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humida patula, asymmetrica, basi latere superiore ventricosa, 

 ovata, acuta, marginibus erectis, e medio ad apicem grosse 

 argute serratis, iiervo brevissimo latiusculo, furcato, cellulis 

 rhombeis pacbydermibus, superioribus "OdS-'OG mm. longis 

 et •015-'020 mm. latis, marginalibus angustis, limbum indis- 

 tinctum formantibus ; amphigastria multo minora, symmetrica, 

 rotundata, acumine recto, acutissimo, nervo obsoleto ; bractese 

 pericbaetii e basi vagiuante subito angustatge, acutae, apice 

 parce sed grosse serratge, enerves. Csetera ut in C . pteridioidi. 

 f atria, Tasmania, W. A. Weymouth (862). A C. pteridioidi 

 statura multo minore, areolatione multo densiore et nervo 

 brevissimo differt." — " On some New Species of Australian 

 Mosses," by V. F. Brotherus, Helsingfors. 



Hab. On trees, damp forest, Kelly's Eange, Westland 

 (M6ft.). Arthur's Pass; T. W. N. B. 



I have received authentic and original specimens of this 

 moss from Mr. W. A. Weymouth (No. 862), but I cannot con- 

 sider it more than a small form of C. 'ponnatum. In many of 

 my specimens of C. pennatum of large size the cell- walls are 

 as dense as in the Tasmanian plant, and the length of the nerve 

 is a very unstable character. Mr. T. Kirk, to whom I referred 

 the specimens, writes : "I fully agree with you as to the great 

 range of size and luxuriance of G. pennatum. I have seen 

 sterile specimens over 5in. in length, and others under fin." 



Hypnum (Cupressina) mossmanianuin, CM. 



" Monoicum ; H. cupressiformi simillimum, caulis gracilli- 

 mus, filiformis, longe attenuatus apice vix uncinatus, ramos 

 multos capillares exserens ; folia dense conferta lutescentia, 

 angustiuscula, e basi oblonga in acumen longum, maxima 

 refiexo-faleatum producta, pallida, margine integerrima erecta, 

 obsolete brevissime binervia, cellulis angustissimis deusis 

 pallidis, alaribus in ventrem parvum distinctum congestis, 

 fuscidulis ; perich. ext. multo latiora, reflexa, intima in cylin- 

 drum angustissimum convoluta, longe vaginantia, apice falcata, 

 inferne elongate densiuscule areolata, theca in ped. longiusculo 

 tenui fiexuo rubro suberecta, cylindrica arcuata, tenuis ; 

 perist. d. ext. breviusculi angusti lutescentes, intus cristati 

 rugulosi, int. oequilongi perforati albidi rugulosi, ciliis capillari- 

 bus singulis longis, Igeviusculis." Patria, Nova Seelandia, ad 

 saxa et truncos arborum putridos siccos sylvarum prope 

 portum Kaipara : Coll. No. 711. Van Diemen's Land, ad 

 rupes. Fern-tree Valley, montis Wellington; No. 832." — 

 Carl Miiller, in " Botanische Zeitung," 1851, p. 565. 



On dead wood, Otira (alt., 1,450ft.), Westland; T. W. N. B.; 

 No. 202 (identified by Dr. K. Miiller). Waimate, South Can- 

 terbury ; T. W. N. B. Mount Earnslaw and Diamond Lake, 

 Otago; W.Bell. Tasmania; Weymouth; No. 368. 



