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ELORA OP NEW ZEALAND. 



\_Musci. 



The perfectly entire margin of the leaf in our specimen is a deviation from the type of the species, and it thus 

 approaches to D. Grevilleanum, Bryol. Europ. The inflorescence however is dioicous, and the operculum is shortly 

 rostrate. Pound in Britain and throughout Europe. 



5. Dicranum dicarpon, Wees; caule robusto dense radiculoso-tomentoso, foliis patulis squarrosis sub- 

 secundis ex ovato-lanceolato basi linearibus cuspidate fiexuosis striatis solidinervus stngosis margme dorso- 

 que argute spinuloso-serratis, setis brevibns geminate longe vaginalis, capsulis curvatis oernms, operculo 

 longirostri.— Sprengl. Syst. Veg.v. 4.^.322. Selmagr. Suppl. t. 251. 



Var. (3. spinosmn; caule elatiore, setis aggregatis numerosis (3-8) longionbus.— D. spmosum, If Us. 



MSS. 



Hab. Northern and Middle Islands : Ship Cove, Lyall. East coast, Colenso. 



Found in New Holland and Tasmania. 



6 Dicranum fasciatum, Sefa . ; caule radiculoso-tomentoso, foliis confertis secundis lanceolato-su- 

 bulatis canaliculatis nervo tenui percursis substriatis apice spinuloso-serratis, periciiaetiahbus elongate 

 vagmantibus longe acuminate apice setaceis spinulosis, setis brevissimis subgemmate, capsula subexserta 

 oblonga curvata substrumosa, operculo longirostri.-^^. Sp. Muse. t. 28 (fig. mala). Bndel, Br. Un. 



Hab. Northern Island : Bay of Islands, Sinclair, J. B. II. 



If the specimens are rightly named, Hedwig's figure and description are very inaccurate, yet they seem to have 

 been intended to represent our Moss, which is a beautiful species, with glossy, yellowish-green, substnated leaves, 

 that are shorter and more membranaceous than in the preceding, less strongly serrated, and the nerve narrow and in- 

 conspicuous (overlooked probably by Hedwig). The pericytial leaves taper gradually to a setaceous pom and fre- 

 quently overtop the capsules.-C^n* roughish at the apex. Annulus distinct. Male flowers either mdulant on 

 the fertile stems, or occasionally on distinct male plants, and then not uidulant, but developed m the normal manner. 



7 Dicranum Billardieri, Bridel ; caule elato, foliis falcato-secundis ovato-lanceolatis acuminate 

 concavis membranaceis estriatis apice serrulate, seta longiore, capsula subcylindrica curvata basi strumifera, 

 operculo longirostri.-Z^M, Br. Un. 1. 401. Schwagr. Suppl. t. 121. M. Antarct. pp. 129, 407. 



Hab. Throughout the Islands ; common at the roots of trees, forming immense tufts. 

 This has the leaves wider and more concave below than in the allied species, more membranous, and not stri- 

 ated when dry ; nerve narrow. A native of Tasmania, Lord Auckland's Island, and Puegia. 



8 Dicranum robustum, Hook. fil. et Wils/j caule elongato, foliis falcato-secundis longissimis linean- 

 lanceolatis setaceo-attenuatis convolutis spinuloso-serrulatis, nervo latiusculo excurrente, pencketelrbus 

 vaginantibus, capsula cylindracea inclinata curvula struinulosa.-i'l Antarct. p. 406. t. 152./. 8. 



Var. /3; capsula suberecta minus curvata, foliis pericketialibus elongate sensim acuminate. 



Hab. Middle Island : Jackson's Bay, Lyall. 



These and other specimens in an imperfect state induce us now to believe that D. pungens, nob., of El. Antarct. 

 Part I t 59 f 1 is not essentially distinct from robustum, and that the pericytial leaves vary, no less than the 

 si 7 c direction etc', of the capsule, and of the leaves. Lyall's specimens combine the characters of both, in the leaves 

 and'perichaeti'um, with the peculiarity of an erect, nearly straight capsule. The leaves are more or less ^ace-acu- 

 minate, sometimes almost capillary at the extremity, move or less evidently serrulate nerve variable » .width but 

 always rather narrow and well defmed.-A native of Lord Auckland's Group, Campbell's Island, Kerguelen . Land, 

 and Puegia. 



9 Dicranum setosum, Hook. fil. et Wils. ; caule fragili subramoso, foliis strictis fragibbus suberectis 

 confertis longissime lanceolato-setaceis apice minute serrulatis nervo latiusculo in anstam longam excurrente, 

 seta longiuscula, capsula oblonga curvata.— M. Antarct. p. 129. t. 58./. 5. 

 Hab. Middle Island : Port Preservation, Lyall. 



