286 BRYOLOGY OF NEW ZEALAND. 
not yellow and cartilaginous as in that ; and it is more or less strongly 
oothed above; the: apiculus is short and wide. The seta is about 
1-1.5 em len efr. description of genus); the calyptra widely 
coolants strongly fringed at base, and highly tuberculate at ans 
cristatus is a frequent moss. in damp places in both Islands, 
and is 5 poutine to New Zealand, unless, as I somewhat suspect, E. tas- 
manicus Broth. be a form of the same species; I have seen small forms 
of E. cristatus from New Zealand which agree very closely with the 
description of EL. tasmanicus, which was described from sterile speci- 
mens; Rodway’s description of the fruiting plant, however, indicates 
some ‘slight differences. 
3. Eriopus flexicollis (Mitt.) Jaeg. Adumbr. ii, 242. 
sir eens flexicollis Mitt. in Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. F1., p. 
496 (1867). Hookeria pygmaea Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. 
Xvill, i Pibaey Hookeria sepitserralisa Col. op. eit. xxi, 
45 (188 8). 
uch smaller and more graceful plant than the Hie eel 
Scola some forms of that may come near it; stems abou 
rarely up to 3 mm. wide; not caespitose. Leaves about 2 mm. ie 
same point 15-20» wide, ee slightly elongate- hexagonal. Api- 
eulus longer, very acute. Nerve very short. Hairs of crest on seta 
articulate. Calyptra hairy at ‘ti 
Probably less common than E. cristatus; I have it from both 
slands. 
I have been unable to see specimens of the two species of Colenso’s 
placed in the synonymy; but from the descriptions there can be little 
doubt that they belong here. Colenso moran ay he has not seen 
E. flexicollis, and says that his E. pygm is near to it. The only 
slight discrepancy appears to be that he deueribes the (young) ealyp- 
tra as having a shining tip, which does not seem quite consistent with 
the hairiness of EZ. flexicollis. 
4. Eriopus Brownii Dixon sp. nov. (Plate X, fig. 11.) 
Dioicum. Tenellum, molle, vix 1 em. altum, nitescens, sordide 
viride. Caules eraciles, parce ramosi. foes parva, plus minusve 
complanata, sicca flexuosa, haud ecrispata, 2 mm. longa, e basi valde 
angustata, spathulata, placate. apice rotundato, obtuso, nrouster tenu- 
iter apiculato; enervia vel brevissime obsolete uninervia; limbo 
perangusto, e cellulis linearibus 1-2 seriatis tantum instructo, satbien 
eerenen ate? eellulae magnae, superne regulariter clongato-hexagonae, 
ueidae, pro genere minusculae, 20-30 latae, margines versus 
vix rors infra magis magis elongatae, basilares elongate hexagono- 
rhomboidea 
Peridhaetia numerosa, majuscula, bracteis paucis, so earn 
acuminatis, internis 1-2 late ovatis cuspidatis, inferne 
