Beckett. — On Neio Zealand Mosses. 279 



Our New Zealand moss is a very handsome species, with 

 stems 5iu. to Tin. long, growing in dense masses at the base of 

 trees. 



Dicranum leucolomoides, C. Miill. 



" Dioicum?; ca^spites subelati laxe cohaerentes,pallide lutes- 

 centes ; caulis ascendens elatus subflaccidus flexuosus, ramis 

 longiusculis subrecurvo - flexuosis, apice secundis divisus, 

 inferne tenuis parce foliosus vel radiculosus ; folia caulina 

 laxe conferta subsecunda, pallide lutescentia, e basi late 

 oblonga, cellulis alaribus creberrimis laxe parenchymaticis 

 intense fuscis, dein marcesceutibus albidis teneris, planis 

 reticulata sensim longiuscule acuminata, apice denticulata, 

 marginibus erectis vel apice conniventibus inferne tenuissime 

 flavide marginatis, nervo tenui excurrente apice dorso den- 

 ticulato, cellulis ubique valde incrassatis elongatis, parietibus 

 haud conspicuis pr^ditis ; perich. in cylindrum exsertum con- 

 gesta longe convolutacea lata, apice rotundata et acumine 

 brevi stricto terminata, subintegerrima, enervia, basi laxius 

 reticulata ; theca in ped. terminali vel ob innovationem novam 

 laterali breviusculo laeve rubro recto suberecta, e collo brevi 

 angusto strumoso cernuo-oblonga, breviuscula, operc. conico 

 oblique subulato breviori, annulo nullo, calyptra robusta 

 straminea ; perist. d. densissimi robustissimi longi, inferne 

 grosse cellulosi, rubri, in crura duo vel plerumque tria robusta 

 apice hyalina subrugulosa, apice tantum libera ad basin usque 

 divisi. Patria, Nova Seelandia, ad truncos arborum et rupes 

 humidas sylvarum prope portum Kaipara : Coll. No. 715. A 

 D. scojKirio gracillitate majore uotisque illustratis longe differt. 

 Ob marginem pallidum Leucolomati simile, sed diversum 

 celluhs ubique elongatis." — C. Miilier in " Botanische Zei- 

 tung," 1851, p. 549. 



Hab. In large patches on the ground in Fagus forests, 

 Kowai, Mount Torlesse ; No. 165b (identified by Dr. Miilier). 

 Eough Gully, Bealey River ; T. W. N. B. 



Mitten, in his " Australian Mosses," p, 4, gives D. leucolo- 

 moides, CM., as a synonym of D. dicarpum. 



Dicranum angustinerve, Mitten. 



" Dioicum, D. billardieri simile, caulibus brevibus ramosis, 

 foliis patentibus subsecundis e basi subovali elongata sensim 

 angustatis, nervo angusto percurrente dorso marginibusque 

 apicem versus serrulatis, cellulis elongatis angustis alaribus 

 oblongis quadratisque flavide fuscis in massam quadratam 

 utrinque dispositis, perichgetialibus convolutis interuis vagi- 

 nantibus subito in acumen breve setiforme angustatis, theca 

 in pedunculo breviusculo semiunciali arcuata inclinata basi 

 strumosa, peristomio dentibus rubris dicranis. 



