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FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. 



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§ 1. Tamaeiscina. — Caule pinnatim ramoso, stupa viridi eflbris ramosis composita villoso. 

 Eriocladcm, Hooh.fil. et Wils. MSS. 



1. Hypnum furfuromm, Hook. fil. et Wils.; dioicum, caule procumbente furfuroso laxe bipinnato, 

 ramis gracilibus filiformibus, foliis cordato-acuminatis carinato-concavis integris evanidinerviis caulinis 

 squarrosis rameis arcuato-erectis siccitate iucurvis, perichsetialibus majoribus erectis laciniato-ciliatis longe 

 acuminatis, seta Isevi, capsula oblonga cernua, operculo rostrato. (Tab. LXXXVIII. Kg. 7.) 



"Var. /3 ; minus, foliis magis confertis, seta capsulaque brevioribus. 



Var. 7; foliis laxioribus longioribus, capsula brevi. 



Var. S; ramis brevibus crebre pectinato-ramulosis, seta capsulaque longioribus.— H. Meyenianum, 

 Hampe, Ic. Muse. Nov. ? 



Hab. Throughout the Islands, abundant, Cunningham, Colenso, Lyall, etc. 



Found also in Tasmania, Australia, and Norfolk Island. Of smaller size than II. recognitum, Hedw., or any of 

 the varieties of H. proliferum, and more nearly allied to II. minutulum, which differs in the monoicous inflorescence, 

 and wider, more patulous leaves.— Stems slender, rigid ; branches distant in the normal state and very slender ; 

 leaves yellowish, entire or scarcely denticulate at the apex, not papillose (dark green in the varieties), remarkably 

 incurved when dry. Seta about an inch long, red. Capsule pale-brown. Operculum rather shorter than the cap- 

 sule.—//, versicolor, Hornsch., from New Holland (Sieber) may be a state of this, with the branch-leaves more obtuse, 

 and is perhaps H. fuciforme, Bridel. II. toxarion, Bridel, may refer in part to our species, but Scnwsegrichen's 

 Moss from St. Domingo, so called, must be different. A barren specimen, gathered by Cunningham on decayed 

 trees at the Bay of Islands, with leaves shorter, more concave, serrulate, the nerve prominent at the back and 

 cristate, and more crowded branches, may belong to H. proliferum,, but is not in a fit state to be determined.— 

 Plate LXXXVIII. Fig. 7 : — 1, plants, natural size; 3, capsule; 3, capsule, with the operculum removed; 4 and 

 5, leaves : — all ; 



\ 2. Adunca. — Foliis nervatis,falcatis. 



2. Hypnum uncinatum, Hedw. ; monoicum, caule pinnatim ramoso, foliis circinato-falcatis confertis 

 subulato-lanceolatis longissime attenuatis striatis evanidinerviis subserrulatis pericha;tialibus longissimis 

 striatis, capsula oblonga cernua, operculo conico apiculato. — Hedw, Frond. Muse. v. 4. t. 25. 



Hab. Northern Island : Huiarau Eiver, Colenso. (A native of England.) 



Found also in all Europe, North America, Staten Land, Kerguelen's Land, Hermite Island, Cape Horn, 

 and other parts of South America. 



3. Hypnum Kneiffianum, Schimper; dioicum, caule pinnatim ramoso suberecto, foliis laxe imbricatis 

 subsecundis e basi deltoidea ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis concavis integerrimis seminerviis, capsula oblonga 

 cernua, operculo conico. — H. aduncum var., Auct. 



Hab. Northern Island, Colenso. A few scraps only. (A native of England.) 



Also found in Europe and America. Differs from H. aduncum in the wider, less secund leaves, which are not 

 striated, subcordate at the base ; branches more distant. 



4. Hypnum hispidum, Hook. fil. et Wils.; dioicum, caule arcuato vage vel subpinnatim ramoso, foliis 

 imbricatis secundis e basi ovata subplicata longe subulato-setaceis integerrimis nervo crasso excurrente, seta 

 Isevi breviuscula, capsula ovata cernua, operculo curvirostro. — Hook. fil. et Wils. in M. Antarct. pi. 1. p. 

 28. tab. 61./. 2. 



Hab. Throughout the Islands ; abundant in streams. 



A native of Australia, Tasmania, Lord Auckland's Islands, and Norfolk Island. — Height 3-4 inches. Stems 

 or surculi growing from a creeping rhizoma, branched only in the upper part, where the fructification is produced : 



