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9. F. asplenioides, Swaetz. Stem, § to lin. high ; leaves 

 crisped when dry, ligulate, obtuse, crenulate, nerve 

 not continuous. Seta stout. F. liqulatus, Hook /. 

 and Wils. PI. N.Z. Hook, Hand-book, N.Z. PI; 



10. F. oblongifolius, Hook /. and Wils. Stems, |-fm. 



high ; leaves not crisped when dry, linear-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, apex crenulate, nerve not continuous. 

 Seta slender, gracefully curved, capsule very small. 

 On rocks, N.W. Bay. 



11. F. pfl///rfi/S, Hook /. and Whs. Stems, Jin. decumbent; 



leaves flabellately spreading, pale yellow-green, linear 

 lanceolate, acute, entire, nerve continuous. Lid 

 longer than capsule. Key, No. 50. On the ground. 



12. F. tenellus, Hook /. and Wils. Minute. Leaves 



linear lanceolate, crenulate, nerve excurrent. Lid 

 long beaked. Calyptra papillose, mitriform. On the 

 ground. 



13. F. strictus, Hook /. and Wils. Stem fin. high. 



Leaves linear lanceolate, entire, nerve almost evane- 

 scent. Pruitstalk short, thick. Capsule turbinate ; lid 

 rostrate ; calyptra small, mitriform. Torktown 

 Rivulet. 



14. F. integerimus, Mitten. Stem Jin. high ; fruitstalk 



scarcely two lines long. Similar to F. ohlotigifoliiis, 

 but leaves entire, yellowish-brown above, black below. 

 Cheshunt. 



9. LEUCOBEYUM, Hampe. 



The name refers to the mosses being of a whitish colour. 

 Key, No. 35. 



1. L candidum, Hampe. Stem \ to 2in. high. Leaves of 

 spongy texture, falcate, recurved, ovate, lanceolate. 

 Fruit on short lateral branches. Capsule cernuous, 

 strumose, grooved. At the roots of trees in swampy 

 places. 



10. DICKANUM, Hedwg. 



So named in allusion to the teeth of the peristome 

 resembling a forked instrument. A very large handsome 

 genus abundant in woods. Key, No. 36. 



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