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FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. 



[Musci. 



Entire plant about | inch long, more dwarfish than T. membranifolia (Hook. Muse. Exot.) ; leaves of softer 

 texture, with opaque cells (not pellueid and colourless), their margins slightly reflexed : they agree however in the 

 monoicous inflorescence, and the gemma-like mass of short filaments attached to the nerve m the cavity of the leaf 

 is the same in both.— Found in the Pyrenees and in Sardinia. 



2. Tortula torquata, Taylor; foliis confertis erecto-patentibus siccitate spiraliter arcteque contortis 

 lanceolatis acuminata integerrimis margine revolutis, nervo valido subexcurrente, capsula erecta obionga, 

 operculo subukto. — Taylor in Lord. Joum. Sot. v. h.ja. 50. 

 Hab. Northern Island, Colenso. 



Nearly allied to the British T. unguiculata, but the leaves gradually tapering, acute, revolute or strongly recurved 

 in the margin and the nerve, scarcely excurrent.— Found in Australia (Swan River). 



3 Tortula Australasia, Hook. fil. et Wils. j caule breviusculo subsimpliei, foliis lineari-lanceolatia 

 acutis patente-recurviusculis siccitate crispis tortilibus carinatis margine subreflexis nervo rubello percursis, 

 capsula ovato-cylindracea, operculo brevi-rostrato.-Trichostoinmn Australasia Hook, et Grev. m Brewst. 

 Joum. So. v. I. p. 301. t. 12. Tortula rufiseta, Taylor m Lord. Joum. Bot. v. h.p. 51. 

 Yar. /3 ; foliis obtusis latioribus subligulatis. 

 Hab. Northern Island : Bay of Islands, Colenso, J. B. H. 



Remarkable for its red seta, and the reddish hue of the foliage, in which, and in the form and texture of the 

 leaves it much resembles BidynoAon rulellus, but the inflorescence is dioieous. The teeth of the peristome, though 

 oblique, as in some other species of Irickostomum, are not obviously contorted, and it is thought ta*. after careful 

 examination of the original specimens, to remove it to this genus.-Variable in the width and bluntness of the 

 leaves and in some states nearly approaching to the next species. Also found in Australia. 



i Tortula ecespitosa, Schwaegr. ; monoica, foliis confertis lineari-lanceoktis elongatis mucronatis 

 margine planis undulatis siccitate crispato-tortilibus, nervo pellucido, capsula oblongo-cybndnca pallida, 

 operculo subukto, floribus masculis axhlaribus gemmrformibus pedicellatis.-^^r. Sugpl. t. 120. 

 Barbula cirrhata, Bridel, Bryol. Europ. (non T. csespitosa, Hook, et Grev.) 

 Hab. Northern Island : Bay of Islands, Colenso, J. B.H. 



A tall branched form of the species (much resembling T. tortuosa, but differing essentially in the monoicous 

 inflorescence), with leaves more tapering than in the typical North American specimens, occurs m the New Zealand 

 collection, in company with the ordinary form. 



5 Tortula cahjeina, Schwa.gr.; caule brevissimo subramoso, foliis lanceolatis subundulatis margine 

 planis crassinerviis pericheetialibus elongatis vaginantibus, seta longissima, capsula suberecta elhphco- obionga, 

 operculo longissimo subulato.-&-/^. Sugpl. t. 119. Bridel. T. flexuosa, var.? Hook. Muse. Exot. 

 Hab. Northern Island : Bay of Islands, J. B. H, Colenso. Auckland, KnigM. 



The Ion- slender sets, with the sheathing perichaetium, and neat, small capsule, are remarkable.— The original 

 specimens of °T. flexuosa, from the Cape of Good Hope, have the leaves tapering and acute from a broader base, more 

 erect and not obviously undulated, but in all essential characters they seem to be the same spec.es. Also found m 

 Australia and Tasmania. 



6 Tortula serrulata, Hook, et Grev.; caule elongate subramoso, foliis lanceolatis carinatis acuminata 

 apice serrulatis margine piano, nervo valido subexcurrente, capsula cylindroma mclmata.-/f^. et Grev. m 

 Brewst. Joum. Sc. v. l.jo. 299. tab. 12. 



tLiB. Northern Island : shores of Waikare Lake, Colenso. 



Colour of foliage orange-brown. Peristome united below into a tube. Margin of leaf plane above, but reflexed 

 near the base.— Dioieous ? Said to be found in Fuegia. 



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