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7. SYMBLEPHAPJS, Camille Montague. 



S<d named in allusion to the teeth of the peristome 

 conniving. On trees and stones, common. 



1. 5. perichcetialis, Wils. Perichsstial leaves very long ; 

 lid as long as capsule; calyptra twice as lone.' 

 Key, No. 26. 



8. FISSEDENS, Hedwg. 



So named in allusion to the divided teeth of the peristome. 

 In damp places. Key, No. 56. 



1. F. adiantioicles, Hedwig. l-2in. high. 



lateral. Wils. Bry. Brit. Key, No. 58 

 slopes of Mount Wellington. 



Eruitstalk 

 On damp 



A. Margin of leaf thickened and hyaline. 



2. F. dealbatus, Hook. /. and Wils. Jin high, leaves 



linear-oblong, acuminate, entire, nerveless. Hook. 

 Handbook, N.Z., PI. On wet rocks. 



3. F. rigidulus, Hook. /. and Wils. 1 to 2in. long.. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute ; nerve continuous. On 

 stones in running water, Mount Wellington. 



4. F. breuifolius, Hook./, and Wils. Steins fin. high. 



Leaves on shoots, ovate-acuminate, entire, nerved to 

 the apex. Capsule sub-erect or inclined. Lid, short 

 beak. Var. B. floribundus, leaves longer, curled when 

 dry. Shady banks, New Norfolk. F. scalaris. 

 Mitten. 



5. F. incuruis, Hook. Fruiting plant fin. in length ; 



leaves lanceolate, nerve continuous. Capsule cernuous; 

 lid conico-acuminate. St. Patrick's River. 



6. F. vittatus, Hook. /. and Wils. Stem two lines high. 



Leaves ovate-ligulate, undulate. On the ground, 

 Circular Head. 



7. F. Taylori, C. Mueller. Stem, one line long. Leaves 



of fertile plant amplectant, acuminate. Seta flexuose. 

 Capsule oval, inclined. Clay banks, Mt. Wellington. 

 F. pygmmus, Taylor.. 



B. Margin of leaf not thickened and hyaline 



8 F. pungens, C. Muell. and Hampb. Similar to F. 

 incurvis, with leaves immarginate. F. V. M. Austr. 

 Mosses; incurvis, var. Wils. On the ground in shady 

 forests. 



