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Tribe XX. PILOTRICHES. 
Gen. XLIX. METEORIUM, Bridel. 
Peristomium duplex ; externum, dentes 16, erecti; infernum, cilia totidem alternantia, basi libera vel 
membrana brevissima connexa. Capsula sequalis, erecta, exannulata, brevipedicellata. Opereulum rostra- 
tum. Florescentia dioica. Caulis repens.—Surculi penduli, ramosi. Ramis patentibus. 
1. Meteorium molle (Leskea, Hedw. Musc. Frond. t.40) ; surculo elongato debili pendulo flexuoso, 
ramis subsimplicibus, foliis imbricatis subspathulato-ellipticis oblongis obtusis concavis integerrimis enerviis 
pericheetialibus vaginantibus duplo longioribus, capsula ovata brevipedicellata, operculo rostrato, calyptra 
pilosiuscula dimidiata.—Stereodon (Isothecium) molle, Mitten, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ined. 
Var. B. majus; ramis tumidis, seta longiori, capsula ineequali. 
Has. In dense woods, pendent from the branches of trees. (J. D. H.) (Guan, 1602, 40.) (Lyall, 
102.) Brown's River Gully. (Oldfield, 69.) Cheshunt, Archer. 
Distris. New Zealand. 
2. Meteorium cuspidiferum (Neckera, Taylor, MSS.) ; surculo elongato ramoso pendulo flexili, 
ramis patentibus simplicibus, foliis laxe imbricatis erecto-patentibus siccitate erectis subappressis cordato- 
ovatis semi-amplexicaulibus apiculatis integerrimis subcoriaceis carinatis substriatis evanidinerviis minutis- 
sime areolatis basi auriculis denticulatis.—F7. N. Zeal. p. 101. Trachypus Hornschuchii, Mitten, in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. ined. 
Haz. On trees, Gunn, Lawrence. {Barren and scanty specimens.) Cheshunt, Archer. 
Distris. New Zealand, Norfolk Island, East Indies. 
3. Meteorium cerinum (Hook. fil. et Wils.) ; caule pendulo elongato, ramis patentibus simplicibus, 
foliis patentibus siccitate crispato-undulatis cordato-ovatis acuminatis integerrimis evanidinerviis, auriculis 
subintegris.—Trachypus cerinus, Mitten, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ined. (Tas. CLXXV. Fig. 4.) 
Has. On trees. (Barren specimens.) (Gunan, 1605.) On trees, in creeks, Archer. 
Disrris. New Zealand. | 
More robust than M. cuspidiferum.—Leaves yellowish, their aurieles larger and reflexed when dry, texture 
more membranous, border pale; areole small, rhomboid, opaque; alar cellules oblong, narrow.—PLATE CLXXV. 
Fig. 4; 1, portion of branch and leaves; 2 and 3, leaves :—magnified. 
4. Meteorium filipendulum (Hook. fil. et Wils.) ; caule pendulo gracili elongato, ramis patentibus 
flexuosis simplicibus filiformibus attenuatis, foliis erecto-patentibus apice incurvis siccitate appressis ovatis 
acuminatis integerrimis estriatis margine planis basi subauriculatis seminervüs. (Tas. CLXXV. Fig. 5.) 
Has. On trees. (Barren specimens only.) (Gunn, 26, 1606.) (Lawrence.) 
Allied to M. flericaule, Taylor, in Fl. N. Zeal. p. 101, of which it was once considered to be a slender variety. 
— Leaves less concave, with entire aurieles.-—Pıate CLXXIV. Fig. 5; 1, portion of stem and leaves; 2, leaf :— 
all magnified. 
5. Meteorium flexicaule ( 
ramis patentibus simplicibus, foliis laxe imbricatis cor | 
'estriatis integerrimis (basi tantum subdenticulatis) nervo ultra-medio. 
Leskea, Taylor, Fl. N. Zeal. p. 101); sureulo elongato pendulo flexuoso, 
dato-ovatis subspathulatis acuminulatis concavis 
—Trachypus flexicaulis, Mitten, in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. ined. 
Haz. Cheshunt, on trees, Archer. 
Disrris. New Zealand, Australia, South America. 
