NEW ZEALAND, TASMANIA, ETC. 83 
B. pivaricata (Mitten) Dioica, caule elongato inferne tomentoso 
subsimplici, foliis e basi brevi caulem amplectente cellulis hyalinis 
pluribus ad angulos marginum congestis divaricatis lanceolatis plicatis 
. papillosis margine serrulatis nervo tenui excurrente mucronatis sic- 
citate subflaccidis, perichetialibus ovatis integerrimis nervo angus- 
tissimo, theca in pedunculo elongato horizontali oblongo-ovali collo 
pyriformi attenuato, operculo conico, peristomio normali. 
Hab. New Zealand. Colenso, Dr. J. D. Hooker, Knight, Lyall, Sinclair ; 
Tasmania, Cheshunt, Mr. Archer. 
Resembles the larger states of B. pendula, but differs in its divaricated 
leaves, which have, when dry, a subflaccid appearance, a differently 
formed base, and the stems almost simple. 
B. pendula, which has been much misunderstood, varies greatly in its 
size, being sometimes not larger than the usual states of Philonotis 
fontana, as in the original specimens gathered by Menzies, at others as 
large as B. gigantea, Schwegrichen’s figure 161 having been taken from 
this state; but the capsule is not erect. The Hypnum elongatum, Hook. 
fil. et Wils. in Crypt. Antarct. t. 60, is certainly of this genus, and may 
be a form of B. pendula. Hypnum consimile, Hook. fil. et Wils. in Crypt. 
Antarct. t. 60, is also to be referred to Breutelia. 
B. Sieberi, of which some specimens have been gathered by Mr. Old- 
field, may be thus characterized :— 
B. SrgBEnr, Hornsch. in Musc. Sieber. No. 12.  Dioica, саше procum- 
bente suberectove ramulis brevibus fasciculatis ramoso innovante 
iterumque ramoso inferne dense radiculoso, foliis haud nitidis e basi 
brevi erectiuscula ad insertionem contracta patentibus lanceolatis 
estriatis nervo angusto in acumen setaceo-pungens excurrente mar- 
ginibus serrulatis inferne recurvis eellulis omnibus elongatis an- 
gustis papillosis, perichetialibus conformibus, theca in pedunculo 
rubro unciali apice flexura angusta pendula ovali plicata, operculo 
depresso conico, peristomio parvo normali? flore masculo foliis qua- 
druplo latioribus late ovatis patulis nervo superne evanido. 
Hab. Tasmania, Mount Wellington, Dr. J. D. Hooker and Mr. Oldfield ; 
New Holland, Sieber. | | 
Stems їп allthe Tasmanian specimens scarcely exceeding an inch in 
height; colour of the foliage yellowish-green, without gloss ; leaves 
narrow; cells in the upper portion elongated, everywhere distinctly 
papillose ; alary cells few, indistinct. In all the allied species the cells 
of the upper portion of the leaf are shortened. 
B. PLicATA (Mitten). В. divaricate simillima, folis siccitate curvatis 
e basi erecta plicata divergentibus lanceolatis nervo percurrente mar- 
ginibus arcte serrulatis cellulis basi angustis elongatis pellucidis 
utrinque ad làtera seriebus pluribus hyalinis superioribus quadrato- 
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