MlSci.] FLOBA OF NEW ZEALAND. 57 



Nat. Ohd. C. MUSCI, Juss. 



By William Wilson, Fsq. 



Suborder 1. ANDRE^ACE^L 



Gen. I. ANDEE^A, Mr. 



Theca in receptaculo exserto sessilis, fere ad basin valvulis quatuor dehiscens ; valvulis apice operculo 

 persistente connexis. Calypira mitrasformis. 



1. Andresea acutifolia, Hook. fil. et Wils. • foliis erecto-patentibus incurvis rigidis lanceolato-subulatis 

 acutis concaviusculis basi gibbosis enervibus siccitate erectis.— Flor. Antarct. p. 118, 396. t. 151./. 2. 



Hab. Northern Island : Euahine mountains, Colenso. 



Found in various Antarctic Islands, Cape Horn, and on the Andes of Quito.— There are two varieties in New 

 Zealand : one taller, about a inch in length, with foliage reddish, not lurid. 



2. Andresea rupestris, Linn. ; foliis e basi subvaginante patentibus ovato-acuminatis minus acutis apice 

 subobliquis dorso papulosis enervibus siccitate appressis.— Linn. Hook et Tayl. Muse. Brit. 2. t. 8. 

 Fl. Antarct. p. 396. 



Hab. Northern Island; in mountainous localities, Colenso. (A native of Britain.) 

 Found in Britain and in all parts of the world, on subalpine rocks.— Foliage dull reddish-brown, inclining to 

 black, not glossy, often subsecund. Leaves ovato-subulate. 



Suboedeb 2. SPHAGNACE,E. 

 Gen. II. SPHAGNUM, L. 



Theca giobosa, in receptaculo exserto sessilis, stomate nudo exannulato. Calyptra medio rupta, basi 

 persistente. Fructificatio axillaris. 



1. Sphagnum cymMfolium, Dill.; caule robusto elongato, ramis confertis brevibus tumidis, foliis ro- 

 tundo-ovatis concavis obtusis apice dorso muricatis, utriculis (cellulis ramulorum externis) spiraliter striatis. 

 —Bridel, Bryol. Univ. S. obtusifolium, Hook et Tayl. in part. S. latifolium, Hedw., Smith, etc. Fl. 

 Antarct. p. 398. 



Hab. Northern Island, Colenso. (A native of Britain.) 



Found in Britain and in all parts of the globe, in peat-bogs, etc., where it contributes largely to the formation 

 ot peat. 



2. Sphagnum compaclmn, Bridel; canlibus dense csespitosis fastigiatis, ramis confertis brevibus erecto- 

 patentibus, folus ovato-subulatis obtusis pramorsisve apice concaviusculis subincurvis, utriculis estriatis.— 

 Bridel, Br. Univ. Schwmgr. Suppl. t. 3. S. latifolium, minus, Hook et Taylor. 



Var. ambiguum; laxe csespitosum, ramis patulis, foliis latioribus subovatis apice vix incurvis. 

 Hab. Northern Island : marshy ground, Bay of Islands, J. B. H., Colenso. (A native of Britain.) 

 The New Zealand plant much resembles 8. coniortum (Schulte), and has, like that, only a single layer of cortical 

 cellules on the stem ; but the leaves are blunt or pramorse, and the reticulation is larger. 



3. Sphagnum fimhriatum, Wilson; caule gracili elongato, ramis gracilibus attenuatis deflexis, foliis 

 caulinis obovatis obtusis apice fimbriatis, cseteris ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, perichsetialibtis squamis ob- 

 ovatis obtusis eueullatis.— Wils. in Fl. Antarct. p. 398. S. acutifohum, Hook et Taylor, in part. 



Var. ; ramis subinde quinatis confertis, foliis latioribus. 



Hab. New Zealand, Middle Island, Lyatt. (A native of Britain.) 



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