Musci.'] 



FLOILA OP NEW ZEALAND. 



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Var. £. eakescens ; caule gracilente, foliis superioribus patentibus siccitate contortis, capsula in pedi- 

 cello elongato stricto suberecta graciliore. — F. calvescens, Sehwagr. Suppl. t. 65. 



Hab. Common throughout the Islands. 



This species is found in all parts of the world, the var. /3 in warm moist situations. The corru°-ated border im- 

 mediately surrounding the mouth of the capsule is a constant character of this species. — Operculum with a beautiful 

 red border. 



2. Funaria glabra, Tayl. ; foliis erecto-patentibus obovatis apiculatis apice serrulatis evanidinerviis, 

 capsula glabra clavato-pyriformi curvula hinc gibba exannulata, operculo planiusculo.— Taylor in Lond, 

 Journ. Bot. 1846, ja. 57. 



Hab. Northern Island : Ahuriri and Raukawa mountains, Colenso. 



Inner peristome small and imperfect. Operculum not coloured at the margin. Seta straight, twisting to the 

 left as m F. libernica, but the leaf is more like F. serrata. In the elongated capsule it differs from both.— The New 

 Zealand specimens have longer seta? than the original ones, which were found at Swan River, its only other known 

 habitat. 



3. Funaria cuspidate, Hook. fil. et Wils. ; foliis patentibus ovatis acuminatis planiusculis integerrimis 

 excurrentinerviis, capsula erecta pyriformi exannulata, operculo planiusculo, peristomio interno imperfecto 

 (Tab. LXXXVI. Fig. 3.) 



Hab. Northern Island : Bay of Islands, J. D. H. 



One inch in height. Capsule small, erect, symmetrical, as in Physcomitrium. Inner peristome nearly obsolete. 

 Seta pale. — Differs from F. subnuda, Tayl., from Swan Eiver (which is scarcely if at all distinct from F. pkyscomi- 

 trioides, Mont.) in the narrower leaves, with an excurrent nerve. — Plate LXXXVI. Fig. 3 : — 1, plants, natural size .■ 

 2, calyptra; 3, immature, and 4, mature capsules; 5, leaf; 6, apex of leaf: — all but fig. 1 



Gen. XXXVI. ENTOSTHCDON, Sclwagr. 



Perislomium simplex. Denies 16, infra capsulse orificium adnati, simplices vel gemelli, lanceolati, intus 

 trabeculati, siccitate erecti. Capsula erecta, pyriformis. Operculum convexo-planum. Calyptra vesi- 

 culari-cucullata, ut in Funaria. — Floreseentia, habitus, etc., omnino ut in Funaria. 



1. Entosthodon gracilis, Hook. fil. et Wils. ; caule brevissimo, foliis erectis conniventibus subellipticis 

 acutis concavis subcarinatis integerrimis evanidinerviis, seta elongata gracili (siccitate sinistrorsum tortili), 

 capsula erecta ex apophysi angustiore plicata pyriformi exannulata, operculo planiusculo. (Tab. LXXXVI 

 Fig. 7.) 



Hab. Northern Island : Bay of Islands, Sinclair, J. D. H. 



Eesembles Funaria cuspidata in size and general aspect, but very different in the leaves. Allied to E. obtusifolius, 

 Hook, fil., but has acute leaves. — Capsule small, when dry contracted below the mouth. — Plate LXXXVI. Pig. 

 7 :— 1, plants, natural size; 2, moist, and 3, dry capsules; 4, leaf; 5, apex of leaf :— all but fig. 1 magnified. 



Gen. XXXVII. PHTSCOMITPJUM, Bridel. 



Peristomium nullum. Captsula erecta, pyriformis, symmetrica, exannulata. Operculum conicum. 

 Calyptra vesiculari-cucullata. — Floreseentia, habitus, etc., omnino Funaria?. 



1. Physcomitrium apophysatum, Tayl.; caule brevi, foliis erecto-patentibus ovatis acuminatis subser- 



rulatis concavis evanidinerviis, seta brevi, capsula erecta clavato-pyriformi siccitate sub ore constricta. 



Taylor in Lond. Journ. Bot. 1846, \p. 43. (Tab. LXXXVI. Fig. 6.) 



