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FLORA OE NEW ZEALAND. 



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with Bridel's description, but we have seen no authentic specimen, and there is no published figure ; those gathered 

 by Baoul are very tall (nearly 3 inches), with setae above 3 inches long. Leaves twisted and crisped when drv, 

 showing the pale subcartilaginous border, dark green; the nerve reddish in the lower leaves. Capsule very lone 

 and slender, arcuate, pale brown. — This species varies, with larger, more oblong leaves, and in the length of the 

 capsule ; in Tasmania with more slender stems and reddish foliage. B. andicolum, Humb. et Bonpl., seems to be 

 only a variety of this. 



Obs. — A solitary stem of what is believed to be B. intermedium, Bridel, occurs mixed with another New Zea- 

 land Moss : it is a smaller species than B. bimum, but with the same inflorescence ; lower leaves tinged with red ; 

 capsule oblong-pyriform. It is remarkable for ripening the capsules of the same tuft at different periods in succession. 



Gen. XXXI. MNIUM, Bruch et Schimp. 



Penstomium Bryi. Capsula pendula, ovaii-oblonga, annulata. Operculum convexum, apiculatum vel 

 rostellatum. Calyptra cuculliformis. — Caulis innovationibus e basi [nunquam ex apice florali ut in Bryis) 

 prolificans. Folia magna, subcoriacea, areolis hexagonis, verms caulis floriferi apicem in rosulam polyphyl- 

 lam congesla. Plores masculi discoidei, paraphysibus clavatis. 



1. Mmum rostratum, Schweegr.; hermaphrodituin, caule fertili e basi decumbente erecto, surculis 

 sterilibus vage repentibus, foliis inferioribus ovatis acuminatis superioribus ovali-oblongis obtusis apiculatis 

 margmatis limbo remote dentato nervo subeontinuo, setis aggregates, capsulis subpendulis, operculo ros- 

 trate — Schwcegr. Suppl. t. 79. Fl. Anlarct. p. 415. 



Hab. Northern and Middle Islands, Colenso, Eaoul. (A native of England.) 



Found in all Europe and North America, and at the Straits of Magelhaens.— Leaves almost refuse, with an 

 obscure very short macro, crisped and undulated when dry. 



2. Mnium rhyncoplomm, Hook. ; foliis patulis deflexis lingulato-oblongis obtusis undulatis marginatis 

 denticulatis crassinerviis densius minutissime areolatis, capsula cernua, operculo rostrato.— Boole. Ic. PI. 

 t. 20./. 3. Barvey in Joum. Pot 1840, p. 10. M. rostratum, /3 Javanicum, Nees. 



Hab. Northern and Middle Islands : shores of Waikare Lake, and wood near Turanga, Colenso. 

 Chalky Bay, Lyatt. 



A native of the East Indies, South America, Java, Ceylon, Sandwich Islands.— Differs from M. rostratum in 

 the more elongated leaves, with considerably smaller opaque areolae ; nerve strong, bordered on each side with pel- 

 lucid areolae. Inflorescence the same. 



Tribe IX. Baeteamiace^;. 

 [This group differs from all others having a Bryoid peristome, in the globose capsules mostly furrowed when dry, 

 and in the rigid, tapering, serrated, papillose leaves, with quadrate areolae.] 



Gen. XXXII. CONOSTGMTJM, Swartz. 



Penstomium simplex. Denies 16, lanceolato-subulati, in conum persistentem conniventes, apice con- 

 nexi. Capsula globosa, microstoma, exannulata. Operculum conico-rostellatum. Calyptra brevissima, 

 subulata, latere fissa. 



1. Conostomum australe, Swartz ; monoicum, caule erecto ramoso, ramis fasciculatis, foliis erectis 

 densissime imbricatis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis nervo lato excurrente cuspidatis supremis piliferis, capsula 

 subrotundata inclinata, operculo oblique rostellato. — Swartz, in Schrad. New Pot. Joum. Schwagr. Suppl. 

 *■ 130. Fl. Anlarct. pp. 182, 411. 



Hab. Northern Island : Euabine Mountains, Colenso. 



