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ing much when dry, and slightly twisted, the exeurrent portion of the nerve very thin. Capsule elongated, more 

 or less pendulous. — In size our Moss resembles B. australe, Hampe, Ic. Muse. Nov. t. 26, from Swan Eiver; but 

 the magnified figure of the leaves, and frequently erect capsules of the latter, disagree. 



10. Bryum obeoniewm, Hornsch. ; dioicum, foliis erecto-patentibus oblongo-ovatis acuminatis nervo 

 excurrente cuspidatis submarginatis apice serralatis siccitate vix tortilibus margine refiexis subcarinatis, 

 capsula subpendula longicolla clavata, operculo convexo mamillato. — Bruch et ScJdmp. Bryol. Europ. 



Hab. Northern Island : Auckland, Sinclair. (A native of England.) 



Eesembling the last in size. — Leaves of coarser texture, somewhat cartilaginous in the margin. Capsule curved, 

 larger and more clavate, tapering more gradually into the seta, which is curved at the top ; nerve of the leaf thicker, 

 opaque, spinulose at the apex.— A common European plant. 



11. Bryum atropurpureum, Web. et Mohr; humile, dioicum, foliis erecto-patentibus ovatis acuminatis 

 concavis integerrimis nervo excurrente cuspidatis siccitate erectis imbricatis margine refiexis, capsula ovali- 

 oblonga nutante, operculo ore constricto latiore convexo mamillato. — Bryol. Europ. B. erythrocarpon, 

 Bridel. 



Hab. Northern Island : Bay of Islands j on clay banks, J. B. H. (A native of England.) 

 A small species, with capsules almost acorn-shaped, dark red when fully ripe. Probably B. balanoides, Taylor, 



from Swan Eiver, Australia, is only a form of this species, and the following is also closely allied. It is found in 



all Europe, Algiers, Arabia, Smyrna, Australia, and the Cape of Good Hope. 



12. Bryum didiotomum, Hedvv.; "foliis ovato-lanceolatis apiculatis imbricatis, sporangiis ovatis sub- 

 pendulis." — Iledw. Sp. Muse. p. 183. t. 44. 



Hab. New Zealand, Herb. Rook. 



The specimen in Herb. Hook, has the capsules shorter than in the preceding, and it also bears slender, re- 

 peatedly forked innovations, almost as tall as the fruit-stalk, but there seems no essential difference in the leaves. 

 Inflorescence dioicous. B. bulbillosmn, Mont. (Cent. 2. 92), from Brazil, appears to be an intermediate form 

 between this and B. atropurpureum. 



13. Bryum flaccidum, Bridel ? ; " foliis laxiusculis subfiaccidis oblongo-ovatis obtusiusculis serrulatis 

 nervo excurrente breviter cuspidatis, theca elongata pendula."— Bryol. Europ. v. I. p. 667. B. csespititium, 

 var. laxum, Wils. in Gardn. Muse. Brasil. No. 36. 



Hab. Northern Island : Bay of Islands ; on damp rocks, rare, /. D. H. 



The leaves in our specimens are elliptic-oblong, entire, not serrulate. Differs from B. duriusculum in the 

 broader, flaccid foliage, and pale capsule. It is smaller than the usual form of B. caspititium of Britain, which has 

 leaves tapering from the middle upwards. Inflorescence dioicous. — Pound also in Brazil and Hispaniola. 



14. Bryum varium, Hook. fil. et Wils. ; foliis inferioribus ovato-oblongis concavis obtusis cymbifor- 

 mibus evanidinerviis, superioribus ovato-acuminatis excurrentinerviis margine recurvis integerrimis siccitate 

 appressis. (Tab. LXXXV. Pig. 4.) 



Hab. Middle Island, Lyall ; barren stems only. 



The remarkable aspect of this renders it desirable to indicate it briefly as above. It was growing with B. 

 culum, and is a more robust species, with stems nearly 1 inch long. — Plate LXXXV. Pig. 4 : — 1 ; plant nat. 

 2, 3, leaves, magnified. 



15. Bryum limum, Schreb. ; hermaphrorlitum, foliis patentibus ovato-lanceolatis carinatis margine re- 

 fiexis nervo excurrente mucronatis siccitate subtortilibus, capsula pendula obovato-pyriformi, operculo ma- 

 juscnlo convexo mamillato.' — Bruch et ScAimp. Bryol. Em-op. Fl. Antarct. p. 413. 



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