280 Tr ansae tions . — Bo tany . 



" Hah. Tasmania, on dead wood. Nearly allied to D. hillar- 

 clieri, but with somewhat the aspect of D. reflcxum. It differs 

 from D. hillardieri in the form of the wider portion of its 

 leaves being more elongate, and the narrow upper part being 

 shorter ; the internal perichtetial leaves are also furnished with 

 a\bristle-like point, which seems wanting in D. hillardieri." — 

 Mitten, in Proc. Lin. Soc, iv., p. 68. 



I am indebted to Mr. T. Kirk for specimens of this moss 

 from Great Barrier Island (No. 46), which were identified by 

 Mr. Mitten. 



Campylopus bicolor, Hornsch. (In Muse. Siber. No. 9 — 



Dicranum). Flora N.Z., ii., 69. Plate XXIX. 



The cells of the leaf are oval, distinct, and disposed in very 

 regular lines at an angle of 30° to the nerve. The laminge of 

 the leaf at the base are narrow and membranaceous and hyaline, 

 and there are no inflated alar cells. The nerve is thin and 

 conspicuous, occupying the greater part of the leaf ; lamina 

 0-006in. broad ; nerve 0018in. This moss, in colour and the 

 blunt cymbiform foliage, greatly resembles C. hirkii, but the 

 leaves are smaller and the lamina much narrower than the 

 nerve. The comal leaves do not form large heads. The fruit 

 is unknown in New Zealand, but Miiller describes it as slightly 

 immersed and the operculum as having a curved beak. 



Hah. Great Barrier Island ; T. Kirk. 



I am indebted to Mr. Kirk for authentic specimens of this 

 and the following species identified by Mr. Mitten. I have 

 lately received from Mr. W. A. Weymouth very fine specimens 

 of this moss from Port Arthur, Tasmania, which were identi- 

 fied by Professor V. F. Brotherus. 



Campylopus kirkii, Mitten. Plate XXX. 



Stems Sin. to 4in. long, upper leaves yellowish-green, 

 lower dark-brown, comal leaves in a round congested head, 

 larger, broadly ovate-lanceolate, quite entire, cymbiform, apex 

 blunt and concave. Stem leaves smaller, erect and appressed, 

 lanceolate, obtuse, apex concave. Nerve thin, continued to the 

 apex about one-fifth the wddth of the leaf, the lamella from the 

 middle upwards branching off into the leaf. Lamina of leaf 

 0-019in. broad, nerve O'OOSin. Cells of lower part of nerve 

 long, narrow, rectangular, well defined ; alar cells large, in- 

 flated, bladdery, when young hyaline, but at maturity chest- 

 nut-brown ; the wings above transparent and very thin ; cells 

 of leaf roundish. Perichaetial leaves, 4 inner ones long, con- 

 volute, towards the apex tapering to a narrow point, 12 outer 

 ones gradually decreasing in size, lower part broad and 

 vaginant, contracted suddenly into a ligulate point, all nerved 

 to apex. Seta cygneous, 5 lines long. Capsule pachyder- 



