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FLORA OE NEW ZEALAND. 



\_Musci. 



hence there is much affinity with Isothecium, and perhaps it may eventually rank between I. pandum and 1. comosum. 

 This Moss has a peculiar harsh bristly habit. Capsule short, the operculum of equal length. Calyptra white, small, 

 coriaceous. Male plants more slender than the fertile ones. 



§ 3. Foliis seminerviis, patentibus, undique imhricatis. 

 a. PRiELONGA. — Seta scabra; operculo rostrato. 



5. Hypnum mwiculatum, Hook. fil. et Wils. ; monoicum, caule procumbente subpinnatim ramoso, ramis 

 brevibus simplicibus subcompressis, foliis patentibus cordato-ovatis acuminatis subserrulatis apice subpili- 

 formi attenuatis nervo ultramedio, seta scabra breviuscula, capsula oblonga horizontal!, operculo longirostn. 

 (Tab. LXXXIX. Kg. 3.) 



Var. /3 ; ramis complanatis, foliis remotioribus minus acuminatis laxe reticulatis siccitate contractis 

 tortilibus. 



Hab. Northern and Middle Islands : Bay of Islands, J. D. H. Auckland, Sinclair. Akaroa, Raoul. 

 Thomson's Sound and Port Underwood, Lyall. Var. /3. Bay of Islands, I. D. II. 



A small species, native of Tasmania and Norfolk Island.— Stem creeping, 1-8 inches long; brandies i inch. 

 Seta nearly ■§ inch. Capsule suddenly bent at its junction with the seta, as in H. pralongum, an allied species, 

 which is dioicous.— II. scabrisetum, Schwasgr. (Suppl. t. 281 b.), from Nepal, closely allied, has narrower leaves, 

 and the operculum is unknown.— Plate LXXXIX. Pig. 3 :— 1, plant, natural size ; 2, 3, capsules ; 4, capsules 

 with calyptra ; 5, 6, leaves : — all magnified. 



6. Hypnum austrirmm, Hook. fil. et Wils. ; monoicum, caule repente vage ramoso, ramis suberectis 

 incurvis subsimplicibus, foliis patentibus subsecundis cordato-ovatis acutis concavis serrulatis nervo ultramedio 

 perichEetialibus erectis apice attenuatis, seta scabra, capsula ovata cernua, operculo rostrato. (Tab. 

 LXXXIX. Tig. 4.) 



Var. /3; ramis confertis gracilioribus, foliis minoribus. 



Hab. Northern and Middle Islands : Wellington, Port Nicholson, Milford Sound, and Chalky Bay, 

 Lyall. Auckland, Knight. Akaroa, Raoul. Var. (3. Middle Island, Lyall. 



Larger than the last, and approaching in size, etc., to H. megapolilanum.- — Branches 1 inch long, II. clinocar- 

 pum, Taylor, from Quito, may possibly be the same, but we have no specimen, and it seems to be dioicous. — Plate 

 LXXXIX. Fig. 4 :— 1, plant, natural size; 2, capsules; 3, calyptra; 4, portion of peristome ; 5, portion of stem 

 and leaves ; 6, leaf : — all magnified. 



7. Hypnum remotifolium, Grev.; hermaphroditum, caule vage subpinnatim ramoso, ramis elongatis, 

 foliis patentibus cordato-ovatis acutis serratis nervo ultramedio, seta scabra, capsula cernua, operculo ros- 

 trato. — Oreville in Trans. Wem. Soc. Schwcegr. Suppl. I. 200. 



Hab. Northern Island, Sinclair and Colenso (barren scraps only). Auckland, Knight. 



A South American Moss. — A larger species than the last, with glossy leaves, not shrinking when dry. Seta 

 (in the original specimen from Dr. Greville) rough, not smooth as in Schwsegrichen's figure. — II. speciosum, Bridel, 

 is closely allied, but has longer leaves. 



b. CoNFEliTA. — Seta Irnvi ; operculo rostrato. 



8. Hypnum confertum, Smith ; monoicum, caule vage ramoso, foliis cordato-ovatis serrulatis nervo 

 ultramedio pericheetialibus acuminatis suberectis, seta lscvi, capsula ovato-oblonga cernua, operculo rostrato. 

 —Smith, M. Brit. 



Var. majus; caule ascendente subarcuato, foliis subsecundis concavis. 



Hab. Northern and Middle Islands: Bay of Islands and Auckland, Sinclair, J.D.IL Jackson's 

 Bay, Wellington, and Otago, Lyall. (A native of England.) 



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