190 BRYOLOGY OF NEW ZEALAND. 
Key TO THE SPECIES. 
L. oe sharply toothed abovi ef .. 1. calophylla. - 
entire, or slightly aig obtusely toothed a 2 
asi pi very wide; cells in —. rows ; nerve not ‘caine 
apex 2. purpurascens. 
Leaves narrower ; “cells not in divergent rows; nerve , excurrent 
at in upper leaves ee .. 3. octoblepharis. 
1. Tayloria <AOunyue (C. M.) Mitt. in Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, 
1882, p. 65. 
Syn. Dissodon calophyllus C. M. in Bot. Zeit., a Sy ® 546 ets 
Eremodon robustus H. f. & W., Fl. N.Z., Handb. 
Fl., p. 452. 
The most robust species, especially in the fruit, and distinguished at 
once by the sharply toothed leaves with vanishing nerve; the erect clavate 
capsule a minute conical lid recalls that of Brachymenium an. 
Leptostom 
It ee heen found, I believe, only in the North Island and in Tasmania. 
2. Tayloria purpurascens (H. f. & W.) Broth. in Engl. & Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam., Musci, i, 502 (1903). 
Syn. Sassen et onkoe vid H. f. & W. in Lond. Journ. Bot., in, 
1844, p. 529. Eremodon purpurascens Hook, f.,, Handb. N.Z. 
FIl., p. 452 nes ). Dissodon purpurens C. M., Gen. Muse, Frond., 
p- 124 (nomen). 
This and the following species are nearly allied, but they are not 
see mie as — by Hooker in the Handbook. The leaves are very 
te-spathulate, whereas in T. octoblepharis they are rather 
nae pcan A more distinct structural character is found in the 
areolation, the cells here being arranged in regular divergent rows, which 
is not the case in T. octoblepharis. Both species have the leaves at times 
distinctly denticulate. 
So far as my i fia hace the present is a less variable species 
than the following. The Ae believe, pretty constantly longer, and 
sometimes reaches 3 cm. Web's as in most of the Splachnaceae this character 
is a very inconstant one. 
. purpurascens is known from both ed mee and South Islands, and 
also from the Auckland and Campbell Gro 
Dissodon ook eet C. M. (type, in Berlin tak) is quite inseparable 
from this species 
3. Tayloria a (Hook.) Mitt. in Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. 
Victoria, 1882, p 
Syn. a octoblepharum reeite Muse. Exot., t. 167 (1820). 
remodon octoblepharis W., Fi. N.Z., ii, 94 (1855) ; 
Handb. N.Z. F1., Pp. 452. ‘Dileodon iengiaotis M., Gen. Muse. 
Frond., p. 124 (nomen). 
This is a highly variable plant, but the variation is, I believe. mostly 
‘concerned with the dimensions of the various parts, absolute and relative, 
. ‘a T scarcely think that good varietal characters can be defined. The 
affect both the Seen’ and fruiting parts; the seta, for 
