Beckett. — On New Zealand Mosses. 281 



mous, mouth small, oval, gradually tapering into the seta, 

 where it is slightly verrucose. Calyptra with a fringe about 

 a quarter its length. Operculum conic, tapering evenly to a 

 point. Peristome long, erect, teeth cleft to the middle, the 

 undivided portion chestnut-brown, strongly trabeculate, legs 

 long, slender, hyaline. 



Hah. Golden Bay; No. Ill ; Dr. L. Boor. Great Barrier 

 Island ; T. Kirk. Named by Mr. Mitten. 



Mr. Kirk informs me that he has also collected this moss 

 on Stewart Island. 



This beautiful moss differs from its near congener C. hicolo'r 

 in its narrower nerve, in the presence of large inflated alar 

 cells, and in the much more obscure leaf-cells. The seta is 

 longer, and carries the capsule well above the comal leaves. 



Dicnemon obsoletinerve, Hp. and C.M. Dicranum fas- 

 ciatum. Hook., Fl. N.Z., ii., 66 (not Hedwig). Plate 

 XXXa. 



" Caulis humiiis decumbens parce divisus laxissime-foliosus 

 flaccidus ; folia caulina patentissima longissima subsecunda 

 latiuscule lanceolata lougissime acuminata spiraliter torta 

 valde coneava, nerva ubique obsoleto angustissime pallescente 

 excurrente, margine albescente erecto apice serrato, cellulis 

 alaribus magis laxis aureis parenchymaticis, caeteris elongatis 

 angustis laxis Isevissimis; perichsetialia in cylindrum exsertum 

 congesta vaginantia ; theca in pedicello brevi rubente Isevi 

 latere perichastii breviter emersa substrumosa oblonga cernua; 

 dentes peris tomii purpurei vix ad medium bifidi. Operculum 

 et calyptra desunt. Patria, Nova Seelandia. Ex analogia 

 ad Dicnemon revocavimus. Habitus perfecte dicranoideus ; 

 calyptra desiderata ! " — " Linnsea," 1853, p. 496. 



The seta are very generally twin. The operculum has a 

 long, slender, and slightly- curved beak ; the calyptra is cucul- 

 late and rough at the apex. 



Hah. On tree-ferns, Fisher's Bush, Oxford ; No. 19 

 (identified by Dr. Mliller). Waimate Bush and Peel Forest, 

 also on the stems of tree-ferns ; T. W. N. B. Petane, Hawke's 

 Bay ; A. Hamilton. Stewart Island ; W. Bell. 



Ohs. Hooker had doubts about the identity of this plant 

 with Hedwig' s Dicranum fasciatum, and observes, in Flora of 

 N.Z., ii., p. 66, " If the specimens are rightly named, Hed- 

 wig's figure and description are very inaccurate " ; and in a 

 note in Handbook (p. 412) states, "The figure of Hedwig is 

 indifferent, and Wilson thinks that it may indicate a different 

 species." 



Orthotrichum lateciliatum, Venturi, n. sp. 



" Csespituli tumescentes, caules erecti, 2cm. alti. Folia 



