Musci.'\ 



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exarati, intus transversim lamellate, valde hygroscopic! sicci incurvi : interim, membrana in processus 16 

 carmatos cum dentibus alternantes fissa, ciliis filiformibus interjectis dentibus oppositis, vel nullis. Capsula 

 pyriformis vel clavata, pendula vel inclinata, collo brevissimo v. elongate, plemmque annulata. Operculum 

 eonvexum, apiculatum, breve. — Florescentia dioica, monoica, vel kermaphrodila : anlkeridia paraphysibus 

 filiformibus immixla. Folia ovata, lanceolaia, plemmque Integra, costata, cellulis rlwmboideis. Caules 

 perennes, caspitosi, versus apicem innovationibus simplicibus cauli similidus proliferi. 



1. Bryum lenuifolium, Hook. fil. et Wils.j caule humili simplici, foliis erectis subsecundis lanceolato- 

 subulatis acuminatis integerrimis soldinerviis margine reflexis, perieketialibus longioribus attenuatis, cap- 

 sula subpendula oblonga curvula basi obconica, operculo conico. (Tab. LXXXV. Kg. 5.) 



Hab. Northern Island : Bay of Islands ; on clay banks, Colenso, J. D. II. 



Yar /3. exiguum ; foliis laxioribus brevioribus, capsula breviore, ciliis peristomii interioris abortivis. 



Var. <y; caule brevissimo, foliis falcato-secundis confertis, capsula brevi, ciliis peristomii intend 

 brevibus. 



Dioicous. Allied to the European B. acuminatum, but only half the size, about | inch long.— Leaves pale, 

 more attenuated, their reticulation more lax and pellucid, apex entire, colour shining yellowish-green; nerve some- 

 what excurrent; seta pale.— B. kumile, Mont. (Annal. Sc. Nat. 1845, Cent. 5. 26 8m) from Chili, appears to be 

 most closely allied, if not the same as this. In ours the cilia of the inner peristome are inconstant, and the capsule 

 is either curved or straight and symmetrical.— Plate LXXXV. Pig. 5 :— 1, plants, nat. size; 2, plant, magnified; 

 S, capsule; 4, portion of peristome; 5, leaf:— all magnified. 



2. Bryum WaMenbergii, Schwsegr. ; dioicum, foliis ovato-acuminatis concavis evanidinerviis pellucidis 

 laxe reticulatis apice subserratis, capsula pendula brevi-pyriformi exannulata.— Schwcsgr. Suppl. t. 70. FL 

 Antarct. pp. 134, 414. B. albicans, Auctorum. 



Hab. Stewart's Island, Lyall ; male plant only. (Native of England.) 



Pound also in Britain, Europe, North America, Cape Horn, and the Antarctic Islands. 



3. Bryum argenteum, Linn. ; clioicum, foliis imbricatis late ovalibus apiculatis concavis laxe areolatis 

 integerrimis seminerviis albido-sericeis, capsula pendula ex ovali-oblonga. 



Var. y. lanatum ; foliis longius acuminatis omnino argenteis. —Bruch et ScJiimp. Bryol. Europ. Bridel, 

 Bryol. Univ. Fl. Antarct. p. 413. 



Hab. Middle Island, Lyall ; a scrap only, with Zeptostomum macrocarpum. (Native of England.) 

 Easily recognized by its silvery-white foliage. A small species, with blood-red capsules. It is found through- 

 out Europe, North and South America, and the Antarctic Islands. 



4. Bryum Uandum, Hook. fil. et "Wils. ; dioicum, foliis erecto-patentibus imbricatis ovali-oblongis ob- 

 tusis concavis integerrimis laxe reticulatis nervo tenui subcontinuo, capsula clavato-pyriformi cernua.— 

 Fl. Antarct. p. 134. t. 60./. 1. 



Var. (3. luridum; foliis luridis laxioribus patentibus, areolis brevioribus latioribus. 



Hab. Northern Island : Makororo river, Colenso. Var. /3. Bay of Islands, /. D. II. 



Fertile stems more robust than the barren ones figured in ' Flora Antarctica,' about 1 inch in height. Leaves 

 reddish, membranous and pellucid, erect and imbricated when dry ; nerve reddish. Seta nearly 1 inch in length. 

 — Only old capsules have been seen. 



5. Bryum crassinerve, Hook. fil. et Wils.; dioicum, foliis erecto-patentibus ellipticis obtusiusculis 

 concavis subcoriaceis apice subrecurvis subserrulatis solidinerviis margine reflexis siccitate erectis crispulis 

 capsula pendula subpyriformi, operculo conico. — B. kevigatum, var. ? Fl. Antarct. p. 415. f. 154. f, 3. 



Hab. Northern Island : Auckland, Sinclair, with B. Billardieri. 



