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Plate LXXXV. Eg. 6 :— 1, plant, natural size; 2, portion of stem and leaves; 3, 4, leaves; 5, apex of leaf; 6, 

 transverse section of leaf : — all hut fig. 1 magnified. 



14 Macromitrium microphjllum, Hook, et Grev. ; ramis filiformibus, Mis ovato-lanceolatis patentibus 

 basi carinatis bistriatis pellucidis siccitate strictis appressis, capsula ovali-oblonga subpynformi leviter sul- 

 cata, peristomio brevissimo indiviso. — Hook, et Grev. I. c. p. 121. t. 6. 



Hab. Northern and Middle Islands : Port Nicholson, Lyall. East Coast, Colenso. 



A South African species, nearly allied to M. tenue. Leaves more lax and spreading (recurved in Colenso's spe- 

 cimens), shorter, and more ovate, upper surface more or less papillose ; areola guttulate, vaginula hairy ; peristal 

 leaves ovate-acuminate. Calyptra hairy.— if. Bregei, Hornschuch, appears to be this species. 



Gen. XXVI. ORTHOTRICHUM, Hedwig. 



Peristomium duplex vel simplex, rarius : externa intus sub capsular ore adnatum, dentes 16, ple- 

 rumque per park connati, hygroscopic!, siccitate erecti, patentes vel reflexi : interim, nunc cilia 8 v. 16. 

 Capsula immersa vel exserta, erecta, pyriformis, collo plus minus elongato, striata (striae cum dentibus al te- 

 nants), siccitate costata exannulata. Operculum conico-rostellatum. Calyptra magna, campanuiata, 

 plicata, basi crenato-lacera, in plurimis recte-pilosa. Florescentia plerumqne nionoica: flos masc. gemmce- 

 formis. — Caules pulvinati, subrepentes. 



1. Orthotrichum calvum, Hook. fil. et Wilfl.j cade humili gracili, foliis patentibus ex ovata basi 

 lanceolato-subulatis obtusiusculis siccitate laxis suberectis, capsula exserta elliptico-oblonga vel clavata 

 striata, calyptra glabra, vaginula pilosa. (Tab. LXXXV. Fig. 7.) 



Hab. Northern Island : branches of trees, Manawatu, Colenso. 



A small species, approaching O.pulchellum in aspect, about three lines in heigU.-Seta a little longer than the 

 capsule Inner peristome with eight cilia. Calyptra yellowish-brown, quite glabrous. Operculum absent.-PLATE 

 LXXXV. Fig. 7 :-l, plants, natural size; 2, plant, magnified; 3, capsule; 4, leaves :— all but fig. 1 magnified. 



2 Orthotrichum pumilum, Schwxgi.; caule humili, foliis patentibus siccitate imbricatis lanceolatis 

 obtusiusculis concavis, capsula ovata brevicolla late striata immersa, operculo conico brevi.-^r. Calyptra 

 pilosa, Schwcegr. Suppl. t. 50. Bryol. Europ. Smith, Eng. Bot. t. 2168. 



Hab. Northern Island : cliffs at Hawke's Bay, Colenso. (Native of England.) 



A common European plant. Specimens few and imperfect. 



Gen. XXVII. ZYGODON, IIoolc. 

 Peristomium duplex, simplex, vel : exterius, dentes 16 per paria connexi, plani, siccitate patuli vel 

 reHexi • interius, cilia 8-16, cum dentibus alternantia, linearia, hyalina, horizontalia. Capsula erecta, cla- 

 vato-pyriformis,' striata, pedicellata vel immersa, exannulata. Operculum oblique rostratum. Calyptra 

 cuculliformis, obliqua. 



1. Zygodon oltusifolius, Hook.; monoicus, foliis laxis erecto-patentibus ligulatis obtusis, peristomio 

 duplici.— Muse. Exot. t. 159. Sclwagr. Suppl. t. 136. 



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



Cilia of the inner peristome eight. Calyptra roughish above, subplicate below ; as in all other species of this 

 genus reddish-brown. Capsule with eight broad ribs, furrowed when dry.— An East Indian species. 



2. Zygodon intermedins, Br. et Schimp.; dioicus, caule gracilescente elatiore subramoso, Mis laxis 





