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FLOBA OP NEW ZEALAND. 



\_Musci. 



America-PLATE LXXXIII. Fig. 4 :-l, plant, natural size ; 2, the same, magnified; 3, capsule; 4,5, leaves: 



all but Jig. 1 magnified. 



b. Foliis immarginatis. 



6. Pissidens aruginosus, Hook. fiL et Wis.; canle brevi pusillo decumbente, fol lis strictis confertis 

 anguste lanceolatis acuminatis opacis nervo continue pellucido percursis margme scaberuks, capsula termi- 

 nali. (Tab. LXXXIII. Kg. 5.) 



Hab. Northern Island, Colenso. 



A neat little Moss, with flabelliform fronds as large as F. tenellus, from which it differs in the narrowei .more 

 acuminated leaves ; tip evidently crenulate, not altered by drying. It resembles F elegans, Sch ^ I " ^ 

 the leaves wider, not tapering above, and the sheathing part bordered, approaehmg more nearly to the »b guou 

 varieties of F. incurs. -Male floors basilar and gemmiform, as in the allied species. Leaves w th « r ^eu 

 lation verdi.ris-green.-We possess only a few fragments mixed with another Moss. F. caylopus Mont. (Ann- 

 S Nal ctS 5 48), from Chili, though closely allied to this, is described as having axillary male flowers and 

 p— ot! marks of difference.-PnL LXXXIII. Pig. 5 : -l, plants, natural size; 2, the same ^ 



7 Pissidens tenellus, Hook. fil. et Wils. ; canle pusillo decumbente 6-8-phyllo foliis linean-lanceo- 

 latis Lis crenulatis ba/i vaginante denticnlatis nervo valido concolore ^continuo subexcurrente, capsula 

 erecta, opercnlo longirostri, calyptra papillosa mitriformi. (Tab. LXXXIII. fig. b.) 



Hab. Northern and Middle Islands: Bay of Islands, /. D. H. Auckland, footer. Thomsons 

 Sound, Lyall. 



One of the smallest of the genus, very like F. exilis, Hedw. (F. Bloxami, Wilson in Land Journ. **£*«£ 

 iog thus:-^ narrower, more acute, not oblique; cellules smaller. AnnuM none. ^T^Z^ 

 margin composed of twice as many cellules. Teetn of peristome larger, rough at the ^^Z^ZTZ* 

 CaLtra papillate at the apex.-J. EormcMchii, Mont. (F BrasUiensis, Plsch., F serrulatus, PL Bras.), is a larger 

 sXSt ^er ad sorter leaves, and axillary, clustered male flowers. In F. tenellus the male flower is gem 

 Z2 and basilar.-Pn,™ LXXXIII. Pig. 6 :-l, plants, natural size; 2, 3, the same, magnified; 4, leaf, rnag- 



if \ Pissidens F alMus, Hook. fil. et Wils. ; dioicus? fronde breviuscula «™ — 

 foliis lineari-lanceolatis elongatis confertis acutis integerrinns Siccitate inflexis, capsula cernua, opercnlo 

 longirostri. (Tab. LXXXIII. Pig. 7.) 

 Hab. Northern Island, Colenso. 



Fronds csespitose, flabelliform, pale yellowish-green, glossy. Leaves very slightly altered *J^™<£ 

 than in the following species, with larger and morepellucid hexagonal areola,, the dorsal lamina ™ ™^^ 

 Inflorescence probably dioieous ; (we find no male flowers.) Capsule terminal, cernuous, curved (unripe m onr spee 

 Ts olr h n L operculum. Calyptra submitriform, inflexed at the base.-* glauceseens, Hsch. (Janceolatus 

 T wl th Cape o7oood Hope, is led, but the fructification is lateral, leaves crenulate, capsule suberect frond 

 ^'F^ul Wi^MSS., from Madras, is equally different, and has leaves more tapering and acnte^d more 

 incurved when dry.-P L AT E LXXXIII. Pig. 7 :-l. plant, natural me ; 2, the same, magnified; 3, leaf, magnified. 



9. Pissidens oUongifolius, Hook. fil. et Wils.; monoicus, fronde ^^f^J^'^ 

 confertis erecto-patentta" elongatis anguste ligulatis obtusinsenhs mtegns siccitate submits, seta gracili, 

 capsula minuta ovali inclinata, fl. masc. axillari. (Tab. LXXXIII. Pig. 8.) PTPTnn i atis 



Yar. 0. capita*, s caule apice androgyno, foliis subulato-lanceolatis acntiuscu ha apice crenulatis. 



Hab. Northern Island : Bay of Islands, both varieties on rocks, near waterfalls, J. u. . 



\ ■ i„ ..lin-^tlv incurved when dry, of almost equal 



Stems A inch long. Leaves crowded, twenty or more on each side, slightly mcurvcu v, h 



M » 3 mm wu B . , _ , . «. ne rye pale and pellucid, vanishing 



width throughout in the typical form, gradually tapering upwards in vai. p, I 1 



