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exsertis ovali, opereulo subulato longi-rostrato peristomio T. nigres- 
сепїїз. 
Meteorium cuspidiferum, Tayl. MSS.; Hook. fil. et Wils. in Fl. New 
Zealand, p. 101.  Pilotrichum nigrescens, Hsch. in Musc. Sieber. 
. Hab. Tasmania, Cheshunt, Mr. Archer. New Zealand, Messrs. Knight, 
Kerr, Jupp, Stephenson, Colenso, and Dr. Lyall. Found also in 
Australia, New Holland, Sieber, and the Pacific Islands. 
The original Neckera cuspidifera, Taylor, MSS., is an East Indian 
species, which, although very nearly resembling the present species, has 
its leaves narrowed from a subquadrate base, and the narrowed portion 
obtusely sharpened, forming a wide point; the whole plant is also much 
more rigid. The capsules resemble those of T. nigrescens, with which 
also the peristome, so far as has yet been observed, appears to corre- 
spond ; but the form of the leaves is very different, and the whole moss 
generally more robust. 
T. cerinus (Mitten). Т. Hornschuchii similis sed robustior, ramis ra- 
mulis copiosioribus pinnatis foliis ambitu ovatis basi cordatis alis 
amplexantibus serrulatis deinde sensim apicem versus angustatis apice 
brevi-acuminatis nervo sub apice evanido vix carinatis haud plicatis 
margine medio sinuato recurvo integerrimo cellulis ad marginem pal- 
lidioribus elongatis ceteris abbreviatis obscuris inferioribus pallidi- 
oribus. 
Neckera cerina et N. luteola, Taylor MSS. in Herb. Greville. Meteo- 
rium cuspidiferum, ex parte, Hook. fil. et Wils. in Fl. New Zealand, 
. 101. 
Hb. Tasmania, on trees in creeks, Mr. Archer. Australia, Mr. Bidwill 
and Dr. F. Mueller. Also in New Zealand. 
More robust than T. Hornschuchii, but with the same habit and pale- 
green or yellowish colour. The leaves have their nerve narrower and 
thinner, and the cells for several series at the margin are paler and 
elongated; by this particular, and the sinuation of the leaf about the 
middle, the species is easily distinguished from the preceding. 
T. flexicaulis. (Pilotrichum, Tayl. MSS. Meteorium flexicaule, Hook. 
fil. et Wils. in Fl. New Zealand, p.101. Pilotrichum croceum, Hampe? 
in Linnea, 1852.) . 
Hab. Tasmania, Mr. Archer. Found also in New Zealand and in S. 
America on Cinchona lancifolia. 
It is not possible to determine if M. Hampe's name belongs to 
this or to one of the other Tasmanian species, the description being 
insufficient. 
4. LESKEA, Hedw. 
L. hispida. (Hypnum, Hook. Jil. et Wils.) | 
Hab. Tasmania, bank by a waterfall, fossiliferous limestone, Cheshunt, 
Mr. Archer. 
