H% 



Hab, In ^quisi, 3,in tile middle of the South Eik river" 



sterile, 



Obs. Hypno trifario Sw. affine, sed minus, paulo ccas- 



sius, foliis obtusissimis differt. 



38. Hypnnm diistratam Hpe. {Rhyncho-Hypnum) (a. ser- 



rulata), 



D.istratum, procumbens, ramasnm, nifo - palleaoensi; rami 



complafiati prostrati parce divisi, decresceotfiS., splendiduli; 

 folia laxe imbricata, subdisticha , e basi obliqua late-ovato- 

 lanceoJata acniBiinata, apice ad medium denticulato-serrata, 

 cellulis Hnearibus, interstitiis tennioribiis pallidi^ parce Bodu- 

 losis, punctata, nervo tenni pallide-Tiridi, ultra medium dc- 

 sine^te, tota hyalina; seta gracilis rufcscens apice- iiicurva 

 ij^evis;, th^^a oblongo-cylindrica brevicollis, sub ore con- 

 stricta, opercula palHdiove conico-rostrato. 



Pab. Sealeirs Cove in cortice vel ligno pi*frido. 



Ohs*, tfypno M^-^ctpolttano ^ potius £r. raphidorrhyncho 



CM. proximum, differt: colojce pallidiore et foliis magis hya- 

 lii^is, evidenter serratis, splend^ntibus. 



" 'm 



39. Hyphum dentfferam Hpe. 



Laxe pulvinatum, prostratum, flavo-vireus, caulis gra^ 

 cilis ratnosus^ rami brev^ atteiiu£^ti, adscendeutes , curvati; 

 fojia ]|axe imbricata, patula, parum flexnosa ovata, acumi* 

 uat^, fere ad basin usque denticulato-sevrata, cellulis elon- 

 gato-rhomboideis conformibus, hy£^li»a, nervo viridi ad me- 

 dium proijucto, perichaetialia angiistiora, obo^vato-lanceolata 

 subulate, subenervia, seta glabra adscendensf theca obliqua 

 cjlipdrica incurvat^, sub ore contracta, operculo punetato 

 conico-rostr^to. 



Hab, Gippslafld. 



Obs, Ab Hypno serrulato Hedw. differt: statura gra- 



