208 FLORA OF TASMANIA. [Musci, by W. Wilson. 
Has. Cheshunt, without fruit, Archer. 
Disrris. New Zealand. 
Size, habit, and colour of H. tamariscinum, but with leaves more nearly resembling those of H. cymbifolium, Dz. 
et Molk., having the nerve excurrent into a long, flexuose, slender point, and scarcely anywhere serrulate or papillose. 
Mitten, 1. c. 
2. Hypnum furfurosum (Hook. fil. et Wils. Fl. N. Zeal. 107. t. 88. f. 7); dioicum, caule elon- 
gato rigidulo procumbente furfuroso crebre bipinnato, ramulis gracilibus attenuatis, foliis caulinis squarrosis 
cordato-acuminatis carinato-coneavis plicatis evanidinerviis rameis e basi patula erectiusculis siccitate in- 
curvis ovatis acuminatis apice denticulatis dorso papillatis evanidinerviis perichetialibus anguste acuminatis 
denticulatis, seta levi, capsula oblonga cernua, operculo rostrato.—Leskea hastata (Hypnum), C. Mueller ; 
Mitten, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ined. (Tas. CLXXVI. Fig. 2.) 
Has. On dead timber and stones: Back River Gully. (Gunn.) (Oldfield, 80, 323.) On stones, by 
rivulets: Ovens Creek, Cheshunt, and Cumming’s Head, Western Mountains, Archer. 
Disrris. New Zealand. 
PraTE CLXXVI. Fig. 2; 1 and 2, leaves; 3, capsule :—all magnified. 
3. Hypnum unguiculatum (Hook. fil. et Wils.) ; dioicum, caule tenui procumbente plus minus 
remote bi-(subtri-)pinnato paraphyllis parcis vestito, ramis ramulisque patentibus longiusculis attenuatis 
gracillimis, foliis caulinis patentibus cordato-acuminatis distantibus subplicatis subintegris ramulinis erecto- 
patentibus siccitate arcuato-incurvis ovatis acutis valde concavis subintegris dorso levibus, nervo tenui 
pellucido evanido areolis minute rotundis subopacis, pericheetialibus longe piliformi acuminatis denticulatis 
intimis laciniatis, seta levi, capsula oblonga arcuata, operculo rostrato. (Tas. CLXXVI. Fig. 3.) 
Has. Yorktown. (Lawrence. (Gunn, 1598, 37.) Rocks: North-west Bay. (Oldfield, 313 6.) 
Distris. New Zealand. (Sinclair.) 
Allied to the last, but more slender in habit.—S/em about 2 inches long, distantly branched. Stem-leaves 
small, not concealing the stem. Branch-leaves distant, much bent inwards when dry, but not appressed. Seta 1 
inch. Vaginula hairy. Teeth yellow, longer than in H. furfurosum. Inner peristome reddish, with cilia.—A 
larger species than H. sparsum, Hook. fil. et Wils. Fl. N. Zeal. 109. t. 89. f. 5); leaves more acute, very concave, 
and more incurved when dry.—PrArg CLXXVI. Fig. 3; 1, portion of branch; 2, leaf; 3, ditto of perichetium ; 
4, capsule, with calyptra ; 5, capsule and operculum :—all magnified. 
4. Hypnum Stuartii (C. Mueller, Bot. Zeit. 1856, p. 459); “ H. hastato simillimum, dioicum, 
aurescens, sed caulis inordinate ramosus, vix pinnatus, ramulis longioribus substoloniformibus instructus, 
filis longioribus confervoideis vel foliaceis obtectis, folia caulina majora, e basi late hastata bullato-plicata 
lanceolato-acuminata reflexa, margine plana vel convexa, ubique e cellulis rotundatis incrassatis tenuiter 
papillosis areolata, nervo flavido canaliculato ante apicem evanido percursa, ramulina multo minora ovato- 
lanceolata, breviter acuminata, subflexuosa, magis squalia, vix bullata, nervo tenuiore instructa, e cellulis 
rugulosis haud incrassatis areolata, pericheetialia e basi longe vaginante late plicata pallida, margine hie illic 
revoluta, elongate incrassate areolata in acumen longissimum loriforme flexuosum erenulatum producta, 
ante apicem ciliis capillaribus levissimis flexuosis elongatis vel brevioribus fimbriata, excurrentinervia, 
paraphyses numerosissimas elongatas includentia, theca in pedunculo breviusculo levi rubente pendula tur- 
gide oblonga, peristomium internum aureum secedens, ciliis ternis brevioribus interpositis." — Mitten, in lit. 
Has. Tasmania, Stuart. 
$ 2. ADUNCA,— Foliis falcatis, nervosis. 
5. Hypnum hispidum (Hook. fil. et Wils. Fl. Antarct. 28. t. 61. f. 2); dioicum, caule arcuato 
