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FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. 



[Musci. 



margine recurvo evanidinerviis, seta brevi, capsula elliptico-oblonga pachyderma, operculo conico subulate 

 — El. Antarct. 402. t. 152./. 1. E. convolutum, Mont. ? Cent. 5. 58. 



Hab. Northern Island, Colenso. 



Leaves shorter than in the preceding, not piliferous, margin more recurved. Capsule larger and of firmer tex- 

 ture, more deeply coloured.— B. convolutum, Mont., we have not seen, but it is probably not distinct. Gnmmia Ai- 

 dyma, Mont. Cent. 5. 59, also from Chili, has the margin of the leaf revolute and a different peristome, as described ; 

 but the reticulation of the leaf appears to be that of Bacomitrium.— This is also found at Cape Horn. 



3. Bacomitrium (Dryptodon) protenms, Braun; foliis undique patentibus vel subsecundis elongato- 

 lauceolatis muticis siccitate appressis, perichsetialibus subvaginantibus, seta longiore, capsula subcylmdnca, 

 dentibus longiusculis irregulariter bum.— Bryol. Europ. E. cataractarum, Braun, in Bridel Bryol. Univ. 

 E. aquaticurn, Bridel. 



Hab. Northern Island, Colenso. (A native of England.) 



Found in Britain and throughout Europe: Hermite Island, Cape Horn, Falkland Islands. A more robust 

 species than the preceding, with leaves more appressed when dry. 

 2. Bacomitbotm.— Plant* irregulariter ramom, ramulis lateralibus bredlus ramosce, innovationibus Jiaudfastigiatis. 



4. Eacomitrium fascicular, Brid. ; cauls fasciculato-ramoso, ramis subfastigiatis inaequalibus, foliis 

 patenti-recurvis elongato-lanceolatis muticis carinatis margine reflexis areolis omnibus elongato-sinuosis, 

 capsula oblongo-ovali, operculo subulato, calyptra superne papulosa, peristomii dentibus ad basin bifidis, 

 cruribus subajqualibus anguste lineari-subulatis nodosis, annulo latissimo.— Bryol. Univ. Bryol. Europ. 

 Trichostomum, Iledw., Hook, et Tayl. 



Var. j caule gracili, foliis secundis acutis apice subdiaphano serrulate, perichfetialibus intimis obtusis 

 vaginantibus, calyptra minore inferne subplicata apice minus papillosa.— E. fascicular var. 2, Fl, Antarct. 



p. 402. 



Hab. Northern and Middle Islands: Port Nicholson and Bligh's Sound, Lyall. (A native of 



Britain.) 



This species is distributed throughout Europe and North America; the var. is found at Hermite Island.— The 

 New Zealand specimens have leaves more secund, more acute, and of closer texture than in the variety from Hermite 

 Island. Both have the teeth of the peristome granulose, wider at the base, and more regularly formed than shown 

 in the figure in Bryol. Europ., and the articulations wider apart. The small pale calyptra and blunt sheathing peri- 

 chsetial leaves are remarkable. It may however prove a distinct species. The subplicate calyptra connects Racomi- 

 trium very closely with Ptycliomitrium of Bryol. Europ. 



5. Eacomitrium lanuginosum, Brid.; caule elongate ramuloso, foliis erecto-patentibus lanceolatis acu- 

 minatis apice hyalino eroso-dentatis et granulosis, capsula minuta ovata in pedicello breviore tuberculoso 

 erecta, dentium bifidorum cruribus filiforrnibus.— Bryol. Univ. Bryol. Europ. Trichostomum, Eedw. 



Hook, et Tayl. 



Var. pruinosum ; foliis valde incanis acumine hyalino longiore argutius spinoso-serrato. 



Hab. Northern Island, Colenso. 



The variety pruinosum has not been found in fruit; it may prove to be a distinct species. Serratures of the 

 apex of the leaf larger, spinulose, erect, not spreading.-It is found in Great Britain and Europe, North America, 

 Hermite Island, Falkland Island, Tasmania. 



Tribe VII. Orthoteiche^. 

 Gen. XXIV. SCHLOTHEIMIA, Bridel. 

 Peristomium duplex: ewterius, denies sedecim per paria approximate extrorsum revoluti: interim, 



