112 FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. \_Musci. 



Hab. Northern Island : mouth of Thames, Sinclair, Colenso ; large form of the species, with yellowish 

 leaves. Var. /3. Port Nicholson, Sinclair. (A native of England.) 



A common European, American, and Tasmanian Moss. Variable in size and aspect ; it may be distinguished 

 from its allies by the texture of the leaf, and especially by the cluster of enlarged opaque areola! at the marginal base. 



24. Hypnum gracile, Hook. fil. et Wils. ; clioicum, caule ramoso, ramis gracilibus^ recurvis, foliis 

 imbricatis secundis effipticis obtusiusculis concavis subdenticulatis subenerviis, pericliEetialibus squarrosis, 

 seta lffivi, capsula cernua oblonga, operculo conico.— M. Antarcl. t. 61. fig. 3. H. gracilescens, C. 

 Miiller. 



Hab. Middle Island : Otago, Herb. Gourlie. 



In habit resembling Pterogoniumfiliforme,hvX essentially different in the eernuous capsule and in the peristome. 

 Annuhm large. Seta nearly 1 inch long.— Also found in Lord Auckland's Island. 



25. Hypnum potato, Hook. fil. et Wils. ; dioicum, caule procumbente pectinatim ramoso, ramis superne 

 planiusculis confertis patulis, foliis lateralibus distiche patulis omnibus falcato-secundis ovato-lanceolatis 

 acuminatis apice subserrulatis enerviis perichsetialibus setaceo-acuminatis erectis serratis, seta elongata, 

 capsula ovato-oblonga liorizontali, operculo convexo apiculato. (Tab. XC. Tig. 6.) 



Hab. Northern Island : Bay of Islands, /. D. II Waikehi, and Great Barriere Inlet, Sinclair. 

 Port Nicholson, Lyall. Auckland, Knight. 



Found also in Tasmania and Juan Fernandez.— Stems more elegantly and closely pinnate than in the preceding. 

 Branches widely spreading. Leaves whitish, remarkably pale, glossy, widely spreading, the base marked with two 

 yellow spots. Seta H inch long, slender, reddish. Capsule rather small, more eernuous. Operculum short, blunt- 

 ish, never cuspidate.— Plate XC. Fig. 6 :— 1, plant, natural size; 3, capsule; 3, 4, 5, leaves:— all but Jig. 1 



25. Hypnum Sandwichense, Hook, et Am.; monoicum, caule procumbente pinnatim ramoso, foliis 

 lateralibus distiche patulis omnibus falcato-secundis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis apice sermlatis basi bi- 

 nerviis margine haud reflexis pericheetialibus sermlatis, capsula pendula ovata brevi, operculo convexo api- 

 culato. — Hook, et Am. in Bot. Beechey,p. 109. 



Hab. Northern Island : Bay of Islands; on trunks of trees, rare, J". B, II, Coler, 



('.;. V; 



A Sandwich Island small species. — Stem 1 inch long. Branches short, not crowded. Seta § inch. — II. Cha- 

 missonis, Hornsch., from Eadack Archipelago, is closely allied, but in that the leaves are more membranous, not 

 widely spreading, and the margin is reflexed ; capsule smaller, on a very slender pedicel ; the operculum also is 

 said to have a short subulate beak. 



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„. Hypnum mundulum, Hook. fil. et Wils. ; monoicum, caule procumbente pinnatim ramoso flexili, 

 ramis confertis erecto-patentibus, foliis eleganter circinato-falcatis angustis e basi ovata lanceolata longe 

 piliformi-acuminatis enerviis, seta gracili, capsula ovali subpendula, operculo rostrato. (Tab. XCI. Kg. 1.) 



Hab. Middle Island, Lyall. 



A very elegant species, larger than the last. Leaves much narrower, and more piliform than in the //. leptorhyn- 

 ckum, pale o-reen. Seta J inch long, red. Capsule purplish-brown, with an operculum of the same length and colour. 

 Periclatial leaves rather short, moderately acuminate, subserrulate, erect.— Plate XCI. Pig. 1 :— 1, plant, natural 

 size; 3, capsule and operculum; 3, capsule with operculum removed; 4, calyptra; 5, 6, leaves -.—all but fig. 1 

 magnified. 



27. Hypnum leptorhynclmm, Brid. ; monoicum, caule repente subpinnatim ramoso, folns falcato-se- 

 cundis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis siccitate torquescentibus apice sermlatis enerviis margine subreflexis, 



