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ELORA OE NEW ZEALAND. 



\Musci. 



Somewhat smaller than the Tasmanian specimens of B. hmngatum, differing also in the recurved serrulate apex 

 and the distinctly recurved margin of the leaf, which also differs slightly in texture. The stem is, as in that, tomen- 

 tose, with purplish radicles.— A native of Euegia and Kerguelen's Land. 



6. Bryum davatum, Hook. fil. et WUs. ; dioicum, foliis erecto-patentibus incurvis elliptico-lanceolatis 

 subcoriaceis concavis nervo crasso excurrente cuspidulatis, seta breviuscula, capsula clavato-oblonga arcuata 

 majuscula subpendula, operculo subconico. (Tab. LXXXV. Fig. 3.) 



Var. /3. extenuatum ; foliis patentibus vix incurvis, capsula elongata minus pendula, seta longiore. 



Var. 7 ; capsula elongata suberecta, peristomio interno dentibus adnato. 



Hab. Northern Island : Bay of Islands, Logan. Cape Turnagain, Colenso. Var. /3. East Cape, Sin- 

 clair. "Var. 7. Manawatu river, Colemo. 



The typical specimens have a peculiar aspect ; they are about half an inch in height.-^ms tomentose, with 

 brown radicles. Leaves singularly curved along the back as seen in profile, not much changed by drying, firm 

 and subopaque. Seta short, scarcely \ inch long, reddish, stout, arcuate at top. Capsule large, arcuate and pen- 

 dulous, almost as in B. demimtm, reddish-brown, of firm texture, tapering into the seta. Operculum small, conical, 

 obtuse. Inner peristome with cilia.— The two varieties with elongated capsules and longer setoe are referred here 

 with some doubt, but the materials are too imperfect to warrant their separation. B. apiculatum, Schwsegr. (Suppl. 

 t 72 et Herb. Arnott), from Isle de France, differs from B. davatum in the more loosely reticulated leaves and 

 smaller capsule, resembling B. cellulare, Hook. (Schweegr. Suppl. t. 214), and B. pacliypoma, Mont. (Cent. 5, 27). 

 B. nitens, Hook., is also nearly allied.-PiATE LXXXV. Kg. 3 :-l, plant, not. size; 2, capsule, and 3, leaves, 

 magnified ; 4, var. ft nat. size; 5, its capsule, magnified. 



7. Bryum annulatum, Hook. fil. et Wils.j dioicum, foliis patentibus subrigidis ovato-lanceolatis con- 

 cavis acutis integerrimis soldinerviis, capsula pendula ovata.— Flor. Infarct, p. 134. t. 60./. 2. 



Hab. Northern Island : clay banks, Manawatu river, Colenso. 



Eesembling B. Funkii, Schwaagr. (Suppl. t. 29), but smaller, and the leaves less closely imbricated when dry. 

 The New Zealand specimens are so scanty and imperfect that they cannot with certainty be determined, and this is 

 unfortunately the case with those from Campbell's Island, the only other place where it has been found. 



8. Bryum dwriusculum, Hook. fil. et Wiis. ; dioicum, foliis erecto-patentibus elliptico-lanceolatis rigi- 

 dulis concavis nervo valido excurrente cuspidatis siccitate erectis, capsula pyriformi-oblonga cernua, oper- 

 culo conico-apiculato. 



Var. /3 ; foliis minoribus confertis nervo vix excurrente, seta capsulaque brevionbus. 



Var. 7; surculis setaque longioribus, foliis distantibus patentibus lanceolatis. 



Hab. Northern and Middle Islands : Bay of Islands, J. I). II. Dusky Bay, Hutt Valley, and Auck- 

 land, Lyall, Colenso. 



Perhaps only a variety or state of B. sanguineum, Bridel (Bryol. Univ. 1. 671 ; B. erythrocarpon, Bruch et 

 Schimp Bryol. Europ.), having the same deep red capsule and seta, and the lower leaves tinged with the same 

 colour- but the leaves are of firmer texture, not tapering from the middle upwards, and the nerve is stronger and 

 more e'xeurrent. Several forms of the species, if it be such, seem to exist in the collections, of which the var. y has 

 a seta two inches long, slender, and approaches in aspect the following. 



9 Bryum creherrimum, Tayl.j dioicum, surculis longioribus, foliis suberectis laxis lanceolatis acumi- 

 natis integerrimis margine subreflexis subcarinatis siccitate flexuosis tortilibus erectis nervo tenui excurrente 

 subprliferis, seta longissima, capsula nutante subcylindrica, operculo convexo mamilbto.— Taylor, m Land. 

 Joum. Lot. 1846. p. 54. 



Hab. Northern Island : Bay of Islands, Dr. Sinclair. 



Also found at the Swan River. A larger species than the last, 2 inches high 5 leaves of looser texture, shrink- 



