Bryum.'\ 
iv. Muscr. 
443 
elongate. Capsule pendulous, oblong-obovate, .mouth contracted when dry; 
operculum large, mamillate. Inflorescence dioecious. — Wils. Bryol. Brit. 243. 
t. 29; FI. Tasman, ii. 191. 
Northern Island, Colenso. Middle Island : Otago, Hector. Specimens so named 
by Mitten. The capsule is cylindrical and much longer than in the usual European state. 
(Ubiquitous.) 
22. B. chrysoneuron, C. Mueller in Bot. Zeit. 1851, 549. — B. durius- 
culum. Hook. f. and Wils. ; FI. N. Z. ii. 84. Stems short. Leaves spreading 
or erecto-patent, rather rigid, erect when dry, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 
concave ; margins quite entire, reflexed ; nerve stout, excurrent, or almost 
so. Fruitstalk very slender, flexuous. Capsule cernuous, oblong-pyriform 
or cylindric, narrow at the base ; operculum shortly conical, apiculate. 
Inflorescence dioecious. 
Var. ft. El. N. Z. 1. c. Leaves smaller, crowded, nerve scarcely excurrent. Fruitstalk 
and capsule shorter. 
Var. 7 . El. N. Z. 1. c. Stems and fruitstalk longer. Leaves distant, spreading, lanceolate. 
Common throughout the Northern and Middle islands on banks, etc. Very closely 
allied to and probably a form of the European B. sanguineum. 
22. B. annulatum, Hook. f. and Wils. FI. Antarct. 134. t. 60./. 2 ; — 
Fl. N. Z. ii. 84. Stems very short, in. high, tufted. Leaves dark green, 
crowded, rather rigid, spreading, not crisped when dry, ovate-lanceolate, 
acute, concave ; margin quite entire ; nerve stout, solid, continuous, hardly 
excurrent. Fruitstalk ^ in. long, arched at the top. Capsule pendulous, 
shortly pyriform or obovoid, dark brown ; anmdus very large ; teeth yellow, 
trabeculate ; operculum convex, hardly conical. Inflorescence dioecious. 
Northern and Middle Islands: Manawata river, on clay banks, Colenso; Otago, 
Hector and Buchanan ; Canterbury, Travers. Campbell’s Island : on the ground, 
J. D. H. 
23. B. pachytheca, C. Muell. Synops. Muse. i. 307 ; — Fl. Tasman, ii. 
191. Stems short, in. high. Leaves pale dull green, erect when dry, 
oblong-ovate, acuminate, concave ; margin flat, quite entire ; nerve stout, ex- 
current, red. Fruitstalk short, not arched above. Capsule pendulous from 
the top of the fruitstalk, ovoid, ventricose, rounded and somewhat lobed at 
the base, red-purple ; operculum short, subconical. Inflorescence dioecious. 
Middle Island : Canterbury, Travers. (Tasmania, Australia.) 
24. B. atro-purpureum, Weber and Mohr ; — Fl. N. Z. ii. 85. Stems 
very short, branched. Leaves imbricate, erecto-patent, erect when dry, ovate, 
acuminate, concave; margin recurved, quite entire; nerve stout, subex- 
current. Fruitstalk slender, curved at the top. Capsule pendulous, shortly 
ovate-oblong, abruptly rounded at the base ; operculum broader than the 
contracted mouth, convex, mamillate. Inflorescence dioecious. — B. dicho- 
tomum, Hedwig; Wils. Bryol. Brit. 244. t. 50; Fl. N. Z. 1. c. 85. B. 
erythrocarpum, Bridel. 
Northern and Middle Islands : Bay of Islands, in clay banks, J. T>. H. (Australia, 
South Africa, Europe, and elsewhere) ; Canterbury, Travers. 
I have several other Brya from New Zealand, which are not in a good enough state to 
determine properly ; amongst others are — 
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