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and other microscopic fungi, we have no cryptogamic plants which can fairly 

 be supposed to have been introduced, although there is no evident obstacle to 

 the introduction of many forms, especially of the annual Phasca, Gymnomitria, 

 and other genera copiously represented in the northern hemisphere. 



From the imperfect state of our knowledge of this section of our local 

 Flora, the important subject of the relation of the number of its species to 

 the Phsenogams, and of the various orders of Cryptogams to each other, 

 cannot be touched upon at present ; but I may be permitted to indicate the 

 marked contrast afforded by the two sections, — the first comprising species, 

 many or most of which are endemic, while but a few have a wide geographical 

 range, and the last possessing comparatively few endemic species, with many 

 having a wide and even cosmopolitan range. 



I have the pleasure of acknowledging my obligations to Dr. Knight, F.L.S., 

 for copious lists of the Mosses and Lichens collected by him in the district. 

 From the following list it will be seen that many of his species have not been 

 observed by me. My thanks are also due to Capfcaia F. W. Hutton, F.G.S., 

 for similar aid with the Mosses. 



III. —GRYVTOG^AMIA.— [Continued). * 



MTJSCI. 



Sphagnum. 



cuspidatum, Uhr. 



subsecundum, J^ees and Horns. 



cymbifolium. Dill. 



acutifolium, Uhr. 

 Gymnostomum. 



alcareum, Nees and Horns. 



tortile, Schvj. 

 Weissia. 



controversa, Hedw. 



flavipes, H.f. and W. 



irroratum, Mitt., Dr. Knight 

 Symblepharis. 



perichsetialis, W. 

 Fissidens. 



asplenioides, Swa/rtz 



tenellus H. f. and W. 



rigidulus, H.f. and W, 



viridulus, Wahl. 

 var. acuminatus 



brevifolius, H.f. and W., Dr. 



Knight 



semginosus, H. f and W. 

 Conomitiium. 



Dillenii, Mont. 



Dicnemon. 



calycynum, W. and H. 

 Leucobryum. 



candidum, Hampe. 

 Dicranum. 



incanum, Mitt., Dr. Knight 



Tasmanicum, H.f 



clathratum. Mitt. 



Billardieri, Brid,. 



Menziesii, Tayl. 

 Dicranodontium. 



flexipes, Mitt. 

 Campylopus. 



introflexus, Hedw. 



appressifolious, Mitt. 



clavatus, JBr., Dr. Knight 



torquatus. Mitt. 



leptodus, Mont. 

 Trematodon. 



subei-ectus, M-itt. 



arcuatus, ^itt. 

 Trichostomum. 



mutabile, Bruch. 



rubripes. Mitt. 



laxifolium, H. f. and W. 



*See Trans. N.Z. Inst., Vol. III., p. 157. 



