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IV. MUSOI. 
[Alt' sot us. 
serrulate ; nerve percurrent.' Capsule ovoid-oblong, not furrowed, suberect, 
hidden amongst the leaves, lateral from the growth of innovations (but origi- 
nally terminal according to Mitten) ; peristome single; teeth 16, red, equi- 
distant, irregularly torn at the apex. Operculum conical, acuminate. 
Calyptra small, mitriform, lobed at the base. 
A remarkable moss, of which Mitten says that it has the structure of leaf of Symble- 
p/iaris, creeping stem of Macromitrium, and teeth of Grimmia. Dr. Schimper considers it 
to be truly pleurocarpous, and allied to Esenbeckia. 
1. M. celatus, Mitten , mss. Branches 1-2| in. high, robust. Leaves 
dull yellow-green, crowded, twisted when dry, erecto-patent when moist, 
ovate at the base, then lanceolate-subulate, keeled ; margins fiexuous, quite 
entire below, above serrulate ; nerve percurrent ; periehaetial numerous, pale, 
convolute, broad below, suddenly contracted to a subulate point. 
Middle Island : Otago, on dry hanks, Hector and Buchanan. 
58. FHYLLOGOmUM, Bridel. 
Bright green shining or glistening mosses, creeping on the trunks of trees ; 
stems short, pinnately branched ; branches quite flat and frond-like. Leaves 
distichous, equitant, very closely imbricate, folded along the middle, sharply 
keeled, nerveless ; cells long and narrow. Fruitstalk lateral, very short. 
Capsule suberect, straight; annulus 0; teeth 16, equidistant, flat. Oper- 
culum beaked. Calyptra large, nearly mitriform, rather hairy, torn at the 
base. 
A tropical and subtropical genus of most beautiful mosses, remarkable' for their golden- 
green hue and the almost metallic brilliancy of their lustre. 
1. P. elegans, Hook. f. and Wits, in FI. N. Z. ii. 102. t. 88./. 6. 
Stems creeping, about 1 in. long ; branches lanceolate, ^ in. broad. Leaves 
oblong-iliomboid, obtuse, quite entire, so concave as not to be flattened 
without splitting ; periehaetial shorter, erect. Fruitstalk as long as or shorter 
than the capsule, which is turbinate, and when dry has a wide mouth and 
exserted columella. 
northern and Middle Islands : on smooth bark of trees, from the Bay of Islands, 
J. I). II. etc. ; Auckland, JolUffe, to Otago, Hector and Buchanan. 
59. NECKERA, Hedwig. 
Stems creeping on trees and rocks ; branches erect, pinnately divided, 
flattened. Leaves complanate, sub-2-farious, 8-fariously inserted, oblique, 
often transversely waved, shining, transparent ; cells very minute. Fruit- 
stalk lateral, short or moderately long. Capsule erect, ovoid or oblong ; an- 
nulus 0 ; peristome double; outer of 16 lanceolate teeth, trabeculate on the 
inner face; inner a membrane divided into 16 keeled teeth. Operculum ob- 
liquely beaked. Calyptra cucullate, glabrous. 
A considerable genus, in both temperate and tropical climates, very rare or unknown in 
cold and frigid regions. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate 1. A. pennata. 
Leaves oblong, rounded at the apex 2. N. Icevigata. 
