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: . 1s Ve Je 
Blindia calearea R. Br. ter. MS. in herb. is Seligeria Cardotii R. Br. ter. 
Subgen. I. Micropus Schimp.—Capsule smooth, not  plicate-striate, 
small, erect, usually ovate and narrow-mouthed. ulus well developed. 
Peristome teeth very short, perforated, often irregular. 
Subgen. II. DicraNeuua sens. strict. Lindb—Nerve at base of leaf 
broad and flat, not well defined. Capsule, at least after maturity, plicate- 
striate, more or less thin-walled, upright or inclined. Exothecium cells 
elongate (prosenchymatous), irregular with curved walls. Peristome teeth 
more highly developed, yellowish or reddish-brown, faintly papillose. Seta 
often pale. 
Subgen. III. Anisoruectum Mitt—Nerve at base narrow and well 
defined. Capsule smooth, thick-walled, usually curved. Exothecium cells 
regularly rectangular or quadrate. Annulus not developed. Peristome 
large, deep, red, closely papillose. 
Subgen. II is not, so far as I am aware, represented in New Zealand. 
Aongstroemia cyrtodonta C. M. is referred by its author to Weisiella—i.e., 
Microdus—but I am convinced that this is incorrect, its true place being 
in Amsothecium. All the New Zealand species, therefore, belong to that 
subgenus. 
There has been much confusion between certain of the New Zealand 
and some South American species. I am far from sure that I have been 
