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Island on dry exposed rocks. Penrose, near Auckland ; T. F. 

 Chceseman ; No. 139. Mr. Kirk informs me that it has only- 

 been found at Penrose in the North Island, and there confined 

 to a space not exceeding a few square yards. 



Mr. Mitten, in his "Australian Mosses," gives H. micro- 

 cyathca, CM., as a synonym of H. ciliata, but Dr. Hampe 

 (Suppl. Frag. Phyt. Austr., xi., p. 49) and Dr. V. F. Brotherus 

 consider it a good species. 



Funaria sphaerocarpa, C. Mull. 



" F. liygrometrica simillima, folia anguste oblongo-lanceo- 

 lata, semper complicate crispata, nervo valido excurrente 

 percursa, ubique e cellulis elongatis laxis, ad marginem 

 angustioribus reticulata, integerrima, perigonialia integra; 

 theca majuscula siccitate et m adore globosa, collo carens, 

 leviter sulcata. Patria : Australasia, ad rupes maritimas, 

 Green Cape, Twofold Bay ; Mossman ; No. 834."— C. Muller, 

 in "Botanische Zeitung," 1851, p. 546. 



Hab. This moss is common throughout New Zealand and 

 the islands — Stewart Island, W. Bell; Chatham Islands, 

 T. Kirk ; Great Barrier Island, Tlutton. I have also speci- 

 mens of it from Victoria, Queensland, and Tasmania. 



The important character distinguishing this moss from the 

 cosmopolitan F. liygrometrica is its entire perigonial leaves. 

 In F. hygrometrica they are serrated at the apex (Schimp., Syn., 

 p. 384; Braith, Brit. M. Fl., ii., p. 136). There are doubts as 

 to the validity of this species, and neither Mr. Mitten nor Mr. 

 Boswell recognizes its claim to specific rank. Dr. Hampe, 

 however, upheld Dr. Muller in considering it distinct from 

 Funaria hygrometrica. 



Neckera (Rhystophyllum) hymenodonta, C. Mull. 



" Habitus, folia et folii reticulatio N. pennat<s, folia caulina 

 magis eroso-denticulata ; perist. d. ext. angustiuscule lanceo- 

 lato-subulati, flavidi, opaci, superne rugulosi, int. in membrana 

 altiuscula tenerrima albida positi, interne moniliformi-articu- 

 lati, superne capillares, persistentes punctulati subcarinati. 

 Patria: Van Diemen's Land, ad truncos arborum frutiscenti 

 densi infra Bek River, prope Launceston; coll. S. Mossman; No. 

 746."— Karl Midler, in "Botanische Zeitung," 1851, p. 564. 



Neckera pennata, var. Tasmanica, Hampe, in "Linnaa," 

 1852. 



Neckera itennata, Wils., in Hooker's Fl. Tasm., ii., p. 204. 



Hab. Common in damp bush, growing on rocks and trees, 

 from Stewart Island (W. Bell) to Auckland. No. 355 

 (T. W. N. B.), Akaroa, named by Dr. Muller. 



Mr. Mitten (" Australian Mosses," p. 35) and Dr. 

 Brotherus consider this a good species, and distinct from the 



