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sparingly branched. Leaves dull green, spreading, erect when dry, obovate, 
subacute, very concave, with the margin flat, shortly hair-pointed, strongly 
involute when dry, papillose at the back, and on the thick, spongy gemmi- 
parous nerve; cells lax and succulent. 
Northern Island, Sinclair (swamps only). (Europe and various other countries.) I 
have taken the description from the ‘ Bryologia Britan nica.’ 
3. T, Muelleri, Br. and Schimp. ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 70. Stems elongated, 
covered with root-fibres. Leaves crowded, erecto-patent, straight, imbricate 
when dry, oblong-oval, obtuse, concave : margin reflexed ; nerve purple-red, 
excurrent into a roughish hair-point. Fruitstalk long, purplish. Capsule 
cylindric, curved. Inflorescence monoecious. — T. Antarctica , Hampe ; Syn- 
tricliia princeps , De Notaris. 
Northern and Middle Islands: not uncommon, from the Bay of Islands, J. A. H. 
to Otago, Lindsay. Mitten refers to this common species T. cuspidata and rubella. Hook, 
f. and Wils. FI. Tasman. 11, 175, 176. t. 172. f. 9 and 10. (Generally diffused.) 
4. T. serrulata, Hook, and Grev. in Brewst. Journ. Sc. i. 229. t. 12 ; — - 
FI. N. Z. ii. 70. Stems elongate, somewhat branched, \ in. long. Leaves 
orange-brown or rusty, subsquarrose when dry, lanceolate, acuminate, keeled ; 
margin reflexed below, flat above, serrulate towards the apex ; nerve stout, 
subexcurrent; cells minute. Fruitstalk stout, twisted, \ in. long. Capsule 
inclined, cylindrical. 
Northern Island : shores of Lake Waikau, Colenso. (Fuegia.) 
T. rubra. Mitten mss. — T. robusta, 13, FI. Antarct. 409. Stems •§■— 2 in. 
high. Leaves at the apex of the stem, lower pale-red, upper greenish, crowded, 
spreading, oblong-lanceolate, broad at the base, gradually narrowed into an 
acute apex ; margins recurved in the middle, crenate and serrulate at the apex ; 
nerve red, scabrous at the back, excurrent. Fruitstalk red. Capsule cylin- 
dric. — Mitten. 
Middle Island : Otago, Hector and Buchanan. (Falkland Islands, Australia). Distin- 
guished from T. Muelleri by the serrulate leaves, and from T. serrulata by the scabrid 
nerve. 
6. T. torquata, Taylor ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 70. Stem short, erect, tufted. 
Leaves crowded, erecto-patent, closely spirally twisted when dry, lanceolate, 
acuminate ; margin quite entire, revolute ; nerve stout, scarcely excurrent. 
Fruitstalk pale-red, slender, flexuose. Capsule erect, oblong-ovate. 
Northern Island, Colenso (Aastralia, Tasmania). Closely allied to the European T. 
unguiculata. 
7. T. crispifolia. Mitten mss. Stems 1 in. high. Leaves yellow-green, 
subcrisped when dry, spreading, lanceolate from a broad erect base, acumi- 
nate ; margins recurved throughout ; nerve concolorous, rather broad, excur- 
rent into a pungent mucro. Fruitstalk red. Capsule cylindric-ovoid, ob- 
lique ; teeth pale red and twisted ; operculum half the length of the capsule. 
—Mitten. 
Middle Island : Canterbury, Sinclair and Haast. Allied to the European T. fallax, 
but distinguished by the exeurrent nerve. 
8. T. australasise, Hook.f. and Wils. FI. N. Z. ii. 70. Stem short, 
