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FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. 



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abundantly different in the conspicuous setulse intermixed with the leaves, and in the dioicous inflorescence. It is 

 also very different in aspect, and altogether a more elegant Moss. It seems to be rare, and is seldom found with 



fruit. 



Gen. LIX. LOPIDIUM, Eooh.fil. et Wils. 



Peristomium duplex, Leskea: internum ciliis nullis. Calyptra conico-subulata. Capsula Eequalis, 

 inclinata vel cemua, annulata, breviter pedicellata. Operculum rostratum. — Caulis repens. Surculi sub- 

 dendroidei, pinnatim ramosij fronde elongata erecta; ramis haud radiatis. Folia tristicha, ollonga, latera- 

 lia obliqua. (Name from \07rt?, a scale.) 



1. Lopidium concinnum, Hook. ; dioicum, surculo bipinnato inferne nudo erecto, foliis bifariis verti- 

 calibus stipulisque oblongis brevi-acuminatis marginatis apice serratis nervo subcontinuo, seta brevi crassa, 

 capsula mclmata, operculo conico-subulato, peristomii dentibus remote articulatis asperis — Leskea eon- 

 cinna, Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 34 (non Schwagr. Suppl. ^ 269). Hypopterygium concinnum, Bridel, Bryol. 



Univ. v. 2. p. 711 {ex parte). 



Hab. Middle Island : Dusky Bay, Menzies. 



Lord Auckland's Islands are the only other known habitat. — Suroulus 8 inches long. Frond erect, ovate-ob- 

 long. Leaves yellowish-green or pale fulvous, crowded, ovate-lingulate, of firmer texture and more ligulate than in 

 the next species. Stipules or accessory leaves somewhat smaller, but not remarkably so, and more dilated at the 

 base ; areola; very small, roundish. Seta scarcely 2 lines in length, thick, more so upwards, very little longer than 

 t he perichsetial leaves, which are nerved nearly to the summit, much attenuated, and nearly entire (not well repre- 

 sented in Muse. Exot.). Capsule subereet. Operculum nearly as long. Peristome yellow, outer teeth smaller than 

 in the next species, distantly barred. Inner peristome more deeply divided into narrow wavy processes. Hypo- 

 pterygium StrutMopteris, Bridel (according to a Java specimen from Prof. Nees), differs in the more tapering leaves 

 and ovate-lanceolate, tapering stipules. 



2. Lopidium pattens, Hook. fil. et Wils.; monoicum, surculo erecto bipinnatim ramoso inferne nudo, 

 foliis bifariis verticalibus ovato -oblongis acuminulatis marginatis apice denticulatis siccitate crispulis suhtor- 

 tilibus, tegminibus cordato-acuminatis perichastialibus brevioribus, seta longiuscula gracili scaberula, capsula 

 horizontal! annulata, operculo rostrato, peristomii dentibus crebrc trabeculitis.— Leskea concinna, Schwagr. 

 Suppl. t. 269 (non Hook.). 



Hab. Northern and Middle Islands : Auckland and Waikehi, Sinclair. Bay of Islands, /. D. II. 

 Bligh's Sound, Hutt Valley, Milford Sound, Wellington and Ship Cove, Lyall. 



A native of Tasmania, South America, and Chiloe, of the same size as the preceding, with paler foliag 

 distinguished by the slender, more elongated, roughish seta, and essentially so by the inflorescence.— Op 

 long as the capsule. Inner peristome less deeply divided, the processes longer, carinate; outer teeth larger, more 

 closely barred. Calyptra pale, sometimes entire, usually cloven on one side. 



Gen. LX. CATHAROMNION, Eooh.fil. et Wils. 



Peristomium simplex, internum : denies 16, lineari-lanceolati, carinati, membrana basilari brevi comiexi. 

 Calyptra conico-mitrseformis, basi lacera. Capsula suberecta, oblonga. Operculum conico-subulatum.— 

 Caulis repens. Surculi dendroidei, superne pinnatim ramosi. Folia tristicha, suhrotunda, ciliata. Flores- 

 centia dioica. (Name from KaOapos, neat.) 



1. Catharomnion cilialnm, Hedw.; dioicum, surculo pinnatim ramoso inferne nudo foliis ovato- 

 subrotundis bifariis longe ciliatis evanidinerviis, tegminibus multo minoribus ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis 

 ciliatis, setulis intrafoliaceis aciculiformibus, seta breviuscula crassa, capsula oblonga suberecta, operculo 



Easily 



