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FLOBA OF NEW ZEALAND.. 



[Musci. 



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

 Found in many parts of Europe and North America. This has been frequently confounded with II. atellatum, 

 but is very distinct in the inflorescence. — Leaves less squarrose, of firmer texture, yellowish. Nerve variable, some- 

 times wanting. Seta 1-2 inches long. 



15. Hypnum relaxum, Hook. fil. etWils.; dioicum, caule procumbente vage subpinnatim ramoso, 

 ramis erectis elongatis apice incrassatis, foliis confertis patulo-recurvis siccitate tortilibus subflaccidis ovato- 

 acuminatis subintegris solidinerviis. (Tab. XC. Kg. 1.) 



Hab. Northern Island, Colenso. Akaroa, Iiaonl. Wellington and Port Cooper, Lyall. 



Branches about 1 inch long, erect. Leaves dull yellowish, subsecund, recurved, slightly carinate, subserrulate 

 near the apex, nerve continued nearly or quite to the apex; areola; oval, rather large, texture soft.— Plate XC, 

 Fig. i . — 1 ; 2, plants, natural size; 3, portion of stem and leaves; 4, 5, leaves : — all magnified. 



16. Hypnum decussatum, Hook. fil. et Wils. ; dioicum, caule procumbente pinnatim ramoso, ramis 

 simplicibus brevibus, foliis squarroso-recurvis ovatis longius acuminatis subintegris, nervo subcontmuo. 

 (Tab. XC. Kg. 2.) 



Hab. Northern Island: East Cape, Sinclair. Cape Turnagain and Hawk e's Bay, Colenso. 



Allied to II. glaucocarpon, Schwsegr. (Suppl. t. 328), but is larger, has leaves nerved nearly or quite to the 

 apex, and more acuminated.— Stem 3-4 inches long. Brandies \ inch. Leaves yellowish, more squarrose than 

 in If. relaxum, and not shrivelled when dry.— Plate XC. Fig. 2 :— 1, plant, natural size; 2, 3, 4, leaves :— 

 magnified. 



b. Ptychomnion, Hook. fil. et Wils. — Capsula sulcata; calyptra magna, subinflata. 



17. Hypnum acicular e, Labillard. ; dioicum, caule vage ramoso, ramis simplicibus elongatis crassis, 

 foliis squarroso-patulis ovatis longius acuminatis apice inciso-serratis enerviis, capsula subcylindrica arcuata 

 sulcata, operculo longirostri. — Schwagr. Suppl. t. 92. 



Hab. In all the Islands ; very common about the roots of trees in the woods. 



Also found in Tasmania, Australia, the Antarctic Islands, Cape Horn, Staten Laud, Juan Fernandez, Chiloe, 

 Colchagua, and the Society Islands.— A very large Moss, height 2-10 inches. Seta 1| inch, purplish. Capsule 

 acutely octangular. Operculum longer than the capsule, its beak slender. Calyptra large, chesnut-brown, coria- 

 ceous, at first somewhat inflated below. Male flowers numerous, axillary, red, on separate plants, more slender 

 than the fertile. Habit peculiar, which may perhaps indicate its being a new genus. 



§ 5. Cochleaeifolia (Ccelidium, Hook. fil. et Wils.). — Foliis valde concavis, obtusis, imbricatis, subenerviis. 



18. Hypnum cocAlearifolimm, Schwsegr. ; dioicum, caule elongate subrepente vage ramoso, ramis 

 simplicibus erectis crassis, foliis patentibus imbricatis subrotundis obtusis sphserico-concavis integerrimis 

 enerviis, perichsetialibus vaginantibus, capsula ovata subcernua, operculo conico. — Schwcegr. Suppl. 1. 

 v. 2. p. 221. t. 88. IT. flexile, Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 10 (no® Swariz, Fl. Ltd. Occid.). Isothecium flexile, 

 Bridel, ex parte. 



Yar. /S ; caule subpendulo, ramis brevioribus, seta brevissima, crassa, capsula brevi subrotunda, oper- 

 culo conico-acuminato. 



Hab. Common in all the Islands : Dusky Bay, Menzies, Lyall. Bay of Islands and Auckland, Co- 

 lenso, Cunningham, Sinclair. Akaroa, Rami. 



Found also in Tasmania and the Antarctic Islands. — Branches about 1 inch long. Leaves very broad, obtuse 

 and inflated ; areolae narrow. Seta f inch, arcuate above. Capsule almost symmetrical, oval, rather small. Oper- 

 culum about half as long.— The var. /3 may easily be mistaken for a large robust state of Leskea mollis, Hedwig, 



