60 ELORA OE NEW ZEALAND. [MuSCt. 



margine incurviusculis subplanis costa percurrente mucronulatis erecto-patentibus siccitate intortis, seta 

 elongata luteola, capsula subcylindrica elcmgata erccta erythredema, petetomii dentibus acute denticulate 

 perforate, operculo tenuirostri. (Tab. LXXXIIT. Fig. 2.) 

 Hab. Northern Island : near the Bay of Islands, /. D. II. 



Distinguished from W. controvert by the long, slender, pale yellow fruit-stalks, nearly half an inch in length 

 m ore cylindrical and elongated pale capsule, apparently destitute of annulus, by the longer distmctly perforated red 

 Teeth which are denticulate or rough with transverse articulations, and taper from the base, and by the almost 

 plane margins of the leaves, which are narrower and longer than in that species. The inflorescence as m that is 

 Lnoicous Biiymo^ leptocarpus, Br. et Schimp., from Abyssinia, strongly resembles our Moss but differs in the 

 structure of the peristome (with setiform, very slender, smooth teeth), in the coarser texture of the fragde eaves 

 like those of DcyUndricus), and in the naked axillary male flowers. W. infleva, Hook , scarcely more than 

 ari t of W. contZersa, with narrower leaves and paler set, than usual. Our Moss has the operculum longer ana 

 : re slender than in any variety of W. control, and the peristome appears to be omte d^eren -~£ 

 preaching that of IHc^—.-Plate LXXXIII. Eig. 2 :-l, plant, natural^; 2, capsule and omnium , 

 3, capsule with operculum removed; 4, teeth; 5, leaf ; 6, apex of leaf -.-alllutfig. 1 magmfied. 



Gen. VI. SYMBLEPHABIS, Montague. 

 Peristoma simplex. Denies 8, breves, bigeminal! (vel 32 quaternatim approximati), erecti, siccitate 

 m conum cormivente, Capsula subcylindrica, elongata, erccta, microstoma. Calyptra cyhndnco-snbulata 

 elongata, dimidiata. Perichatii folia longissima, vaginantia.-Obmitnum, Bndel. Sprucea, Book, fil et 

 Wils. in Flor. Antarct. . 



The above definition is confirmed by that of Dr. Montague (Ann. Sc. Nat. 1837), and the name Bynlleplans 

 takes pltdence of Sprucea. Lotion, nob. (El. Antarct. p. 130), has the habit of 2«— , and 



tow is allied in habit to Weissia through W. crispula, and may be found to 



teeth only, united in pairs.- . 



constitute a group ; but the species require further investigation. 



1 Svmblepharis priokMi., Wils.; canle erecto ramoso, foliis conferte erecto-patentrbus siccitate 

 crispis'e basi lanceolata subulate- attenuate integerrimis canaliculate margine plan, nerve continue pen- 

 Zialibus longissimis vaginantibus, capsula oblonga erecta, operculo conico subulate recto.-Tnch to- 

 ZuL P ericha3tiale, Book. Muse. Ibat. t. 73. Olomitrium perich.tiale, Bndel. Acalyphum cyhndncum, 



^Hab. Northern and Middle Islands: Bay of Islands; on the trunks of trees, J. I). B. Dusky 

 Bay Menzies. Middle Island, Lyall. 



Variable in size, and in the length, direction, and form of the leaves, more or less gradually tapering from the 

 ovate lanceolate base, are somewhat keeled, their substance firm, the margin entire, obscurely thickened, areola, dot- 

 1 1 _L 1 inch long and under, pale. Annulus small, persistent. Operculum as long as the capsule, almost 

 , Cahvtra above twice as long. Teeth dull red, thirty-two, erect, sometimes recurved when moist. Male 



setaceous. 0***» above = & circumscri bed range (Mauritius and Campbell's Island being the 



2";:^ Jay however occur in South America, where, and in Mexico, other species are found. 



Tribe III. Eissidente/e. 

 Gen. VII. EISSLDENS, Bedw. 



duo r»0 tri. in^pJ, »Mata fai, cr.bre Mticuhti, hygtosoop.c,, acetate ge ,„c»lato-ncum. C^plra 



