Beckett. — On Neio Zealand Mosses. 443 



cavium paulisper revoluta, perigonialia margine basilars denti- 

 culata ; theca brevius pedunculata oblonga minor (nee 

 cylindrica). In truncis Eucalyptorum putrescentibus, Bunyip 

 Creek, Nova Hollandia." — "Linnsea," 1853, p. 500. 



Hab. On trees, Kowai Bush ; T. W. N. B., No. 252b : de- 

 termined by Dr. Karl Miiller. Common on trees (and rarely 

 on rocks ?) throughout the islands. 



Syn. M. viicroplnjllum, Hook, and Grev., in Fl. N.Z., but 

 not M. microphyllum, Bridel ; M. barhatum, Mitt., MSS. 

 Specimens from Dunedin, in Mr. W. Bell's herb., are thus 

 named by Mr. Mitten. 



Leucobryum brachyphyllum, Hampe. 



" Laxiusculo caespitosum ; caulis breviusculus ramosus ; 

 folia brevia stricta oblongo-lanceolata vix falcata apice (cellulis 

 dorso valde prominulis) valde serrata basi vix marginata ; 

 perichaetialia sub-breviora caulinis similia stricta vel sub- 

 undulata maxime serrata, intima leevissima longiora cuspidata 

 e basi usque fere ad apicem lato-marginata longiora subexserta 

 integerrima ; theca lateralis longepedunculata obconica cernua 

 exacts strumosa ore dilatata operculo longirostrato obliquo 

 purpureo instructa brevis olivacea." — " Linneea," xiii. ; C. 

 Miill., Syn. i., p. 76. 



Hab. Herekino, extreme north of Auckland peninsula ; 

 collected by D. Petrie ; No. 595 : determined by Dr. Brotherus. 

 Found in New South Wales and Queensland. 



Bartramia pomiformis (L.), Hedvvig. 



Hab. Maungatui, near Dunedin ; Kinloch and Mount 

 Alfred : W. Bell. Determined by Dr. Brotherus. 



This common European and North American moss was 

 found in Puega, Straits of Magellan, and its occurrence in 

 New Zealand is most interesting. 



Mielichhoferia eckloni, Hornsch. Hook., Fl. Tasm., ii., 189. 

 Hab. Kelso, Otago ; November, 1891 : D. Petrie : deter- 

 mized by V. P. Brotherus. Pine Hill ; November, 1890 : 

 Roxburgh ; February, 1891 : and Kinloch ; January, 1891 ; in 

 Herb. Bell : determined by V. F. Brotherus. 



Mniobrynm tasmanicum, Broth. Plate XXIV. 



" Dioicum ; caespitosum, caespitibus elatis, laxiusculis, 

 mollibus, pallide glauco-viridibus, baud nitidis ; caulis ad 8cm. 

 usque altus, erectus, flexuosus, ruber, inferne fusco radiculosus, 

 innovando ramosus, innovationibus gracilibus usque ad 3cm. 

 longis, laxe foliosis ; folia patentia, innovationum patula, omnia 

 subaequalia, subplana, breviter decurrentia, lineari-lanceolata, 

 acuminata, acuta, c. 3mm. longa et 0-47mm.-0-53mm. lata, 



