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pyriform, slightly grooved; peristome very short, undivided. Calyptra hairy. 
— M. barbatum. Mitten, mss. ; Orthotrichum, Hook, and Grev. in Brewst. 
Journ. Sc. i. t. 6. 
Northern and Middle Islands: East Coast, Colenso ; Auckland, Knight; Port 
Nicholson, lyall ; Nelson, Travers ; Otago, Hector and Buchanan. (Australia, Tasmania, 
and S. Africa.) 
12. M. incurvifolium, Schwcsgr. Suppl. ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 79. Stem 
creeping. Leaves spreading and incurved when moist, crisped when dry, 
subulate-lanceolate, subacute, keeled, incurved at the tip. Capsule ovate, 
smooth; operculum acicular, straight. Calyptra laminate, pilose. — Ortho- 
trichum, Hook, and Grev. in Brewst. Ed. Journ. i. 117. t. 4. 
Middle Island : Dusky Bay, Menzies. (Doubtful.) 
Mr. Wilson suspects some mistake in the habitat of this moss, which, though a native of 
Australia and the Pacific Islands, has not been found in New Zealand, except by Menzies. 
13. M. hemitrichodes, Scliweegr. Suppl. t. 193;— FI. N. Z. ii. 79. 
Stems long, creeping, 3-4 in. long, rather stout; branches in. high. 
Leaves dark green, lower brown, spreading and subincurved when moist, 
crisp when dry, ligulate-lanceolate, obtuse, apiculate ; margin recurved below ; 
nerve stout, concolorous ; cells very minute, dense, opaque. Fruitstalk 3— j 
in. long, slender. Capsule ovoid or subcylindric, smooth,' plaited at the 
mouth. Calyptra somewhat hairy. 
Northern Island, Logan. (Australia.) 
14. M. micro stomum, Schwcpgr. Suppl., not of FI. N. Z. ii. 79. Stems 
and branches elongate, strict, branched at the apex. Leaves brownish-green, 
spreading and spirally twisted when moist, crisped when dry, ligulate-lanceo- 
late, obtuse, apiculate, papillose ; nerve reddish ; cells lax, larger than in its 
allies, roundish. Capsule ovoid, smooth, plaited at the contracted mouth ; 
peristome single ; teeth narrow, geminate, trabeculate, white. Calyptra gla- 
brous. — Orthotrichum, Hook, and Grev. in Brewst. Journ. Sc. i. t. 4. 
Northern Island : Wellington, Stephenson. Nelson, Travers. (Tasmania.) Mitten re- 
fers the ‘ New Zealand Flora ’ plant of this name to M. erosulum and asperulum. 
15. M. prorepens, Schwcegr. Suppl. ii. t. 171 ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 79. 
Stems 1-3 in. long ; branches short, erect, simple. Leaves yellow-brown, 
erecto-patent when moist, scarcely crisped when dry, ligulate-lanceolate, ob- 
tuse, apiculate, keeled, scarcely papillose ; cells small. Fruitstalk very slender, 
■§— yV in. long. Capsule ovoid ; mouth somewhat plaited. Calyptra pilose. 
Inflorescence monoecious. — Ortliotrichum, Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 120. 
Northern and Middle Islands: Waikehi, Sinclair; Dusky Bay, Menzies ; Milford 
Sound, Lyall ; Nelson, Travers ; Otago, Hector and Buchanan. 
16. M. erosulum, Mitten in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 78. Habit, size, and 
colour of M. prorepens. Leaves spreading when dry, compactly crisped and 
incurved, ligulate from an oblong base, keeled, mucronate; nerve yellow- 
brown, excurrent ; lower cells narrow, upper papillose ; perichsetial broader, 
acute. Fruitstalk about £ in. long. Capsule ovoid, brown ; mouth darker, 
plaited. Operculum subulate, as long as the capsule ; teeth short. Calyptra 
pilose. M. rnicrostomum, FI. N. Z. ii. 79, in part. . 
Northern and Middle Islands : probably common. 
