170 BRYOLOGY OF NEW ZEALAND. 
The species may perhaps be conveniently grouped as follows, with 
reference, for the most part, to their affinity with or resemblance to certain 
well-known Turopean species :— 
_L. CaLyproPorRus. 
a. Crassifolia. Leaves ate peristome ba ne (These two species, 
a separate ge 
not fo pra n the main Islands , have been p! nus, 
‘Muelleriel la, by. Dice: in Botan. bet 1905, p. 3 
sif ium ; O. angustifoliu 
_Calyptra Sac ked. 
O. cr 
b. Puchelloid pos wee 
0. calvu 
Il. Gymyoporvs. 
c. Puchella. Small plants; capsule fully exserted. 
0. Tavefolowi = "0. austr o-pulchellum 
d. Affinia. Binge to gael A aeroasly pi : capsule immersed or emergent. 
ense ; 
i Aaa Robust ; 
. graphiome 
f. Speciosa. . Robust 
O. Beckett 
O. cyathiform 
cust ioninenned: smooth. 
tre 
 eapaule exserted, smooth. 
q. Ulotaden 
Meains sized ; 
leaves 
pe 
h. vi tke 
capsule longly exserted, ribbed ; 
ete: eta 2 bone capsule urceolate, ees pam peris- 
y; like O. ru ae ope Schleic ¢ 
e-teeth erect when dr 
m0. pulvinatum ; O. siscawiaaiaa 
Key TO THE SPECIES. 
CaLYPTOPORUS. Stomata paar 
f. a of leaf bistratose ; per , Tupestral .. 2 
1.< Lantina unistratose ; peristome ee ge naked ; 
apsule minute, tally exserted oe re . Ae 
> Leaves acuminate p : gexec 
Leaves ob 2. 0. crassifolium. 
GYMNOPORUS. Stomata ae RR 
3 Plants 4 
* | Plants robust 7 
— obtuse ; capsule immersed or “emergent ; : calyptra 
4. le Rags 61S 8 cyathiforme. 
inane ae less acute ; ‘ ‘calyptra ‘mostly hairy 
5 Capsule emergent, ribbed ; leaves acute, metered in size 8. O. hortense. 
| Capsule e very small 6 
Capsule smooth or faintly ribbed ; peristome usually red ; 
6. teeth densely but not highly pa j -. 4. 0. lancifolium. 
* | Capsule ibbed; peristome brown; teeth 
ense ighly papillose, subciliolate at s .. 5. O. austro-pulchellum. 
7 £ Capsule not exserted, ent 8 
 OXse! ne ot 10 
f pane’ capsule ‘smooth, thin-walled ; calyptra hairy ; 
—— when dry 9. O. graphiomitrium. 
a4 lecesreart ribbed ; calyptra very hairy ; ; leaves 
often se 
L 
ine-tipped ; peristome-teeth erect when 
dry . 9 
 Praeperistome usually present; teeth smooth or almost 
9.4 1 TE. istomatum, 
wanting ; th densely, —, papillose - Ll. O. puleinatum. 
= nibbed, pont ay of pat quite equal to capsule 
‘ gen -. 6, O. tasmanicum. 
; akedcat smooth ; seta shorter ; 
png ae ue Be .. 7. O. Beckettit. 
