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IV. MUSCI. 
[ Macromitrium . 
Northern and Middle Islands, probably common : Bay of Islands, J. D. H. ; 
Dusky Bay, Menzies ; Chalky Bay, Lgall; Nelson, Tracers ; Otago, Hector and Buchanan. 
6. M. ligulare, Mitten in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 78; — Habit of JM. 
prorepenfl Leaves spreading, when dry crisped, twisted, and subcirrhose, 
linear-ligulate, obtuse, or shortly apiculate with the excurrent nerve, margin 
sub-erose ; perichaetial shorter, ovate, acute. Fruitstalk £ in. long, ovoid; 
mouth darker, plicate ; teeth short ; operculum conical, acuminate. Calyptra 
naked. 
Northern Island: Waikeki, Sinclair ; Kerr ( in Herb. Mitten). 
7. M. orthophyllum, Mitten in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 79. Habit, 
size, and colour of M. longirostre. Leaves spreading when moist, appressed 
when dry, striate in both cases, broadly lanceolate, keeled and shortly apicu- 
late with the excurrent nerve ; perichaetial longer, broader, more erect, with 
longer points. Fruitstalk £ in. long. Capsule ovoid, attenuate at the base ; 
mouth plicate ; teeth short, free ; operculum subulate, as long as the capsule. 
Calyptra glabrous. 
Northern Island, Kerr (in Herb. Mitten) ; Auckland, Knight. 
/(. M. Hectori, Mitten , mss. Branches erect, divided. Leaves brown, 
almost shining, dense, spreading, scarcely twisted when dry, oblong- 
lanceolate, obtuse, apiculate, flat or waved, keeled ; nerve vanishing below the 
apex ; lower cells elongate, papillose ; perichaetial similar. Fruitstalk 
slender. Capsule fusiform, with a slender neck, plaited ; teeth granular, 
cohering at the base ; operculum long, subulate. Calyptra long, naked. 
Middle Island : Otago, Hector and Buchanan. 
9. M. recurvifolium, B ridel FI. N. Z. ii. 78. Stems 1-2 in. 
long, creeping, rather slender. Leaves pale yellow-brown, widely spreading, 
or recurved when moist, spirally twisted when dry, subulate-lanceolate, rather 
obtuse, fragile; nerve pale, continuous; cells small, dense, opaque. Fruit- 
stalk i- in. long, slender. Capsule oblong-ovoid, slightly grooved. — 
Ortliotrichum, Hook, and Grev. in Brewst. Journ. Science, i. 120. t. 5. 
Northern Island: Bay of Islands, Logan, J. D. H., Colenso, Kerr (in Herb. Mitten). 
(Java.) 
10. M. Mauritianum ? Schweegr. Suppl. t. 189; — FI. N. Z. ii. 79. 
Stems long, creeping ; branches short or long. Leaves dense, yellow-green, 
spreading and incurved when moist, much crisped and twisted together when 
dry, lanceolate, acuminate ; nerve stout, pale ; cells dense, small. Fruit- 
stalk short. Capsule urceolate, smooth. Calyptra slightly hairy. 
Northern Island : Bay of Islands, Logan. A doubtful plant ; the original is stated to 
be a native of Mauritius, Java, aud Australia. 
11. M. microphylliim, Hook, and Grev . ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 80. Stems 
and branches very slender, 1-2 in. long, -fa in. diam. Leaves yellow-brown, 
loosely spreading and recurved when moist, striate and appressed when dry, 
ovate- or subulate-lanceolate, acute, keeled, with 2 striae at the base, pellucid, 
more or less papillose above ; nerve stout, vanishing below the tip ; cells 
minute. Fruitstalk very slender, in. long. Capsule oval-oblong or sub- 
