NEW ZEALAND, TASMANIA, ETC. 91 



exsertis ovali, operculo subulato longi-rostrato peristomio T. nigres' 



centis. 

 Meteoriura cuspidiferum, Tayl. MSS. ; Hook. fil. et Wils. in Fl. New 



Zealand, p. 101. Pilotrichuin nigrescens, Hsch. in Muse. 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). T. 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 baud plicatis 

 margine medio sinuato recurvo integerrimo cellulis ad marginem pal- 

 lidioribus elongatis caeteris 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, 

 p. 101. 

 Hab. Tasmania, on trees in creeks, Mr. Archer. Australia, Mr, BidwiU 

 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, ^ook. 



fil, et Wils. in Fl. New Zealand, p. 101. Pilotrichum croceum, Hampe ? 



in Linncea, 1852.) 

 Hib. 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. fil. et Wils.) 



Hab. Tasmania, bank by a waterfall, fossiliferous limestone, Cheshunt, 

 Mr. Archer. 



