92 MR. W. MITTEN ON THE MOSSES OF 



L. UMBROSA {Mitten). Dioica, caule procuinhente breviusculo vage 

 ramoso, foliis 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 jgVo unciae metientibus, perichaetialibus e basi latissime 

 ovata subulato-attenuatis nervo percurrente marginibus utrinque uni- 

 bi-dentatis caeterum 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 a 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. delicatulm habitu statura colore ramifica- 

 tioneque simillima, foliis caulinis patenti-recurvis e basi late hastato- 

 ovata acuminatis planiusculis tenuiter biplicatis nervo concolori 

 excurrente margine hie 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, 

 pericheetialibus erectis ovatis acumine lanceolate recurvo nervo tenui 

 percurrente margine superne fills elongatis ciliato, theca in pedunculo 

 elongato rubro cylindrica curvata inclinata, operculo subulato-rostrato, 

 peristomio normali interno, ciliis tribus inter processus positis. 



Hypnum furfurosum, Hook.Jil. et Wils. ex parte. 



Hab. New Zealand, Col. Bolton, Kerr, Knight, Milne, Dr. F. Mueller. 

 Also in Tristan d'Acunha, Milne. 



L. L^viuscuLA (Mitten). Dioica, L. tamariscince simillima, caule 

 foliolis brevibus dense vestito, foliis ejusdem latitudinis subajquilateri- 

 triangularibus nervo crasso concolori in acumen angustum elongatum 

 flexuosum excurrente marginibus inferne recurvis integerrimis cellulis 

 minutis subobscuris Iseviusculis rameis basi ovatis acuminatis obtu- 

 siusculis concavis ramulinisque ovato-oblongis compressis obtusis 

 obscuris subintegerrimis minutissime papillosis sublaevibus, peri- 

 chaetialibus 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 



resembUng those of L. cymbifolia (Ilypnuni, Dzy. et Molk.), having the 



nerve excurrent into a long flexuose slender point, and scarcely anywhere 



