74 FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. [Mmci. 



at the back and upper surface, margin recurved below, plane above. Seta pale. Capsule small, contracted at the 

 at the DacK anu uppei cunau , e n f peristome sixteen, irregular, sometimes 



mouth, twice as long as the operculum, annuls small, ***** JW ^ ^J tQ ^^ ^ 



cloven, here and there interlaced. Dxoicous ?-Owmg to the growth ot innovaao , 



terminal position of the fruit. The species is allied to 2>. /m/oto, Btyol. Europ.-It » found also in bouth 

 Rearing fruit (^).-P— LXXXY. Fig. 2 :-l, plant, .rtrt *., », -npe capsule; 3, stem and 

 leaves ; 4, 5, leaves ; 6, transverse section of leaves :— all magnified. 



Gen. XX. CERATODQN, Bridel. 

 Periston^ simplex. Denies 16, lanceolati, ad basin fere bicrures, cruribus .qualibus M 

 basi dense superne remote artioulati, articulationibus prominulis, humidrtate conniventes, s.ccxtat sp^Me 

 incurvi. Capsula suberecta, oblonga, collo brevi, striata, sicca angulosa pachyderma. Annulus dupbex, 

 revolubilis. V«*» conico-rostratum. Cbfefe cucullata.-Habitus **r 2W<^ rf I****- 

 moideum ludens. . , 



This group resembles HWM in foliage and mode of growth, but in the peristome and configurate 

 the capsule is more allied to Dicranum. 



1 Ceratodon pur^eus, Brid.; c.spitosus, canle dicbotome ramoso, fohis oblongo-lanceolatis mar- 

 ffine to arinafisWrimis dorso papillatis patentibus siccitate subtoriahbus laxe uicurvis, nervo 

 slexcut nte, pericbaetialLs vaginantibus acuminatis, capsula oblonga subincurva s nata strumulosa 

 Xc ta"n; a snbhomontali, operculo conico, periston^ dentibus in membrana basilar, sat producta 

 SS JS palbdionbus.-^. Uni, , L * 480. ^ *r* D— purpurea*, Ofe 

 Didymodon purpureus, Hook et Tayl. 



Hab Throughout the Islands, abundant. (A native of England.) 



Common in aU parts of the world, and variable in size and aspect, but easily recognized by the elongated 



^T owed or angular capsule with a short struma at the base. Two closely allied speeds (if not varieties) 



tial leaves obtuse, and the teeth of the peristome papillose. 



Tribe VI. Grimmi^e. 

 Gen. XXI. SCHISTIDIUM, Bridel {ex parte), JBruch et ScMmp. 

 ■ i 7W« 16 maiusculi, lanceolati, transverse articulati, linea media nulla, 



Pm T7ln£ Xo^« ~ °^° MabenS - ^ "' 

 superne cribrosi gr nub* subhyg o p depr esso-convexuui, mamillakm vel brevi- 



SST^^^S^U P-K con,, basi ddatata lacer, Moreseentia m = 

 Z ! masc r g emm ffi fonnis.-Musci aw*** ^— ^^ i«« <*««*« follls «""****' 



^TscMstidium apocarpun, Bruch et Schimp. j laxe csespitosum, foliis ex erecta bas! patentibus ovate- 

 ^01^1^ XisVulo hyaline instruct, nervo evanido, ^^^IZtZ' 

 capsula elliptic" pachyderma (immersa) exannulata.-i^. Mrop. Grnmma apocaipa, JMctanm 



Var 1 ; foliis apiculo brevissimo obtusiusculis. 



Var. 2; folus mutieis angustioribus^fusco-lutei, Grimmia ^alpxcola Auet. 



Hab. Northern Island. Var. 1. Banks of Waitangi, /. D. S. Var. 

 Colenso. (A native of England.) 



Found also in Europe, and North and South America. 



