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FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. 



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but the perichsetium is shorter, and the shape and texture of the leaves are different ; it is also Tasmanian. The 

 IL.flexilis, Swartz (Leskea flexilis, Hedw. Sp. Muse. t. 58), is a very different Moss, with an erect capsule and very 

 hairy calyptra : it belongs to Pilotrichum, Bridel. 



19. Hypnum clandestinum, Hook. fil. et Wils.; quasi-monoicum, caule repente, surculis erectis 

 vage ramosis subincurvis rigidulis, foliis patulis imbricatis subrotundis obtusissimis inflato-concavis sub- 

 enerviis perichsetialibus subsquarrosis, seta breviuscula, capsula ovata cernua, operculo conico. (Tab. XC 

 Kg. 3.) 



Hab. Middle Island : Port William, Lyall. 



Also found in Tasmania. A smaller and more rigid Moss than the preceding, with greyish-green, less glossy 

 foliage.— Surculi somewhat dendroid and incurved, bearing fruit in the upper part, about 1| inch in height. 

 Leaves very obtuse and concave, indexed or cucullate at the summit, margin almost entire ; areola; narrow. Seta not 

 half an inch long. Male flowers nidulant amongst or upon the leaves of the fertile stem.— In habit this differs 

 considerably from the preceding species, and approaches the following.— Plate XC. Fig. 3 :— 1, 2, plants, natural 

 size; 3, capsules; 4, 5, leaves -.—magnified. 



20. Hypnum divulsum, Hook. fil. et Wils. ; surculis erectis rigidis vage ramosis, rarnis subsimplicibus 

 subincurvis, foliis patulis laxe imbricatis obovato-subrotundis concavis obtusiusculis minute serrulatis 

 seminervns areolis punctiformibus perichastialibus squarrosis, capsula ovata cernua, operculo conico-acumi- 

 nato. (Tab. XC. Kg. 4.) 



Hab. Middle Island : Port Cooper and Banks' Peninsula, Lyall. Barren scraps only. 

 A native of Tasmania.— Of the same colour as the last, but smaller and more rigid. Leaves less inflated, less 

 obtuse, nerved nearly halfway, and the areote roundish. The male flowers appear to be nidulant, as in that.— 

 //. vagans, Hornschuch, from New Holland, is allied, but has acute subapiculate leaves and dioicous inflorescence.— 

 Plate XC. Pig. 4 :— 1, plant, natural size; 2, 3, leaves; 4, capsule and perichartial leaves :— all magnified. 



21. Hypnum cMamydopkyllum, Hook. fil. et Wils.; monoicum, caule prostrato vage ramoso, ramis 

 simphcibus elongatis cuspidatis erectis, foliis patentibus imbricatis quadrato-rotundatis basi truncatis auri- 

 culatis mtegerrimis concavis, nervo brevi evanido, seta elongata, capsula ovato-oblonga, operculo conico. 

 — M. Antarct.pt. 1. t. 61./. 1. 



Hab. Middle Island : Otago and Port William, Lyall. Northern Island, in several localities, Colenso. 

 Also found in Tasmania, Campbell's Island, Cape Horn. Differs from H. cocklearifolium in the inflorescence, 

 and in the broad auriculate base of the leaf. 



22. Hypnum vnflatum, Hook. fil. et Wils. ; surculis erectis parce ramosis tumidis acutiusculis, foliis 

 confertis arete imbricatis late ellipticis apiculatis concavis integerrimis enerviis apice reflexis. (Tab. XC. 

 Kg. 5.) 



Hab. Northern Island : Manawaki, Colenso. 



Surculi 2-3 inches long, casspitose or crowded, very tumid, their diameter nearly •§■ inch. Branches few, erect. 

 Leaves large, inflated, concave, membranaceous, closely imbricated, suberect, more crowded at short intervals along 

 the stem.— A very singular Moss, barren. Allied to Leskea maritima, Hook. (Muse. Exot.), and to Hypnum 

 pMeoides, Bridel— Plate XC. Fig. 5 :— 1, plant, natural size; 2, 3, leaves -.—magnified. 



§ 6. Cupeessifoemia. — Foliis secundis, enerviis. 



23. Hypnum cupressiforme, Linn.; dioicum, caule decumbente vage pinnatimque ramoso, ramis 

 mcurvis, foliis circinato-falcatis secundisve ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis concavis enerviis, capsula subcy- 

 lindrica subcernua, operculo conico cuspidate — Hedw. Muse. Frond, v. 4. t. 33. 



Var. /3. minus; ramis gracilibus, foliis angustioribus pallidis, capsula suberecta brevi. 



