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37. MTELICHHOFEEIA, Hoensch. 



Warned in honour of Mielichhofer. The fructification of 

 this genus is cladocarpous, an intermediate state between 

 acrocarpous and pleur acarpous. Key, No. 39. 



1. M, Eckloni, Hobnsch. Fertile stems very short, 



nearly basilar. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 apex serrulate, nerve vanishing. Long fruitstalk. 

 Capsule cernuous, obovate, pyriform, thence gibbous, 

 outer teeth 16, imperfect ; inner, 16 filiform cilia, con- 

 nected. Key, No. 39. On the ground, Gullies Eoad, 

 Brown's Kiver. 



2. M. microdonta, Mitt. Cat. No description available. 



38. BRTUM, Linn. 



From Ppvov, a moss. One of the largest genera of mosses, 

 chiefly found in cold and mountainous districts. Key No. 

 54. 



A.. Uppep. leaves rosultjte. Nerve sub-excurrent, leaf not waved. 



1. B. truncorum, Beidel. Stems l-2in. high, terminal 



ones rosulate, recurved, crisped when dry, obovate- 

 acuminate, thick margin, recurved below, nerve sub- 

 excurrent. Fruitstalk, curved at the top, capsule 

 narrowed into the fruitstalk, elongate, cylindric,arcuate, 

 drooping ; lid short, conical-apiculate. Procter's road, 

 on damp ground. 



Nerve escurrent as a long point. 



2. B. campylothecium, Tayloe. Stems l-2in. high, 



tomentose. Leaves pale yellowish, imbricate, cori- 

 ceous, erecto-patent, upper rosulate, but not spreading, 

 obovate-oblong, sub-acute, obscurely serrulate at the 

 apex, not concave ; margins thickened, refiexed ; 

 nerve excurrent as a long point. Fruitstalk slender ; 

 capsule pendulous curved, ovate-oblong or pyriform, 

 with a narrow obeonic apophysis ; lid conical, mammi- 

 late. Hook. Handbook, N.Z. Fl. On the ground, 

 near Proctor's Eoad. 



Leaves crisped and waved when dry. 



3. B. Billarclierii, Schwtegr. Stems fin to lin. high ;, 



upper leaves rosulate, pale green, spreading, crisped, 

 and undulate when dry, ovate-oblong, sub-acute ; 

 margin not thickened, refiexed below, apex serrate, 

 nerve sub-excurrent. Fruitstalk stout; neck of cap- 

 sule curved, suddenly narrowed, drooping, clavate 

 pyriform. Lid sub-conical. Kev, No. 54. Wellington 

 Falls. 



