346 BRYOLOGY OF NEW ZEALAND. 
normal forms of M. comatum; Reichhardt had probably only seen the 
form with single (or few) elongated setae, which would naturally 
account for his seeing a new species in the other form. 
NEMATACEAE. 
Ephemeropsis tjibodensis Goeb. in Flora, 1892, p. 98, emend. Fleisch. 
in Hedwig. xxxviii, 8 (1899). 
While the present part was in the press I received through Mr. 
Sainsbury a fruiting specimen of this plant, sie nly representative 
Mr. K. 
of the Family, collected by W. Allison in April, 
bark of Manuka, from Atiamuri, Waikato ’R. The N.Z. plant 
shows some slight me ey from the Malayan form; the proronema 
is dull green, not brown (but I find this also in a specimen from 
pies ; the br ies are often longer, narrower, and less divari- 
ten indeed seen nor have seen any of the 
“ ie Lh aes bay ich form so conspicuous a part of the 
Malayan plant. The ¢ gery however, and the capsules, are prac- 
tically identical with the Javan form, though the setat shows some 
slight trace of roughness. 
Brotherus gives the distribution of E. tjibodensis as Java, 
Sumatra, W. coast of the Malay Penins., and New Guinea. I have 
it also from me cate in Siam 
o far a are the fruit has only once been gathered 
hitherto in ec In the sterile state the plant may easily be passed 
near the Hookeriaceae. In the entire absence of stems and leaves it 
is one of the most remarkable forms of moss. 
A full deseription, with nee will be found in Fleischer, Musei 
.... von Buitenzorg, vol. i 
ANDREAEACEAE. 
ANDREAEA Ehrh. in Hannov. Mag., 1778, p. 1601. 
Over 30 species of this genus have been recorded from New 
roe besides half-a-dozen herbarium names which have not been 
published ; of these, however, a very considerable reduction needs to 
be made, and the actual number of valid species certainly does not 
exceed ten. 
The principal pages in the ards a of ii species lies 
in the nerveless group of the subgenus Eu-andre I cannot 
profess to have obtained a clear conception co these, cad they require 
further study im the field. Moreover, the higher altitudes in which 
these plants usually occur have not been widely investigated, and a 
closer study will probably lead to — important conclusions on 
the genus in more than one direction; three possible directions at 
least ay = suggested ; it is likely that many more forms may be dis- 
covered, which may increase the number of New Zealand species 
alae a while on the other hand they may quite conceivably 
reduce the present number by showing that some of the plants here 
