396 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
divisis rectangulate ramosis, ramis distantibus simplicibus vel pauciramulosis ; foliis borizontalibus 
laxis bifariis e basi lata cordato-ovata lanceolatis fliformi-attenuatis, toto ambitu serratis semicostatis 
plicato et ruguloso implanis, cellulis minutissimis lineari-fusiformibus unipapillosis.—Viti, on trees 
(Amer. Expl. Exped.). 
Leaves horizontal, loose, bifarious; texture thin and firm (Sull. 1. e.). 
XV, Garovaglia, Endlich. Caules erecti, simplices vel ramosi, basi tantum radicantes, Folia 
snbbinervia. 'Theca immersa vel breviter exserta. Peristomium szepius imperfectum. Calyptra 
parva.—LEsenbeckia, Brid, ii, p. 753. Endotrichum, Dozy et Molk. Muse. Archip. Ind, 
The following species have not yet been found in Viti, viz.:—l. G. Powellii, Mitt. Journ. of the 
Proceed. Linn. Soc. 1868, p. 169.—Samoa, Tutuila, on living trees near Letaumata (1000 ft.) (Powell! 
n.3). 2. G. euspidata, Mitt. Hooker’s Journ. of Bot. 1856, p. 963,—New Caledonia (Vieillard). Also 
in Australia, Moreton Bay (F. Mueller !). 3. G. Samoana, Mitt. Linn. Soe. Journ. vol. x. p. 169.—Samoa, 
Matie, and Tutuila, near Letaumata (1000 ft.) (Powell! n. 70). 4. G, angustifolia, Mitt. Journ, of the 
Proceed, Linn. Soe. 1868, p. 170.—Pacifie Islands (Nightingale! Herb. Hooker). 
1, G. setigera, Sull. Amer. Expl. Exped. t. 18 B (Endotrichum) ; caulis ascendens, simplex 
vel ramis paucis divisus, foliis densis imbricatis crassus; folia caulina late oblongo-ovata obtusa 
cuspidata quater plicata margine apicem versus crenulata, nervis fere obsoletis, cellulis parvis 
angustis quasi in seriebus transversalibus dispositis, perichetia inter folia caulina semi-immersa, 
foliis interioribus oblongis convolutis basi breviter binerviis superne in acumen aristiforme serrula- 
tum nervatum elongatum productis; theca immersa, oblonga, basi abrupte in pedunculo brevissimo 
constricta, operculo cupulato, rostro subulato; peristomii dentes crassi, intus valde trabeculati, 
interni processus angusti, carinati, in membrana usque ad 4 dentium longitudinis exserta impositi, 
calyptra conica, acuminata, plurifida.—Viti (Amer. Expl. Exped.), Oyalau (Milne! Seemann ' n. 846), 
Samoa, Tutuila (Powell !). 
Stems from 2-6 inches high. Foliage straw-coloured, shining. 
XVI. Phyllogonium, Brid, Rami fertiles elongati, pinnati. Folia disticha, complicata, 
equitantia. Theca immersa vel breviter exscrta, peristomio parvo depresso simplici externo, 
Calyptra parva, dimdiata. 
A small genus, of which, besides the Polynesian species, one is found in the Island of Bourbon and in 
er America, and another occurs in New Zealand as well as in Ceylon; the remainder are all South 
merican. 
1. P. angustifolium, Schimp. in Herb. Mitten ; dicicum; rami ramulis remotis inzequilongis 
pinnati; folia lateralia patentia eequaliter complicata apice excavata apiculo brevissimo recurvo, non- 
pulla interjecta insequaliter complicata vel usque ad apicem fere planis, omnia integerrima enervia, 
cellulis angustis basalibus pancis areolata, perichtia elongata folis externis parvis ovatis acumi- 
natis patulis recurvis reliquis erectis lanceolatis acuminatis 2-3-plicatis, nervo infra apicem subserru- 
latum evanido vel breviore; theca immersa, subsessilis, elongata, cylindracea, opereulo conico 
acuminato, peristomio dentibus irregularibus aurantiacis ; calyptra parva anguste coniea, basi filis 
paucis brevibus articulatis pilosa—Viti (Milne!). Also in Nukahiva (Le Batard), and Samoa, 
Tutuila (Powell !). 
_A bright green, irregularly-branched species, in its immersed capsule allied only to the South American 
P. immersum, Mitt, 
XVII. Neckera, Hedw. Fund. yol, ii, p, 93. Rami fertiles per longitudinem zqualiter pinnatim 
ramosi vel basi substipitati. Folia compressa. Theca in perichetio ampliato immersa vel breviter 
exserta. Peristomium imperfectum. Calyptra parva, plurifida vel dimidiata, 

