86 FLORA OE NEW ZEALAND. \Musci. 



Hab. Northern Island ; in marshes, with Hypnum nodiflorum : Hawke's Bay, Colenso. (A native 

 of England.) 



A common European plant, also found in Kerguelen's Land.— A larger species than the last. Seta 2 inches 

 long; capsule larger, distinguished from all the preceding by the mixture of antheridia with the archegonia (pistilla) 

 in the same flower. 



16. Bryum crassum, Hook. fil. et Wils. ; dioicum, canle longiusculo rigidulo ramoso tomentoso, ramis 

 apice turnidis inferne foliis minutis squamseformibus vestitis, foliis erectis arete inibricatis concavis ovato- 

 oblongis coriaceis acutis solidinerviis margine reflexis apice subintegris, capsula pendula oblongo-pynformi, 

 operculo conico-apiculato. (Tab. LXXXVI. Fig. 1.) 



Hab. Northern Island : scoriae at Manukan Bay, west coast, Colenso. 



This belongs to the small group with rosulate leaves at the summit of the innovations ; but here they do not 

 spread, and when dry are very closely imbricated and substriate. Specimens about an inch in height Capsule 

 rather small, reddish-brown.— In the aspect of the dry foliage it is very different from B. lavigatum, to which it is 

 otherwise allied.— Plate LXXXVI. Eig. 1 :— 1, plant, nat. size; 2, capsule; 3, leaf:— both magnified. 



17. Bryum campylolhecium, Taylor; dioicum, canle ramoso tomentoso, foliis erecto -patent lbus supe- 

 rioribus in rosulam congestis siccitate appressis obovato-oblongis acutiusculis concavis margine reflexis apice 

 subserratis nervo valido excurrente longe cuspidatis, capsula pendula ex apophysi obconica angustiore ovato- 

 oblonga subventricosa curvula, operculo conico-mamillato. — Taylor, in Ldncl. Joum. Bot. 1846,/>. 52. 



Hab. Northern Island, Colenso. Auckland, Sinclair. 



Found also in Tasmania and Australia.— Stems If inch high. Leaves of firm texture, scarcely altered when 

 dry, sometimes slightly undulated, yellowish ; apex minutely serrulate ; nerve excurrent into a long bristly point, pale 

 yellowish. Bryum Canariense, Bridel (Schwsegr. Suppl. t. 214), is very closely allied, and may be only a variety 

 with the nerve less excurrent. B. Billardieri, Bruch et Schimp. Bryol. Europ., appears to belong to B. Canariense, 

 and not to the following. 



18. Bryum Billardieri, Scaweegr. ; dioicum, foliis superioribus in rosulam congestis patentibus apice 

 recurvis siccitate crispato-undulatis erectis obovato-oblongis acutiusculis immarginatis apice serratis nervo 

 subexcurrente apiculatis margine inferne reflexis, seta crassiuscula apice in collo arcuato capsuke subito 

 desinente, capsula nutante clavato-pyriformi arcuata, operculo subconico.— Schwmgr. Suppl. t. 76, non Bruch 

 et Schimp. Fl. Antarct. p. 413. 



Var. ft. patens ; foliis patulis laxioribns luridis obtusiusculis. 



Hab. Northern Island, Colenso. Auckland, Sinclair. Var. ft. Bay of Islands ; on damp rocks and 

 banks near the spray of waterfalls, J. JD. H. 



The var. /3 is considerably altered in appearance by growing in wet places, among gravel— Leaves more scat- 

 tered and not obviously crowded into terminal tufts.— The species is found in New Belgium, Tasmania, South Africa, 

 Australia, Falkland Islands, and South America. 



19. Bryum truncorum, Bory St. Vine. ; dioicum, caule elongate, foliis terminalibus in rosulam con- 

 gestis patentibus apice recurvis siccitate tortuosis erectis obovato-acuminatis marginatis apice argute ser- 

 ratis margine inferne reflexis, nervo subexcurrente, seta elongata apice in collo arcuato capsula; desinente, 

 capsula elongato-cylindrica arcuato-nutante, operculo conico apiculato brevi. — Bridel, Bryol. Univ. v. 1. 

 p. 699. Fl. Antarct. pp. 134, 415. B. leptothecium, Taylor, MSS. 



Hab. Northern Island: Auckland, Colenso: Bay of Islands; common on stumps of trees. Southern 

 Island, Lyall. 



Also found in the Isle of Bourbon, Tasmania, Australia, and South America. Our specimens agree very well 



