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5. Doliolodium. 
8. Bryum pachytheca C. M., Syn., i, 307 (1849); Handb. N.Z. FI., 
p. 443. 
Syn. B. kirkii Broth. in Ocfv. af Finska Vet.-Soc. Foerh., xl, 179 
(1898). B. triangularifolium R. Br. ter. in Trans. N.Z. Inst., 
vol. 31, p. 451 (1899). 
passes abruptly into the seta, and is when ripe and dry corrugated, often 
appears to me inseparable from B. pachytheca. 
rachymenium Preissianum may perhaps be liable to be taken for it, 
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9. Bryum dichotomum Hedw., Sp. M., p. 183, t. 42 (1801); Fl. N.Z., 11, 85. 
Syn. B. bulbillosum Mont. in Ann. Se. Nat., xvi (ser. ii), p. 268 
(1839). B. annulatum H. f. & W., Fl. Antarct., i, 134 (1844); 
Fl. N.Z. ii, 84; Handb. N.Z. Fl., p. 443. B. atropurpureum 
Hook. {., Fl. N.Z., ii, 84, e# Handb. N.Z. Fl. p. 443 (nec 
. atropurpureum W. & M.). B. Belli C. M. in Hedwig., vol. 37, 
p- 93 (1898). B. oamaruanum R. Br. ter. in Trans. N.Z. Inst., 
ter., op. cit., p. 449. B. Webbii R. Br. ter., op et loc. cit. 
r., op. cit., p. . B. ovatocarpum R. Br. 
ter., op. cit., p. 451. B. ovalicarpum R. Br. ter., op. et loc. cit. 
B. Webbianum R. Br. ter., op. cit., p. 452. B. Theriotii R. Br. 
ter., op cit., vol. 35, p. 335 (1902). 
of variability in the capsule form, and in a much greater degree in the 
vegetative characters. The latter indeed vary so greatly that I do not 
any reliance can be placed on them beyond the general character as 
red as B. pachytheca or B. chrysoneuron. It has a very short but distinct 
neck, tapering into the seta, which is arcuate from the point where it joins 
