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calyptra ad medium operculi descendens, pilosa, basi integra,— Viti 
on trees in the mountaius (Milne! in Herb. Hooker) 
other trees, 1000-2000 ft, (Powell! -n. 7). 
(Amer, Expl. Exped.), abundant 
; Samoa, Tutuila, on Cocoa-nut, Hibiscus, and 
Primary stem tough, creeping over the bark and branches of trees, when old leafless iS ari 
humerous erect. or ascending branches trom 2 to 4 inches high, usually undivided inion af ‘half ne 
three-quarters of an inch, above this they are regularly pinnate with the length of the branches decreasing 
towards their apices, or they are more or less closely set with irregular long and short branches in a suffru- 
fhicose manner; a few stems haye been seen which appear to have grown procumbent, and are somewhat 
elongated, but these do not show a tendency to become pendulous, 
XIV. Meteorium, Brid. Rami fertiles breviusculi, simplices vel pinnatim ramosi, e caule 
repente vel libero pendulo prolixe continuato orinndj. Folia undique wqualia vel subcompressa ; 
theca immersa vel exserta, Peristomium perfectum vel sxpius internum ciliis carens. Calyptra 
plurifida vel dimidiata, 
The following species have not yet been found in Viti, viz.:—1, © eruginosum, Mitt. Linn. Soe. 
Journ. vol. x, p. 171. t. 5 B.—Samoa, Upolu, on trees (1000-2000 ft.), (Powell 'n, 88). 2. IL (Eumeteo- 
rium) vuleanicum, (sp. nov.) Mitt.; rami ramulis curvatis pinnatim ramosi; folia laxe imbricata, oblotiga, 
obtusissima, excavata, apiculo parvo angusto terminata, margine superne inyoluta, basi subcordata, cellulis 
ad angulos in maculam fuscam condensatis, superioribus angustis brevibus, ramulina conformia apiculo 
breviore.— Hawaii ad montem ignivomem (Macrae! in Herb. Muse Brit.).—In size and appearance nearly 
resembling I, molle, Hedw., but more rigid, and with its leaves tipped with an apiculus. 3. IL, trichopho- 
rum, Mont. Aun. des Sc, Nat. 1848, vol. xix. p. 238 (Isothecium ?); O, Mueller, Syn, vol. ii. p. 130 (Nechkera). 
—Sandwich Islands, on the bark of trees (Gaudichaud!). 4, 2. Hornschuchii, Mitt. Linn, Soc. Journ. 
1859 (Zrachypus).—Sunday Island, trees on the summit of the mountains (Milne! n. 90), Kermandee 
Islands, Raoul Island (M‘Gillivray !), Pacifie Islands (Beechey!). 5. I. helietophyllum, Mont. Voy. au Pale 
Sud (Cryphea).—Tahiti (Lesson, Jaquinot), Pacifie Islands (Beechey !), 6. JZ. lanoswm, Mitt. Journ. ot 
the Proceed. Linn. Soe. 1859 (ML. longissimum, Dozy et Molk. Bryol. Javan. t. 202),—Pacific Islands 
(Beechey), Samoa, Tutuila, on trees in a damp place (1000-1500 ft.) (Powell, n, 4). 7. AML. (Atrobryum) 
striatulum (sp. nov.), Mitt.; rami elongati, flexuosi, ramulis divergentibus pinnati; folia compressa, late 
ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, serrulata, neryo angustissimo medio evanido, cellulis angustis papillosis areolata, 
humida levia, sivea longitudinaliter quater plicata.—Aneitum, in damp places (Milne!), South Sea Islands 
(Nightingale !)—Stems a foot or more long, slender, soft ; foliage more close than in A. lanosum, and se 
glossy, ochraceous. Very similar to A. Janosum, but with a different appearance from the folds in the lea 
when dry. 
1. M. intricatum, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ, vol. x, p. 171, t.5 A; dioicum; rami graciles, 
elongati, flexuosi, ramulis divergentibus curvatis laxe pinnatim ramosi ; folia FRG undique erecto- 
pateutia, torta, a basi cordata, auriculis crenatis, ovato-lanceolata, sensim acuminata, integerrima, 
uervo obsoleto, cellulis angustis elongatis brevissime obscureque pluripapillatis; folia ramulina 
superne latiora, haud acuminata, subserrulata, semitorta, medio inferne canaliculata, nervo eee oe 
medium obsoleto; folia perichwtialia patentia, longe acuminata; vaginula filis exsertis a is 
pedunculns crassiuseulus, sublzevis, foltis perichzetialibus subduplo longior, Se ae ; eo Oo ee 
eylindracea, inssqualis, operculo subulato ; peristomium dentibus elongatis irregu a us Pe te 
inter se coherentibus fissisve obseuris, internum processibus angustis obscuris ae 3 10; in Nps 
basilari careus ; calyptra inferne pilis paucis barbata. Flos masculus ee er hae Pate 
sibus paucis immixta fovens—Viti (Seemann!). Also in Samoa, Tutuila, g 
shady forests (20-1000 ft.) (Powell! n. 4). 
7 : . 3j lectophyl- 
. . lour, and habit, this species agrees with JL he phe 
Foliage green, dark brown in age. In size, colour, ar er to DL. floribundum, Dozy et Molk. Muse. 
= 5 . rted, and thus it comes nearer to JL. flor f i i 
rere ne 7 Ee this it differs in the cordate-auriculate base of its bree ear teeth 
of Sis dakeestal peristome not being united on a base that is exserted above the mout ae ee 
9. M, Vitianum, Sull. Amer. Expl. Exped. t. 21; majusculum, Captions Dep ieunes pectahs 
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