NECKERACEAE, 265 
Lepropon Mohr, Observ., p. 27 (1803). 
a Smithii — “Mohr, op. et loc. cit.; Fl. N.Z. ii, 99; 
ndb. N.Z. Fl., p. 458 
ee Hipaun Ae Dicks. PI. crypt. Fase. ii, p. 10 (1791). 
i agoahde novae-seelandiae C.M. in Hedwig. xli, 131 (1902) 
fide B , 
This well ast n ee 1s usually recognizable at onee by its small, 
rounded leaves with pun netiform cells and short single nerve, and by 
li varies oe in size; aeterhs novae-seelandiae C.M. i 
of the very small forms, but we have similar ones. in Europe. Minnte 
leaved flagelliform branches are often present. “se fruit appears to 
be vather rarely produced, as is the case in some other parts of its 
distribution ; sing present it is often almost sanoeiaed among the 
branches, owing to the very short se 
e geogr ee distribution is asa wide; it is found in a of 
ihe warmer temperate regions of Europe, Africa and 8. America, but 
is yvather ey absent from Asia (except the Caucasus) and 
North Americ 
Alsia Knightii pes n. sp. MS. in herb. ‘‘New Zealand, leg. Ch. 
Knight,’’ belongs h 
Neckera Hedw. Fund. ii, 93 (1782). 
( Leaves being and regularly transversely ie 
1 more or less acutely acuminate . 1. hymenodonta 
Leaves dot prince very obtuse oe ig 
Leaves narrowed above to a very ebiiiae:: wide 
2 { rounded apex, capsule exserted . 2. laevigata 
porue more or less truneate with a short, usually 
obtuse apiculus; capsule immer: -- & Brownii 
1. Neckera hymenodonta C.M. in Bot. Zeit. 1851, p. 561. 
Syn. Neckera <apreape H. f. & W., Fl. N.Z. ii, 103; et Handb. 
N.Z. Fl, . 463 (nec Hedw.). 
ing the processes of the inner peristome better developed, and half 
the length of the outer teeth. The strongly undulate, Soitiad leaves 
at once cia it from the two oe species 
s a frequent moss on tree 
2. Neckera laevigata H. t. & W., FI. N.Z., ii, 103; Handb. N.Z. FL, 
p. 463. (Plate X, fig. 9.) 
known by its smooth, not undulate, — deeurved-faleate 
leaves, and its S$ quite exserted eapsule. A very slender, elongate form 
occurs, but apparently is rare. I have it beats an unlocalized habitat 
in the North I., from Brown’s hevbirigat: The peristome and general 
structural characters show no departure from N. laevigata. I know 
of no other record of the species from the North I. 
