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A. Leaves entire. 



1. D. Sieberianum, Hobnsch. Stems J-lin. high. Leaves 



yellowish, ovate-lanceolate, piliferous, margin entire, 

 white. Fruitstalk on short lateral shoot. Hook. Hand- 

 book 1ST.Z. Fl. Key, No. 36. Leucodon pallidum, 

 Hook. Musci-Exot. On wet rocks. 



2. D. Tasmanicum, Hook. /. Stems l-2in. high. Leaves 



pale or dark-green or reddish, lanceolate oblong, 

 obtuse, channelled, quite entire, nerve vanishing. 

 Fruitstalk Jin. long. Capsule erect, turbinate, often 

 3- fid. Bichodontium, Schimper. On wet cliffs, Mt. 

 Wellington. 



3. D. sphagni, Wahieht. Stem lin. long. Leaves 



yellowish, subulate, lanceolate, entire ; nerve strong, 

 excurrejit. 



4. D. Starkii, Web. and Mohe. Stems l-3in. long. 



Leaves falcato-secund, subulate-setaceous, not crisped 

 when dry, entire, strong nerve. Capsule arcuate, 

 strumose,' striated, annulus double. Wils. Brit. Bry. 

 Brown's River. 



5. D. (Leptotrichum) ferrugineum, Mitten. Stems |-lin. 



high, dull ferruginous green, interwoven with 

 radicles; leaves oval-oblong, attenuated, open, entire, 

 nerve percurrent. Fruitstalk three lines long. Capsule 

 sub-globose, erect. On the ground, Western Moun- 

 tains. 



6. D. angustifolium, Hook /. and Wils. Stems 1-11-in. 



high. Leaves long, lanceolate, setaceous, entire, 

 apex flexuose when dry, nerve narrow, excurrent. 

 Livid hue. In bogs, Mt. Wellington. 



B. Leaves serrulate. 



7. D. Billardieri, Bbidel. Stems, 2-4in. high. Leaves, 

 fin. long, yellow-green, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 concave, not striate, apex serrulate, nerve slender. 

 Capsule curved, strumose. On the sides of Mount 

 Wellington. 



8 - D. angustinerue, Mitten. Similar to B. Billardieri, 

 but with perichsetial leaves furnished with a bristle- 

 like point. On dead wood. 



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