92 FLOBA OF NEW ZEALAND. [Musci. 



Var. j3; foliis subpiliferis magis acuminatis. 



Hab. Northern Island : Bay of Islands, on clay banks, /. D. H. Var. ^. Hawke's Bay, Colemo. 



One-fourth of an inch long. Seta short, rather thick. Capsule large for the size of the plant, as long as the 

 pedicel, and in the var. /8 rising very little above the leaves. — Pound also at Swan Eiver. — Plate LXXXVL Pig. 

 6 : — 1, plants, natural size; 2, plant, magnified; 3, young capsule and calyptra; 4, leaf: — all butficj. 1 magnified. 



2. Pliyscomitrium pyr iforme, Bruch et Schimp. Bryol. Burop. 



Var. (3. pumikimj foliis latioribus erecto-patentibus subspathulatis acutiusculis concavis sermlatis 

 nervo subcontinuo, seta brevi, capsula pyriforrni suberecta annulata, operculo conico apiculato. 

 Hab. Northern Island : Bay of Islands, Colemo, J. D. II. (A native of England.) 

 This species is common in Europe and in North America ; South America ? In size and aspect this comes very 

 near to P. spkcericum, but the ripe capsule is turbinate, wide-mouthed, and of thick texture. Whole plant not 

 more than three lines in height, except those specimens gathered by Mr. Colenso, which are twice the size. 



3. Physcomitrinrn pusillum, Hook. fil. etWils.j caule brevissimo, foliis patentibus spathulatis acu- 

 minulatis subintegris nervo subcontinuo, capsula immersa subsessili subsphserica, operculo conico, calyptra 

 parva conico-mitriformi basi lacera. (Tab. LXXXVII. Pig. 1.) 



Hab. Northern Island, Sinclair. 



A solitary individual found amongst other Mosses. Eesembles Phascum patens, and is closely allied to Gym- 

 nostomum Niloticum, Del. (PL Egypt.), which has much longer and more acuminated leaves. — Calyptra small, cover- 

 ing the operculum only. Pedicel shorter than the roundish capsule. Male flower discoid, with clavate paraphyses. 

 The Aphanorliegma serrata, Sulliv. (in Gray, Manual Bot.), which resembles this, has leaves serrulate, acuminate, 

 capsule hemispherical, calyptra conical, not subulate above, short ; male flower contiguous to the female, very ob- 

 scurely discoid, wanting the proper perigonial leaves. — Plate LXXXVII. Pig. 1 : — 1, plants, natural size ; 2, cap- 

 sules and perichsetial leaves; 3, capsule removed; 4, calyptra; 5, 6, leaves: — all hit fig. 1 magnified. 



4. Physcomitrium Perroltetii, Mont. ; parvulum, foliis ovatis acuminatis concavis in bulbum conniven- 

 tibus nervo excurrente, capsula pyriformi, operculo piano. — Mont. in. Ann. Sc. Nat. xvi. 1841, j». 256. 



Var. ; foliis laxius areolatis, nervo subcontinuo. 



Hab. Northern Island : Auckland, KnigM. 



Eesembles P. apopkysatum in the foliage, but the capsule is pyriform, not clavate. — Also an Indian species. 



Tribe X. Hedwigiace/e. 

 Gen. XXXVIII. HEDWIGIA, Mhrharl. 

 Perislomium nullum. Capsula globosa, immersa vel longius pedicellata, brevicolla, exannulata. 

 Operculum subconicum vel conico-rostratum. Calyptra minuta, conica vel cucullata. Mores monoici vel 

 dioici ; masculi geminasformes, axillares. — Polia enervia, concava. 



§ 1. Eukystomum. — RMzoma repens, subterraneum. Polia laxe reticulata. Sporce pragrandes. 

 1. Hedwigia repens, Hook.; rhizomate repente subterraneo, foliis surculi sterilis patulis subrotundis 

 acuminulatis fertilis conniventibus majoribus ovatis longe acuminatis apice attenuatis integerrimis laxe re- 

 ticulatis albescentibus membranaceis, capsula immersa in vaginulam brevissimam sessili sphserica ore dila- 

 tato, operculo conico apiculato, calyptra minuta conica valde fugaci, sporis prsegrandibus. — Hook. Muse. 

 Exot. t. 106. Wils. in Lond. Joum. Bot. 1846, p. 143. t. 4 a. 

 Hab. Northern Island : Raukawa ridge, Colenso. 



Also found in Australia by Menzies, and Swan Eiver, by James Drummond. One of the most remarkable of 

 Mosses, growing on loose vegetable soil, the succulent rhizoma extensively creeping. — Stems 1-2 lines long. Capsule 



