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erecto-patentibus lanceolato-lingulatis acutiusculis, peristomio simplici interno 8-ciliato. — Zygodon conoideus, 

 /3 elongatus, Hook, et Grev. in Breivst. Joum. Science. 



Hab. Middle Island : Dusky Bay, Menzies. 



Also found in Tasmania; and in Chili (fide Montague). 



3. Zygodon Brownii, Schwasgr. ; dioicus, caule ramoso fastigiato, foliis oblongis acutis squarrosis, 

 peristomio duplici. — Sc/iwagr. Suppl. t. 317 b. 



Hab. Throughout the Islands : Auckland and Port Nicholson, Sinclair. Milford Sound, Lyall. 

 Leaves broader than in the preceding, widely spreading and recurved, lax, and slightly crisped when dry. Outer 

 peristome often rudimentary or irregular. Cilia eight. — Also a Tasmanian species. 



4. Zygodon Beinwardtii, Braun; foliis lanceolato-oblongis dentatis patentibus margine undulatis, 

 florescentia hermaphrodita. Var. /3. foliis minus dentatis subintegris. — Schwasgr. Suppl. t. 312 a. Zygo- 

 don denticulatus, Taylor, in Laid. Joum. Bol. v. 6. p. 329. 



Hab. Northern Island : Port Nicholson, Sinclair. Euahine Mountains, Colenso. 

 A native of Java and South America. Peristome absent in this variety ; in the Java specimens an inner peri- 

 stome of sixteen cilia has been observed. 



5. Zygodon cyat/iicarpus, Mont.; monoicus, foliis patentibus subrecurvis lineari-lanceolatis acutis 

 carinatis siccitate crispato-tortuosis, perichaetialibus capsulam superantibus, seta perbrevi, capsula cyathifor- 

 mi gymnostoma striata, operculo convexo oblique rostellato. — Montague, in Ann. Sc. Nat. Cent. 5. p. 30. 

 Gymnostomum linearifolium, Taylor in Loncl. Joum. Bot. v. 5. p. 42. 



Hab. Northern Island : Makororo Eiver, Colenso; mixed with Bartramia uncinata. 

 Closely allied to Z. Mougeotii, Bryol. Europ. ; but distinguished by the more linear leaves and monoicous in- 

 florescence. — A native of the Andes of Chili and Columbia. 



Tribe VIII. Beyace^e. 



Gen. XXVIII. OETHODONTIUM, Schwagr. 



Perislomium duplex, infra capsular orificium oriens : exterius, denies 16, lanceolato-subulati, siccitate 

 infra orificium capsulas ssepe infiexi : internum, cilia 16, dentibus alternantibus, e basi brevi subcarinata 

 dilatata, filiformia. Capsula clavato-pyriformis, in pedicello tenui suberecta vel cernua, exannulata, symme- 

 trica, e membrana tenui laxe areolata. Operculum breve, conico-rostellatum. Calyptra parvula, cucullifor- 

 mis, fugax. — Morescentia monoica : fl. masc. gemmceformes, axillares, sapius aggtegati. Polia longiuscula, 

 hneari-lanceolata, tenuia, laxe areolata, areolis subparallelogrammis, evanidinerviis. Musci mpestres, 

 graciles, ccespitosi, Aabitu Bryis angustifoliis affines. 



1. Orthodontium sulcatum, Hook, et Wils,; foliis patenti-recurvis lineari-lanceolatis subplanis evani- 

 dinerviis, capsula elliptico-oblonga brevicolla siccitate sulcata inclinata.— Hook. Ic. PI. I. 739 B. 



Hab. Middle Island : Port William, Lyall. 



An Australian species, nearly 1 inch long. Differs in the furrowed capsule from others of the genus. — Inner 

 peristome with carinate segments, as long as the outer teeth, united below by a common membrane, and thus ap- 

 proaching very closely to the usual structure of Bryum. Operculum very shortly and obliquely rostellate. The 

 furrowed capsule resembles that of Zygodon. Inflorescence occasionally hermaphrodite, usually monoicous; male 

 flowers axillary, sometimes terminal on a branch, as shown in O.lineare, Schwsegr. Suppl. t. 188. — JVeissia line- 

 arifolia, Schw. (Suppl. t. 179), seems to be nearly allied, and may prove to belong to this genus, though said to 

 be dioicous. 



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