Entosthodoni] 
IV. MUSCI. 
451 
1. E. gracilis, Hook.f. and Wils. FI. N. Z. ii. 91. t. 86./. 7. Stems 
very short, £ in. high, unbranched. Leaves erect, imbricate, oblong, acute 
or acuminate, concave, quite entire ; nerve vanishing below the apex. Fruit- 
stalk very slender, 1 in. high, twisting to the left in drying. Capsule erect, 
apophysate ; operculum nearly flat ; annulus 0, contracted below the mouth 
when dry. 
Northern Island, Kerr ; Bay of Islands, Sinclair. (Tasmania.) 
44. PHYSCOMITMTJM, Bridel. 
Characters of Entosthodon, but teeth 0, and operculum conic. 
A rather large geuus of mosses, found in all temperate climates. The descriptions are so 
short that it is not necessary to add a key to the species. 
1. P. apophysatum, Taylor ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 91. t. 86./ 6. Stem very 
short, -j- in. high. Leaves few, erecto-patent, ovate, acuminate or almost pili- 
ferous, subserrate, concave ; nerve vanishing below the apex. Fruitstalk very 
short, stout. Capsule large, erect, clavate-pyriform, constricted below the 
mouth when dry. 
Northern Island : Bay of Islands, on clay banks, J. I). E. ; Hawke’s Bay, Colenso. 
(Swan River, Tasmania.) 
2. P. pyriforme, ( Bruch and Schimper ,) var. /3, FI. N. Z. ii. 92. 
Stems tufted. Leaves erecto-patent, subspathulate, subacute, concave, serru- 
late ; nerve nearly continuous. Fruitstaik very short. Capsule suberect, 
turbinate or pyriform ; mouth wide ; annulus present ; operculum conical, 
apiculate. — (?) P. conicum, Mitten in FI. Tasman, ii. 197. 
Northern Island: Bay of Islands, Colenso , J.E.H.; Auckland, Knight. (The 
P. gyriforme is a common European, American, and Australian plaut.) 
3. P. pusillum, Hoolc.f. and Wils. FI. N. Z. ii. 92. t. 81. f. 1. Stems 
very short, \ in. high. Leaves spreading, spathulate, obovate- or ovate-ob- 
long, acuminate, nearly entire ; nerve nearly continuous. Fruitstalk extremely 
short. Capsule erect, immersed, subglobose ; operculum conical. Calyptra 
small, conical-mitriform, covering the operculum only, torn at the base. Male 
inflorescence discoid. 
Northern Island, Sinclair. 
4. P. Perottetii, Montague , Syllog. 80 ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 92. Minute. 
Leaves imbricating and forming an ovoid capitulum, ovate acuminate, very 
concave, quite entire ; nerve excurrent. Capsule pyriform ; operculum flat. 
Northern Island : Auckland, Knight . — Apparently the same as the Indian Moss of 
Montagne, hut cells are larger and laxer, and nerve more continuous. 
45. EREMODOW, Bridel. 
Tufted monoecious or dioecious mosses, growing on old wood, on earth, or 
on animal matter. Leaves membranous, acuminate, serrate ; nerve vanishing ; 
cells large and lax. Fruitstalk terminal. Capsule erect, upper part cylindric, 
lower forming a narrow apophysis ; annulus 0 ; teeth 8 equidistant or 16 in 
