454 
IV. MUSCI. 
[Pohjtrichum. 
Fruitstalk stout. If in. long. Capsule inclined, ovate-oblong, terete ; mouth 
small; teeth 32 ; operculum with a slender beak. Calyptra hairy at the tip, 
ventricose. Inflorescence dicecious. 
Northern Island : shaded woods, Huiarau, Colenso. (Tasmania.) 
4. P. australe, Hook. f. and Wils. FI. N. Z. ii. 95. t. 87 ./. <5. Stems f— 
1 in. high. Leaves crowded, erecto-patent, erect and incurved when dry, 
ovate below, gradur.lly narrowed and oblong-subulate above, subacute, quite 
entire, densely lamellate ; nerve indistinct. Fruitstalk stout, f in. long. Cap- 
sule inclined, ovoid, terete ; mouth small; teeth 16 ; operculum with a short 
deflexed beak. Calyptra short, scabrid at the tip. 
Northern and Middle Islands : Ruahine mountains, Colenso; mountains of Otago, 
alt. 5-6000 feet, Hector and Buchanan. (Tasmania.) 
5. P. Magellan! cam, ffedwig, Sp. Muse. t. 20; — FI. N. Z. ii. 95. 
Stems stout, 1-4 in. high, dichotomously branched. Leaves erecto-patent or 
spreading and recurved, rigid, not altered when dry ; base ovate, sheathing, 
thence subulate, serrate, obscurely lamellate. Fruitstalk stout. Capsule in- 
clined or horizontal, oblong, semiterete ; teeth 64 ; operculum conical, 
beaked. Calyptra bristly or rough at the apex. — FI. Antarct. 182 and 411. 
t. 59. f. 3 . — Catharinea innovans, C. Muell. in Bot. Zeit. 1851, 548. 
Northern and Middle Islands : common on banks, J. D. H., etc. Lord Auck- 
land's group, J. ]). H. (Tasmania and Fuegia.) 
6. P. dendroid.es, Conmerson ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 96. Stems 6 in. to 1 
foot high, stout, fasciculately much-branched above ; the branches spreading 
like those of a tree. Leaves spreading, sheathing at the base, thence linear- 
subulate, sharply serrate, lamellate. Fruitstalks elongate, numerous. Capsule 
short, inclined, cylindrical ; mouth large ; teeth 64 ; operculum with a 
slender beak, longer than the capsule. Calyptra slightly hairy. — Schwaegr. 
Suppl. ii. pt. 2. t. 151. 
Northern Island, in snbalpine and wooded districts, Colenso , etc.’, and throughout the 
Middle Island, Lyall , etc. — A magnificent moss. (Fuegia and Chili.) 
7. P. squamosum. Hook. f. and Wils. FI. Antarct. 411. t. 153./. 8. 
Habit and appearance of P. dendroideum., but much smaller, 3-4 in. high ; 
branches short, dense, curved. Leaves on the main stem scarious, those of 
the branches erecto-patent, subulate-lanceolate, strict, serrate, not half the 
length of those of P. dendroideum. Fruit unknown. 
Northern Island : Taranaki hills, New Plymouth, Jupp {Mitten). — I have seen no 
New Zealand specimens of this species, which I discovered in Fuegia. 
8. P. tortile, Swartz ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 96. Stems simple, 1-2 in. high. 
Leaves loosely spreading, incurved when dry, sheathing at the base, thence 
linear-lanceolate, flat, serrate. Fruitstalk 1 in. high. Capsule suberect, 
nearly terete, obscurely 6-lined ; operculum convex, with a short beak. 
Calyptra clothed with matted hairs.— P. subulatum. Menzies in Linn. Trans, 
iv. 303. t, 6. f. 5. 
Northern and Middle Islands : Bay of Islands, on clay hanks, J. B. H. ; Tehawera, 
Colenso ; Hutt valley, Sinclair ; Auckland, Jolliffe ; Otago, Lindsay. (E. and W. Indies, 
S. America.) 
