Bartramia.] 
IV. MUSCI. 
449 
11. B. Sieberi, Mitten in FI. Tasman, ii. 194. t. 174./. 6. Very 
similar to B. pendula, but stouter ; branches more robust. Leaves yellow - 
green, not shining when dry; cells everywhere distinctly papillose, those of 
the upper portion of the leaf elongated. Capsule oblong, pendulous. In- 
florescence dioecious. 
Northern and Middle Islands : probably common ; Bay of Islands, Sinclair (growing 
with B. pendula ) ; Canterbury Alps, Haast, Travers ; Otago, Hector and Buchanan. 
(Australia, Tasmania.) — Wilson does not distinguish this from B. pendula. 
12. B. comosa, Mitten in FI. Tasman, ii. 195. t. 174./. 7. Stems 
tall, robust, very tomentose, 2-4 in. high, much fasciculately-branched 
above. Leaves divaricating, sheathing base short, erect, obovate ; blade 
narrow, lanceolate, serrulate, plaited, minutely papillose ; nerve excurrent in 
a slender point ; perichsetial smellier, ovate-lanceolate. Fruitstalk about 1 / 
in. high. Capsule suberect or inclined, ovoid, grooved ; operculum conical. 
Inflorescence dioecious. 
Northern Island : Auckland, Knight ; Bay of Islands, Cunninyham,JoUiffe. Middle 
Island : Milford Sound, Lyall. — Allied to B. pendula, but differing in the short erect 
base of the leaf ; cells much shorter. (Tasmania.) 
13. B. divarieata, Mitten in FI. Tasman, ii. 195.- — B. gigantea, FI. 
N. Z. ii. 90, not Brid. Stems elongate, nearly simple, or with branches 
sparingly fascicled, tomentose below, 2-4 in. high. Leaves divaricating; 
base short, sheathing ; blade lanceolate, plicate, papillose, serrulate ; nerve 
excurrent ; perichastial ovate, quite entire ; nerve slender. Fruitstalk long. 
Capsule ovoid-oblong, horizontal, with a narrow pyriform neck ; operculum 
conical. Inflorescence dioecious. 
Northern and Middle Islands: Bay of Islands, J. J). H., Sinclair-, Auckland, 
Knight; Milford Sound, Lyall. (Tasmania.) — Scarcely different from B. comosa and 
pendula. 
14. B. consimilis, C. Muell. Synops. i. 492. — Hyptmm. , FI. Antarct. 
137. t. 60. f. 4. Stems 3-4 in. high, sparingly fasciculately branched, 
slender ; branches erect. Leaves dark green, spreading, loosely imbricate, 
uppermost subsecund, gradually narrowed from a quadrate base whose sides 
are angular, minutely serrulate, plaited ; nerve subexcurrent ; cells rounded, 
punctiform. Fruit unknown. 
Lord Auckland’s group : marshy places on the hills, J. I). H. 
15AlB. ? elongata, Mitt. mss. — Flypnum , FI. Antarct. 137. t. 60. f. 3. 
Stems very robust, curved, ascending, 4-6 in. long, ■§■ in. diameter, very 
sparingly branched. Leaves closely imbricate, suberect and subsecund, pale 
yellow and shining when dry, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, plaited, often 
waved, serrulate, papillose at the back ; nerve slender, excurrent. Fruit un- 
known. 
Middle Island : Otago, Waipori Creek, on the ground, Hector and Buchanan. Lord 
Auckland’s group and Campbell’s Island, J. 1). most beautiful moss, doubt- 
fully referred here. 
42. FUN ABI A, Schreber. 
Short-stemmed, tufted, biennial, monoecious mosses, growing on earth and 
