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peristomii dentes bifidi, Calyptr imidi . . , 
small and very elegant Mouser keccbeteie athe eo ee 
lamina yera—is considered to be that part islsloks is Brecake th ats oe ae 
florescence arises; but beyond the apex of this, and alone it k : 1th ay eae eee 
stems are viewed laterally, the whole leaf appears as if flat, act oe ted one Lome cee Cater 
1. F. lagenarius, Mitt. Journ, of the Proceed. Linn Rob "1868 aay npgn Ene: ee ; 
ee 10-juga, pene oblongo-linearia, acuta, nervo pellueido SErclcicelnish veers eat ee 
producta, apice su eequali, una cum lamina dorsali apicalique limbo car it inutissi cellule 
minutis rotundis inter se remotiusculis vix obscuris minute papillosis : Hat : Tus folits su Soho 
longus; theca inclinata, cylindracea, pallida, laxe « ¢ Bee aoe oe POpSD IORI aire 
constricta sublageniformi ; peristomi a dentibus Sant eats eee rer oe infra os 
tuila, on Cyathea leucolepis, Mett., 1000-2000 ft. (Powell! 22).—The entire Slatt Broeet he hoe cee 
From Ff, seabrisetus this species differs, in its less obscure leaves, and in the elongated capsule. W eniSe 
2. f. inconspicuus, Mitt. 1. ec. p. 185; monoicus; pusillus; folia cireiter 6-juga patentia, lineari-lanceo- 
lata, acuminata, nervo pellucido percurrente, lamina vera usque ad medium producta subsequali, omnib 
laminarum marginibus ¢renulatis, limbo carente, cellulis minutis rotundis pallidis obseuris aipillosis thaea 
in pedunculo breviuseulo, parva, obovata, inclinata, opereulo subulato.—Samoa Tutuila 8, Upolu of 
Oyathea leucolepis, LOO0O-2000 ft. (Powell! n. 121).—Stems with the leaves about aline high. Pale on: i 
rusty brown. Seta half as long again as the leaves. a ae 
_ 8. Bf. scabrisetus, Mitt. |,¢.; monoicus; caulis elongatus; folia circiter 12-juga, patentia, approximata 
elliptico-lanceolata, nervo angusto pellucido percurrente, lamina yera ad medium usque producta subsequali, 
a basi usque ad medium hyalino-limbata, lamina dorsali basi rotundata, marginibus ubique tenuissime 
erenulatis, cellulis minutis obscuris viriditbus minutissime papillosis; theca in pedunculo brevi aspero, oyalis, 
inclinata, operculo subulato obliquo; flos masculus in axillis foliorum superiorum,—Samoa Islands, Tutuila 
(Powell! n, 63).—Stems about 4 lines high, and with the leaves about 1 line wide. The seta is abouta line 
or a line and a half long. The capsule with vesicular cells and a red mouth, 
4. F. abbreviatus (sp. nov.), Mitt,; monoicus; caulis brevis, semilinearis; folia 4—8-juga, approximata, 
patentia, elliptico-lanceolata, acuta, nervo pellucidiore percursa, lamina vera usque ad medium producta apice 
subequalis usque ad medium ejus longitudinis tenui hyalino-limbata, lamina dorsali basi decurrente api- 
ealique subintegerrima, cellulis minutis obscuris levibus; theca in pedunculo brevi pallido, ovalis, erecta, 
operculo subulato obliquo; peristomium dentibus rubris. Flos masculus vel terminalis vel in ramulo 
brevissimo basilaris.—Raoul Island (M‘Gillivray ! in Herb, Hooker). A minute species, different from any 
of the preceding. 
Trisus I. DICRANE.—Folia viridia, seepe elongata, angusta, nitida, nervo sepe dilatato, cellulis 
basilaribus ad angulos seepe majoribus coloratis. Peristomu dentes integri vel furcati. 
The following five genera of this tribe are represented in Polynesia, but have not yet been found in 
Viti, viz.:—I. Curaropon: 1. OC, purpureus, L. Sp. Pl. p. 1574 (Mnium), from St. Paul’s Island (Milne )s Isle 
of Pines (Strange). Il. HotomitriuM: 1, H. vaginatum, Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 64 (Prichostomum), et Schw, 
t, 309, from Tahiti (Menzies!). III, Dicranum : 1, D. Sandwichense, Sull. United St. Expl. Exped. 1859, 
p. 8; yar, 8. condensatum, caulibus abbreviatis (1-2-uncialibus) robustis, foliis confertis ; var. y. elongatum, 
caulibus elongatis (L0-12-uncialibus), foliis dissitis patentissimis, from Kaala Mountains (Oahu), 8B. Mauna 
Kea, Hawaii . y. banks of the Crater, East Maui, Hawaiian Islands; 2, D. speirophylium, Mont. Voy. de la 
Bonite Crypt. p. 275, from Sandwich Islands (Gaudichand!). IV. CampyLoPus: 1, C. wmbellatus, 
W, Arnott, Disp. 34 (ZLrichostomum umbellatum, Schw. Gaudich. and Freye. p. 224), from Hawaii, on the 
voleano (Macrae! Haines !), Oahu (Beechey ! Seemann! Gaudichaud !) ; 2, O. introflerus, Hedw. Sp. Muse. 
I's Island (Milne! Strange !), Isle of Pines (Strange!). V. Levconoma : 
7 icranum), from St. Pau é 
i .. Se ilu, Mit Tae, Soe, Journ. 1868, p. 192, from Tutuila and Upolu, on trees (Powell! n, 98). 
C. Miiller, Syn. vol. i. p. 480 (Angstremee ejusd, sect.) ; Schimp, Syn. p. 69. 
areolata. Theca brevis, plus minus ovalis, plicata vel 
Peristomium dentibus 16 brevibus soli- 
humiles, caulibus ut plurimum 
ollibus eequaliter contractis vel 
I. Dicranella, 
Caulis erectus, apice fertilis, Folia cellulis elongatis 
levis, erecta vel ineequalis, in pedunculo tages vel curvato, 
dis vel irregulari modo fissis. Calyptra dimidiata.—M.usci terrestres, 
impliei ii vi is mollibus, thecis parvis ¢ 
simplicibus, foliis parvis brevibus angustis 1 : Pp 
callosis inzequalibus. a , 
ant in species in South America than 
A genus containing a great number of small Mosses, more abund 
