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Falklands, etc.] 11. Bryum lavigatum, Hook. fil. etWils; caiile ramoso, foliis erecto-patentibus imbricatis ovatis concavis integerriinis siccitate erectis, nervo subcontinuo, theca pendula ovato-oblonga, operculo conico obtuso. (Tab. CLIV. fig. III.).

Var. £. foliis angustioribus minus concavis.

Hab. Hermite Island ; wet rocks on Mount Foster, (barren) ; Falkland Islands ; common in bogs, (always barren.) Var. £. Kerguelen's Land (barren).

Dioicum ? Caules unciales-triunciales, steriles longiores, inferne radiculis tornentosis nigricantibus intertexti, ramosi. Folia inibricata, subpatentia, ovata vel elliptico-oblonga, subcallosa, concava, integerrima, nervo valido vix sub apice evanido instructa, lsete viridia, nitentia, iuferiora e fusco-purpuvascentia, siccitate subappressa. Seta 7-8 lin. ]onga, rufa, nitida, haud tortilis. Theca pendula, subpyrifomiis, oblonga, ore subpatulo, rufo, nitido. Peristoma externi dentes ferruginei, siccitate erecti; intend cilia perforata ciliolis singulis interjectis. Operculum breve, conicurn, obtusum.

Our description and figure are drawn up in part from specimens gathered in Van Diemen's Land, by Mr. Lawrence. A very distinct species, characterised by its concave shining subcoriaceous leaves, retaining their shape when dry, intermixed with dark purple radicles.

Plate CLIV. Fig. III. — 1 and 3, stems of two states, from Hermite Island ; 2, a third state, from Van Diemen's Land, of the natural size : 4 and 5, leaves ; 6, thecae ; — magnified.

12. Bryum truncorum, Bridel, Bryol. Univ. vol. 1. p. 699.

Hab. Falkland Islands ; with fruit rare, Dr. Lyall ; and a taller barren state in marshy places, not uncommon.

24. MNIUM, Bruch et SeMmper.

1. Mnium rostratum, Bruch et Scliimper ; Bnjol. Europ. Monogr. p. 27. t. 7. Bryum rostratum, Hook: et Tayl. Muse. Brit. p. 208. t. xxx.

Hab. Strait of Magalhaens, Port Famine ; Capt. King, (barren). 25. FUNAEIA, Schreb.

1. Funaria hi/grometrica, Hedw. ; Fl. Antarct. pt. 1. p. 135., Hook, et Tayl. Muse. Brit. p. 171. t. xx.

Hab. Falkland Islands ; common at Port Louis, on burnt ground.

Not hitherto found in Fuegia, but a native of Campbell's Island. 26. ANCECTANGIUM, Brid, 1. Ancectangium Humboldti, Brid. Hedwigia Humboldti, Hook. Muse. E.rot.tA2>l ; Fl. Antarct. pt. l.p. 135.

Var. 0. australe.

Hab. Hermite Island; on a moist sloping rock exposed to the north, on Mount Foster, alt. 1000 ft.; in large barren patches resembling a discoloured mass of Sphagnum.

These specimens are intermediate between the typical form and that of Lord Auckland's and Campbell Island.