of the Flora of New Zealan g, 
: reas ar mouth. m 1 y 
but this ia not Ehaervable in the specimens of the Samoan species. bn 
Compared by the author to B. pallens, Sw., 
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