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conic, straight, short. Calyptra mitriform, closely enclosing 

 the capsule and confluent at the base, very persistent. 



Hab. Damp banks in the neighbourhood of Christchurch. 

 Common ; fruiting from September to December. 



With regard to the determination of these three species, 

 H. viacrophylla is quite distiuct ; but the similarity between 

 H. intermedia and H. micropliylla is so marked that I was 

 very reluctant to make the latter anything but a variety of the 

 former. But, after observing these plants for several years in 

 their habitats, I have never found them growing intermingled, 

 nor observed intermediate forms. H. micropliylla, moreover, 

 is extremely common, and variable in size, ranging as it does 

 from a plant T Vm. to x^in. in length ; yet, however small the 

 plant, it retains all the appearance of the larger ones. The 

 fruitstalk, too, is always longer than the leaves. I may point 

 out that Hennedia is in much the same position with regard to 

 the leaves of its species as that occupied by Dicranum and 

 Campylopus, in which the leaves of many species are almost 

 identical. In conclusion, I may state that I have presented 

 specimens of these species to the Christchurch Museum, so 

 that any one interested in the matter can examine them. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATES XXXI. (in Part) TO XXXIII. 

 Plate XXXI. (in Part). 

 Hennedia viacrophylla, sp. now 

 Fig. 1. Capsule and calyptra. 



