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2. T antarctica, Hampe. Synoicous, leaves loosely twisted 



when dry, lanceolate-ligulate, obtuse, nerve red, fawn 

 coloured, more lax and more twisted when dry than in 

 T. Muelleri. Around Hobart, Port Sorell. 



3. T cuspidata, Hook. /. and Wils. The red nerve pro- 



duced into a rather long, smooth point, wider above 

 than T. antarctica, areolation less opaque, tinged with 

 red. Leaves narrower than T. Muelleri, less appressed 

 when drv. Key, No. 33. Moist earth, in woods on 

 Mt. Wellington. 



4s. T. rubella, Hook. /. and Wils. Stems short, 

 sparingly branched ; leaves oblong, sub-spathulate, 

 obtuse, red nerve excurrent into rather rough hair 

 point. On banks, Mt. Bumney. 



5. T. papillosa, Wils. Bryol. Beit. Stems short; 



leaves dull-green, spreading, erect when dry, obovate, 

 sub-acute, very concave, margin flat, short hair point, 

 strongly involute when dry, papillose at the back, and 

 on the thick spongy gemmiparous nerve. On trees 

 and swampy places. 



B. Nerve of the leaf excurrent, 'not white at the apes. 



6. T. torquata, Taylor. Stems short ; leaves closely 



spirally twisted when dry, lanceolate, acuminate, 

 margin entire, revolute. Nerve stout, scarcely ex- 

 current. Pruitstalk pale red, slender, flexuose. 

 Capsule erect, oblong ovate. Hook. Handbook N.Z. 

 PI. Oheshunt. 



7. T Australasia?, Hook. /. and Wils. Stems short, 



simple, J to fin. long. Leaves reddish, spreading, 

 slightly recurved, twisted and crisped when dry, sub- 

 ligulate linear, or lanceolate, acute or obtuse, nerve 

 red, running to the apex. Capsule cylindric-ovoid, 

 teeth oblique but hardly twisted ; lid with short beak. 

 Trichostomum, Hook, and Grev. T. fusescens, Hook, 

 f. and Wils. T. rufiseta, Taylor. Hook. Handbook 

 1ST.Z. Fl. Kangaroo Point, on the ground. 



8. T. Knightii, Mitten. Stems I-fin. long. Leaves pale 



yellow green, crisped when dry, linear-lanceolate from 

 an oblong, broader, transparent base ; very acuminate ; 

 margins quite entire, undulate ; nerve slender excur- 

 rent. Pruitstalk slender, pale. Capsule cylindric. . 

 Hook. Handbook N.Z. PI. Wellington Palls, Mt. 

 Wellington. 



