FLORA OE NEW ZEALAND. 



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ovato-laneeolatis acuminatis margine subreflexis integerrimis nervo subcontinuo, capsula oblonga perichm- 

 tio pilifero immersa, operculo conico acuto. — Mont. Cent. 5, £0. 



Hab. Northern Island : Wairarapa valley, Colenso. 



Also a native of Tasmania and Cm.-Surculus not two inches long, slender. Calyptra reddish-brown, roughish 

 at the apex, monoicous.-We have not seen original specimens from Montagne. Perhaps Neokera tenella, Schwaa- 

 gi-ichen (Suppl. t. 198), may be the same, but if so, it is incorrectly figured. 



2. Cryphsea acuminata, Hook. fil. et Wils. ; surculo breviusculo parce ramoso superne fruetifero peri- 

 chsetiis numerosis secundis incrassato, foliis erecto-patentibus ovato-acuminatis integerrimis evamdmerviis, 

 pericheetialibus setaceo-acuminatis, capsula immersa, operculo conico rostellato. (Tab. LXXXYIII. Tig. 4.) 



Hab. Northern Island : Hawke's Bay, Colenso. 



Monoicous. Surculi f inch long.— Exceedingly like the European 0. Meromalla, but the leaves much more 

 gradually tapering and acute, and the nerve longer.-PLATE LXXXVIII. Kg. 4 :-l, plant, natural me; 2, 3, 

 leaves, magnified. 



3. Cryphsea dilatata, Hook. fil. et Wils. j surculo elongato gracili pendulo ramoso, ramis patentibus 

 brevissimis, foliis patentibus siccitate erectis laxiusculis ovato-subrotundis obtusiusculis evanidinerviis apice 

 subcrenatis, perichastialibus lanceolatis nervosis, capsula immersa, operculo conico. (Tab. LXXXYIII. 



Tig. 2.) 



Hab. Northern Island, Colenso. 



Surculi 2-6 inches long, dark dull green. Leaves less appressed when dry than in other species, and the cap- 

 sule more immersed. Peristome double, reddish. Fruit often crowded at the end of the surculus and secund, some- 

 times scattered on the branches. Monoicous.— Plate LXXXYIII. Pig. 2 :— 1, plant, natural size; 2, capsule and 

 perichEetial leaves ; 3, pistillidia ; 4, 5, leaves -.—all but fig. 1 magnified. 



Tribe XYI. PinxLOGONiEiB. 



Gen. L. PHYLLQGONIUM, Bridel. 



Peristomium simplex. Denies 16, jequidistantes, plani. Calyptra submitrseformis, subpilosa, basi 

 lacera. Capsula Eequalis, suberecta, brevipedicellata, exannulata. Operculum rostellatum. Morescentia 

 aioica.—Tolia dense ac concinne disticha, equitaniia, complicato-carinata, enervia, tenerrime lineari-areolaia. 

 Plantse pulcherrima, sicca aurea coruscantes. 



1. Phyllogonium elegans, Hook. fil. et Wils.; caule repente, surculis breviusculis vage ramosis, ramis 

 frondiformibus lanceolatis complanatis, foliis distiche patentibus arete equitantibus oblongis obtusis compli- 

 cato-carinatis integerrimis enerviis, perichffitialibus brevioribus erectis, capsula turbinata suberecta tevi bre- 

 vipedicellata, operculo convexo rostello recto, calyptra magna pilosa basi sulcata lacera, peristomii dentibus 

 latis planis subbifidis pallidis siccitate erectis, columella longe exserta. (Tab. LXXXYIII. Tig. 6.) 



Hab. Northern and Middle Islands; trunks of smooth-barked trees: Bay of Islands, Sinclair, 

 ■J. B. II., etc. Cook's Straits, Lyall. 



Surculi scarcely one inch long, the complanate branches about one line in breadth. Leaves with a rhomboidal 

 profile, the upper part of the outline of each so blending with the rest, as to form an unbroken line along the margin 

 of the frond; hence the apex of the leaf is concave and scyphiform, and the leaf cannot be flattened without rupture. 

 Seta about as long as the fruit, sometimes much shorter. Capsule when dry and empty very wide-mouthed, with a 

 very prominent columella. Teeth broad, almost membranous, apparently composed of four subdivisions, more or less 

 closely united. Calyptra entirely covering the capsule. Male plant not seen.— In a barren state the branches are 



