92 MB. W. MITTEN ON THE MOSSES OF 
` L. umsrosa (Mitten). Dioica, caule procumbente breviusculo vage 
ramoso, folis patentibus subsecundis siccitate vix mutatis e basi 
paululum latiore subovata angustatis ligulari-lanceolatis apice acu- 
minatis apiculo longiusculo nervo crassiusculo in apiculo evanido 
margine superne minute serrulato, cellulis minutis subobscuris dia- 
metro circiter т уу uncie metientibus, perichztialibus e basi latissime 
ovata subulato-attenuatis nervo percurrente marginibus utrinque uni- 
bi-dentatis ezeterum integerrimis, theca in pedunculo sub-semiunciali 
rubro ovali horizontali, peristomio normali. 
Hab. New Zealand, Kerr. 
Stems about one inch long, with a few irregular branches. At first 
sight it might readily be passed over as а small or young state of 
- L. hispida, which it very nearly resembles in habit and colour, but its 
leaves are of a very different form. 
L. FULVASTRA (Mitten). L.delicatule habitu statura colore ramifica- 
'  tioneque simillima, foliis caulinis patenti-recurvis e basi late hastato- 
ovata acuminatis planiusculis tenuiter biplicatis nervo concolori 
excurrente margine hic illic crenulato vix serrulato basin versus 
recurvo, cellulis distinctis limitibus latiusculis rameis late cordatis 
acuminatis concavis subserrulatis ramulinis ovatis acutis laxe imbri- 
catis serrulatis nervo sub apice evanido dorso breviter papillosis, 
perichetialibus erectis ovatis acumine lanceolato recurvo nervo tenui 
percurrente margine superne filis elongatis ciliato, theca in pedunculo 
elongato rubro cylindrica curvata inclinata, operculo subulato-rostrato, 
peristomio normali interno, ciliis tribus inter processus positis. 
Hypnum furfurosum, Hook. fil. et Wils. ex parte. 
Hab. New Zealand, Col. Bolton, Kerr, Knight, Milne, Dr. F. Mueller. 
Also in Tristan d’Acunha, Milne. 
L. taviuscuLa (Mitten) Dioica, L. tamariscine simillima, caule 
foliolis brevibus dense vestito, foliis ejusdem latitudinis subzquilateri- 
triangularibus nervo crasso concolori in acumen angustum elongatum 
flexuosum excurrente marginibus inferne recurvis integerrimis cellulis 
minutis subobscuris leviusculis rameis basi ovatis acuminatis obtu- 
siusculis concavis ramulinisque ovato-oblongis compressis obtusis 
obscuris subintegerrimis minutissime papillosis sublevibus, peri- 
chetialibus erectis pallidis ovato-lanceolatis in acumen elongatum 
flexuosum subserrulatum attenuatis margine apicem versus partis 
latioris ciliato, theca in pedunculo elongato rubro cylindrica arcuata 
horizontali, peristomio normali. 
Hab. New Zealand, near Wellington, Stephenson. Milford Sound, 
Dr. Lyall; and elsewhere, Kerr. Forests, Wairoa River, Kaipara, 
Mossman, No.742. Cheshunt, Mr. Archer. 
Size, habit, and colour of L. tamariscina, but with leaves more nearly 
resembling those of L. cymbifolia (Hypnum, Dzy. et Molk.), having the 
nerve excurrent into a long flexuose slender point, and scarcely anywhere 
