116 PLORA OE NEW ZEALAND, [Musci, 



A Tasmanian plant— Surculi \ inch long. Leaves dark dull green, of firm texture, with hexagonal areolae, not 

 margined ; nerve very thick at the base, tapering upwards. Seta one inch long, rather thick. 



2. Bhizogonium Nova-Hollandia, Brid. ; dioicum, foliis distichis vix marginatis oblongo-ovatis denti- 

 culatis nervo valido excurrente breviter cuspidatis, capsula oblonga horizontali, operculo rostrato. — Leskea 

 Novse-Hollandise, Schwagr. Suppl. t. 83. 



Hab. Northern and Middle Islands : Port William and Port Nicholson, rare, Lyall, etc. 



A Tasmanian, Lord Auckland's Island, and Australian Moss. More elegant than the last.— Leaves glossy, 

 yellowish-green, somewhat pellucid, occasionally secund, usually distichous and complanate, rigid, obscurely mar- 

 gined at the base, scarcely so at the apex ; areolae guttulate, rather large. Capsule pale red, deep red at the mouth. 

 Seta reddish, one inch long. Operculum nearly as long as the capsule. Inner peristome with very short cilia, two 

 together. Annulus large. — Very few specimens are in the collection, and mostly incomplete. 



3. Bhizogonium pennatum, Hook. fil. et Wils. ; dioicum, foliis distichis patulis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 marginatis nervo valido excurrente cuspidatis integerrimis, capsula ovata basi attenuata inclinata annuiata, 

 operculo conico-rostellato. (Tab. XCII. Pig. 2.) 



Hab. Middle Island : Dusky Bay, Menzies. Port Preservation, Lyall. 



Still more elegant than the last. — Surculi 1 inch long, slender. Leaves shining, very pale yellowish-green, sub- 

 diaphanous ; margin thickened ; nerve more excurrent. Capsule small, suberect, almost turbinate. Operculum 

 nearly as long as the capsule. Inner peristome with short cilia.- — Plate XCII. Pig. 2 ; — 1, 2, plants, natural size ; 

 3, capsule; 4, leaf: — both magnified. 



4. Bhizogonium bifarium, Hook. ; dioicum, surcnlo superne ramoso, foliis distantibus distichis paten- 

 tibus ovato-lanceolatis concaviusculis submarginatis solidinerviis duplici serie spinuloso-serratis, capsula 

 ovata horizontali, operculo conico-acuminato subrostellato. — Hypnum bifarium, Hook. Muse. Swot, t. 57. 

 Isothecium bifarium, Bridel, Bryol. Univ.pt. 2. p. 856. 



Hab. Northern and Middle Islands : Dusky Bay, Menzies. Hutt Valley, Milford Sound, and Port 

 Preservation, Lyall. Waikehi and Auckland, Sinclair. Akaroa, Raoul. 



Pound also in Lord Auckland's Island.— SwcwZi f inch long, slender, bearing fruit about midway, not at the 

 base. Branches few, subfasciculate and curved to one side, slender, the rachis zigzag. Leaves dull green, of firm 

 texture, the margin thickened towards the base, and more or less so to the apex. Seta § inch long, slender, curved 

 at the top. Capsule small, roundish-ovate. Operculum shorter than the capsule. 



5. Bhizogonium spiniforme, Linn. ; foliis laxe imbricatis patentibus rigidis lineari-subulatis marginatis 

 excurrenti-nerviis duplici serie spinoso-serratis, seta basilari elongata, capsula oblonga arcuata horizontali, 

 operculo rostrato. — Heclw. Muse. v. 3. t. 25. Hypnum spiniforme, Bridel, Bryol. Univ. v. 2. p. 557. 



Hab. Northern Island : Bay of Islands, Cunningham. 



A native of Tasmania, the Antarctic Islands, Norfolk Island, South America, West Indies, Sandwich and Pacific 

 Islands, Florida, Mexico, East Indies, Philippine Islands, Java, Ceylon, and South Africa.— Surculi 1 to 3 inches 

 high. Leaves rigid, and sharply serrate, both on the edges and at the back, yellowish-brown or reddish. 



6. Bhizogonium unhides, Hook. ■ foliis erecto-patentibus basi decurrentibus lanceolato-subulatis an- 

 guste marginatis duplici serie dentatis solidinerviis siccitate tortilibus, seta elongata basilari, capsula ovata 

 subcernua, operculo rostrato.— Hypnum mnioides, Hook. Muse. Bxot. t. 77. Bridel, Bryol. Univ. p. 559. 

 Hypnum subbasilare, Schwcegr. Suppl. t. 256. 



Hab. Mountains of the Northern Island, Colenso. Middle Island : Dusky Bay, Menzies, Lyall. 

 Pound in Tasmania, the Antarctic Islands, and throughout South America, from Cape Horn to New Granada. 



