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8. Tortula rubra Mitt. in Handb. N.Z. FI., p. 419 (1867). [Plate VIII, 
fig. 5.] 
Syn. 7. robusta var. B H &-W., Fl... Antaret., - i, 409; 
ie 4 
. di . Br. ter. in Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 30, p. 406. 
T. serrulata Mitt. in Kew Journ. Bot., viii, 258 (nec Hook. & Grev.). 
short base, broadly pointed but rather acute, irregularly more or less but 
9. Tortula serrulata Hook. & Grev. in Brewster, Edinb. Journ., i, 298 
(1824); Fl. N.Z., ii, 70; Handb. N.Z. FL, p. 419. [Plate VIII, fig. 4.] 
Syn. Barbula serrulata Brid., Bryol. Univ., i, 833. 
acuminate, the margin less rved, more sharply and more arly 
dentate for a greater part (one-quarter to one-third) of its length, and 
especially by the nerve quite smooth at back, and the m smaller, 
the differences between it and T. serrata see under the latter. 
I have seen it from both North and South Islands. It is also found 
in Fuegia, and is recorded by Paris from the Falkland Islands. 
10. Tortula serrata Dixon sp. nov. [Plate VIII, fig. 3.] 
T. serrulatae affinis; differt caespitibus supra saturate viridibus, infra 
rufis; foliis valde fragilibus, latioribus, oblongo-lanceolatis, breviter late acutis, 
marginibus e medio folio grosse dentatis superne saepius dentibus rubris 
 intermixtis ar in serratis ; cellulis paullo majoribus, 7-10 p latis ; 
fol. perichaetialibus apice latiore, grosse irregulariter dentatis, dentibus saepe 
Ichre rubellis. 
Hab.—Masterton, Wairarapa, North Island, on trees, and among silt 
at base of cabbage and willow trees; 1909, &c.; leg. W. Gray (Nos. 46, 
78). Fendalton, Wairarapa, leg. R. Brown ter. 
