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alaribus nullis, perichaetiis ad basin raraorum copiosis foliis erectis e 

 basi ovata sensim lanceolatis attenuatis superne serrulatis nervo in 

 exterioribus obsolete in interioribus tenuissimo infra apicem evanido, 

 theca in pedunculo sub-unciali ovali inaequali horizontali laevi, oper- 

 culo conico rostro brevi, peristomio normali. 

 Hab, New Zealand, near Wellington, Stephenson. Waikeki, Dr. Sin- 

 clair and Mr. Kerr. 



Habit, size, and colour of T. arcuata, but with more tufted branches, 

 and leaves not of different forms, the capsule not more than half so long, 

 and not furrowed. 



4. Stereodon, Brid. 



* Cupressiformes. 



t Operculum Irevirostre. 



S. cupressiformis, Brid., var. Mossniani. (Hypnum Mossmanianum, 



C. Muller, Bot. Zeit. 1851, p. 565.) 

 Hab. Tasmania, on trees and logs, Mr. Archer. 



If this moss were, as described by C. Muller, truly monoicous, it might 

 be safely distinguished from S. cupressiformis, but male flowers are not 

 present in any of the specimens yet examined. 



S. chrysogaster (Hypnum, C. Muller. H. patale, HooJc.fil. et Wils.). 

 Hab. Tasmania, Cheshunt, on logs, Mr. Archer. 



ft Operculum longirostre. 



S. curviculatus. (Hypnum, HooTc.fil. et Wils.) 

 Hab. Tasmania, Cheshunt, Mr. Archer. 



S. cyparoides, Brid, 



Hab. Tasmania, Cheshunt, on logs, frequent, Mr. Archer. 



S. contiguus. (Hypnum, Hook.jil. et Wils. Fl. Tasmanica.) 



Hab. Tasmania, on logs and upon the ground, Mr. Archer and Mr. 



Oldfield. New Zealand, Dr. Sinclair. 



Allied to S. microcarpus (Hypnum, C. Muller) and to S. brachy- 

 carpus (Hypnum, Hampe), but with more spicular leaves of a different 

 outline. 



S. JoLLiFFii {Mitten). Monoicus, S. Loxensi habitu staturaque simihs, 

 ramis apicibus cuspidatis, foliis patentibus laxe imbricatis ovali-ellip- 

 ticis acuminatis concavis obsolete binerviis enerviisve integerrimis vel 

 apice subserrulatis cellulis angustis elongatis alaribus utrinque tribus 

 majoribus hyalinis, perichaetialibus interioribus tribus erecto-patenti- 

 bus caulinis conformibus, theca in pedunculo gracili parva ovali in- 

 clinata horizontalive, operculo rostro sequilongo, peristomio dentibus 

 flavis processibus solidis ciliis in uno breviore coalitis in raembranam 

 ad f exsertis annulo simplici. 



Hab. Tasmania, on stones and the earth, Western Creek, Mr. Archer. 

 New Zealand, Jolliffe, Sinclair, Kerr. 



