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FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. 



\_Musci. 

 Auckland, Sinclair. Oroua Biver, 



Hab. Throughout the Islands : hills, Bay of Islands, /. D. II. 

 Colenso. Southern Island, Lyall. 



A Southern United States plant-Original specimens not being before us, the identification of those from 

 New Zealand is somewhat doubtful. They differ from the preceding in the longer, narrower, distant leaves, 

 showing the red stem very conspicuously ; scrratures more distinct. Habit more slender.-!?, mollis, Doz. et Molkb., 

 from Java, seems to be very closely allied, and is perhaps only a variety with more crowded leaves. 



7. Bartramia affinis, Hook.; dioica, caule longiusculo fasciculato-ramoso, foliis erecto-patentibus con- 

 fertis ovato-lanceolatis anguste atteimatis subpiliferis integerrimis strictis margine recurvis subrevolutis, seta 

 longiuscula, capsula ovali pendula, operculo eonieo-acummato.— Hook. Muse. Exot. 1. 176. Schwmgr. Suppl. 



I. 137. 



Bab. Northern Island : scorise at Manakau Bay, west coast, Colenso. Auckland, Knight. 



One to two inches long or more. Leaves entire and recurved in the margin, appressed when dry. Capsule pen- 

 dulous. Male flower discoid, conspicuous.— In habit it approaches to the next section, but the leaves are not 

 plicate. A Tasmanian Moss. 



§ 3. Breutelia, Bruch et Scbimp.— Leaves plicato-striate, with a narrow nerve. 



8. Bartramia pendula, Hook.; dioica, caule fasciculato ramoso tomentoso, foliis patentibus ovato-lan- 

 ceolatis longe acuminatis serrulate striatis excurrentinerviis, seta elongata, capsula oblonga sulcata pendula. 

 —Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 21. Schwcegr. Sugpl. t. 239. Fl. Antarct. pp. 133, 412. 



Var. j3 ; foliis magis confertis secundis viridibus nervo longius excurrente. 

 Hab. Throughout the Islands, abundant. 



Also found at Cape Horn, Campbell's Island, Tasmania, Cape of Good HopeP-Neaxly allied to B. tomentosa, 

 Hook., but differing in the oblong pendulous capsule, and somewhat broader leaves. 



9. Bartramia gigantea, Bridel; foliis lanccolato-acuminatis plicato-striatis serrulatis rigidis, seta elon- 

 gata, capsula oblonga sulcata cemm.—Schwgr. Suppl. t. 161. 



Hab. Middle Island : Milford Sound, Lyall. 



Perhaps not distinct from the preceding. Stems more robust. Leaves wider, more evidently plicato-striate, 

 less attenuated at the apex. Seta longer. Capsule less pendulous, sometimes almost erect.-The original barren 

 specimen of B. gigantea, from the Isle of Bourbon, may be distinct, having leaves very widely spreading and sharply 

 serrated {vide Sctwtegr. Suppl. t. 63, and Bridel, Bryol. Univ. 2. 36).-A Tasmanian plant. 



Tribe X. Funabiaoea 

 Gen. XXXV. FUNARIA, Schreber. 



Peristomium duplex: exterius, dentes 16, obliqui, lanceolato-subulati, crebre articulati, apice disco re- 

 ticulato connexi, inferne striati, intus trabeculati: interim basi dentibus adnatum, processus sedecim 

 lanceolatos pianos dentibus oppositos sistens. Capsula pyriformis, ventricosa, mclmata vel cernua, apo- 

 physata, orificio obliquo. Annulus composite, subinde nullus. Operculum breve, subcomcum. Calyp- 

 tra inferne vesicularis vel inflate, superne subulata, demum latere fissa.-Florescentia monotca: flos 

 masc. discoideus. Antheridia paraphysibus valde elavatis immixia. Musci biemes j foliis laxe reticulars 

 teneris. 



1. Funaria hygrometrica, Hedw.; foliis superioribus in gemmam conniventibus late ovali-lanceolatis 

 concavis integerrimis nervo continue perigonialibus apice serratis, capsula incurvo-pynformi staata sicca 

 plicata ore corrugata annulo composite, operculo conveso, seta plus minus arcuata.— Hedw. Sp. Muse. p. 172. 

 Bruch et Schimp. Bryol. Europ. Fl. Antarct. pp. 135, 415. 



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