Dicranoloma robustum (H. f. & W.) Par. Numerous intermediate forms between this and var. setosum have been gathered on the summit of Maungatua by Simpson and the writer.

Eurhynchium praelongum Hobk. This moss is extremely abundant in Bethume's Gully and other Dunedin localities and fruits freely. It is an indigenous moss that has invaded plantations and lawns and in some places become the dominant moss. Possibly in some cases it may have been introduced.

Hennediella macrophylla (R. Br. ter.) Par. Numerous recent gatherings of Hennediella by Allison and the writer have made it clear that only one variable species is involved. This opinion of Sainsbury is shared by Allison and myself. Even the genus is scarcely to be distinguished from Pottia.

Hypnodendron arcuatum (Hedw.) Mitt. The writer recently obtained on a stream-bank near the summit of Swampy Hill, Dunedin, an aquatic form of this moss bearing small tufts of radicles on the stems. It is the absence of radicles that distinguishes this genus from Mniodendron.

Hypopterygium novae-seelandiae var. nudicaule Dix. In his Studies in the Bryology of New Zealand, Dixon, on p. 295, reports having received specimens from three localities all in the North Island. Two of these localities, however, are in the Dunedin Subdistrict in the South Island—viz., Blueskin, Waitati (wrongly spelt Waititi), and Purakanui (spelt Papakami), in which localities Berggren collected this moss in 1874.

Neckera brownii Dixon. Until recently this moss was known only from Banks Peninsula and one other unspecified locality. In 1949 Allison recorded it from the Dunedin area; but prior to this the writer had gathered it on Otago Peninsula, at Bluff, at Invercargill, and on Stewart Island. He has since obtained it from Waipori Gorge, Blue Mountains (Tapanui), Riverton, and Tuatapere. It would appear to have its centre of New Zealand distribution in the South Otago Botanical District in common with such other moss species as Goniobryum subbasilare, Isopterygium limatum, or Rhizogonium pennatum.

Neckera laevigata H. f. & W. On p. 463 of the Handbook of the N.Z. Flora, Hooker records this species as having been collected at Queensland Bush by my grandfather. The correct name of the locality is Green Island Bush, where for a time my grandfather resided.

Orthorrhynchium elegans (H. f. & W.) Reichdt. Sainsbury (Bryologist XLI, No. 1, p. 18), discussing Vegetative Reproduction in Some New Zealand Mosses, states that he has only once seen this moss with the deciduous habit. Both in the Dunedin area and in other parts of Otago and Southland, as well as at Butterfly Creek, near Wellington, the writer has observed stems with deciduous leaves. Commonly the young leaves near the tip and the lowermost leaves alone remain on the stems. The plants were fully as robust as other plants. Indeed, a majority of the plants in each area studied displayed the deciduous habit.