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L. HYALINUM (Mitten). Dioicum? caule elongate ramoso, foliis 

 erecto-patentibus e basi elongata elliptica convoluta hyalino-marginata 

 subulato-angustatis, nervo subulam superiorem totam occupante apice 

 parce denticulato, cellulis inferioribus elongatis subparallelogramma- 

 ticis sensim superne in minutas rotundatas transeuntibus firmis, peri- 

 chaetialibus basi latiore longioreque vaginantibus, theca in pedunculo 

 luteo-fusco ovali-cylindracea. 



Didymodon longifoUus, var. 2. tenuifolius. Hook. fil. et Wils. Crypt. 

 Antarct. p. 102. 



Hab. On the ground on the hills, Hermite Island, Cape Horn, and in 

 the Falkland Islands, Dr. J. D. Hooker. 

 In habit similar to L. Hookeri, C. Miill., but in the outline of its 



leaves more like L. australe ; readily distinguished from both by the 



hyaline margins of its leaves. The male flower has not been seen. 



L. Oldfieldii (Mitten). Monoicum, habitu L. affinis, foliis e basi 

 lata oblongo-ovata erecta longe subulatis patentibus apice pareissime 

 denticulatis, cellulis angustis elongatis sensim superne brevioribus 

 firmis nervo subulam superiorem totam occupante canaliculatis, peri- 

 chaetialibus basi longiore latioreque eUiptica convolutis, theca in pe- 

 dunculo elongato setate rubro cylindracea arcuata, flore masculo 

 gemmiformi brevifolioso in foliorum caulinorum axillis. 



Hah. In Tasmania, Mr. Oldfield, No. 154. 

 Very near to L. affine, C. Miill., in size and appearance, but with 



leaves about twice as wide at the oblong base, and thence subulate. 



L. capillaceum (Distichium, J3. 8f S.). 



Hab. Tasmania, behind Cumming's Head, Western Mountains, with 

 Conostomum puLsillum, Mr. Archer. 



\i. FERRUGINEUM (Mitten). Dioicum, caulibus caespitosis, radiculis fer- 

 rugineis dense intertextis, foliis e basi erecta ovali-oblonga sensim 

 attenuatis patentibus integerrimis nervo percurrente cellulis basi 

 utrinque ad margines pluribus oblongis quadratisque parallelogram- 

 maticis superioribus inaequalibus perichsetialibus conformibus, theca 

 in pedunculo rubro erecta globoso-ovata, operculo conico rostrato, 

 peristomio e dentibus latis rubris dicranoideis annulo latiusculo com- 

 posito. 

 Hab. On the ground, plain behind Cumming's Head, Western Moun- 

 tains, Tasmania, Mr. Archer. 



Whole plant dull ferruginous-green. Stems from half an inch to 

 one inch in height. In general appearance it has some resemblance to 

 L. Jamesoni (Dicranum), Taylor ; but it is smaller, compactly caispi- 

 tose, and interwoven with intensely ferruginous radicles. The seta is 

 about three lines long, rather stout, pale red. The small subglobose 

 erect capsule readily distinguishes it from all its allies. 



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