210 FLORA OF TASMANIA. [Musci, by W. Wilson. 
Var. 8. laxifolium ; caule elongato, ramis longioribus, foliis distantibus, seta longiore. 
Var. y. minus; caule erecto gracili parce ramoso, ramis erectis gracilibus vix compressis, foliis erecto- 
patentibus. 
Var. 8; capsula inclinata recta fere symmetrica. 
Haz. On decayed wood, etc., in damp, shady places. (Gunn.) Var. 8. Back River Gully. (Old- 
field, 83.) Var. y. At the foot of trees: Coal River Tier, Richmond. (O/dfield.) 
DisrnrB. New Zealand. 
In general aspect much like H. serrulatum, Hedw., but distinguished by the pinnated disposition of the 
branches, and wider, concave, minutely-serrated leaves of closer texture. Var. 8 has the setze nearly 15 inch long. 
Var. y is a small form, closely resembling H. megapolitanum, Bland., but the leaves are roundish-ovate, not cordate, 
more shortly acuminated ; areole very narrow and elongated ; alar cellules few and inconspicuous.—PLATE CLXXVI. 
Fig. 5; 1, part of branch and leaf; 2, leaf; 3, pericheetium and capsule; 4, capsule :—all magnified. 
11. Hypnum aristatum (Hook. fil. et Wils.); monoicum, caule pinnatim ramoso, ramis gracilen- 
tibus attenuatis, foliis patentibus subcompressis siccitate laxe flexuosis ellipticis piliformi-acuminatis con- 
cavis serrulatis (margine haud reflexis), perichzetialibus erectis acuminatis, seta levi, capsula oblonga cernua 
arcuata, operculo brevirostri. (Tas. CLXXVI. Fig. 6.) 
Has. Growing with H. collatum. (Gunn, 48 6.) Cheshunt, Archer. 
Distris. New Zealand. 
A smaller species, with leaves almost piliferous, dark green, and not glossy.—Peristome, outer reddish-brown ; 
inner yellow, with solitary cilia. Spores small, yellow. Annulus small, adhering to the mouth of the capsule.— 
Pate CLXXVI. Fig. 6; 1, part of branch and leaves; 2, leaf; 3, pericheetium ; 4, capsule :—all magnified. 
c. RUTABULA.—Seta scabra. Operculo conico. 
12. Hypnum rutabulum (Linn. Sp. Pl. 1590); monoicum, caule vage ramoso, foliis laxe imbri- 
catis patulis ovato-acuminatis serrulatis nervo ultramedio siccitate striatis, seta scabra, capsula ovata cernua, 
operculo conico.—Hedw. Muse. Frond. t. 12. Brachythecium rutabulum, Br. e£ Schimp. Bryol. Eur. 
t. 543 
Var. 2 ; floribus synoicis turgidis. 
Has. On the ground: Brown's River, Johnny's Creek. Swamps on Mount Wellington, and at the 
Falls, New Norfolk. Back River Gully. (Gunn, 1690.) (Oldfield, 82, 96, 145, 826 0.) On trees: Long 
Hill, Cheshunt, Archer. Var. 2. Back River Gully. (Oldfield, 84.) 
Distris. Europe, America, Antarctic Islands. 
15. Hypnum campestre (Brachythecium, Bruch, Bryol. Europ. 13. t. 11) ; “ monoicum, procerum, 
laxe ceespitosum, caule longe prostrato vel ascendente, valde ramoso, ramis flexuoso-ascendentibus vage vel 
subpinnatim ramulosis dense foliosis, foliis erecto-patentibus, longe ovato-lanceolatis brevius longiusve 
subulato-acuminatis, tenuicostatis, pluries irregulariter sulcatis, margine serratis, sericeo-nitidis, lutescenti- 
bus, perichetialibus longe subulatis, subula recurva, capsula in pedicello superne obsolete scabro incurvo- 
cernua, ovali- et oblongo-cylindrica, curvula, operculo conico.”— Mitten, in lit. 
Has. Woolmers, near Longford, Archer. 
DISTRIB. Europe, Asia, North America. 
14. Hypnum paradoxum (Hook. fil. et Wils. Fl. Antarct. ii. p. 419. t. 155. f. 2) ; caule repente 
subpinnato, foliis falcate-secundis ováto-lanceolatis acuminatis striatis serrulatis ruptinerviis, seta scabra, 
theca cernua obovato-oblonga.— Mitten, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ined. 
