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A. Leaves entire. 



1. T. laxifolium, Hook. /. and Wils. Stems short, fin. 



long, simple. Leaves yellowish, distant, setaceous 

 subulate, lower -|- ovate, quite entire, nerve solid. 

 Fruitstalk lin. long, red, capsule sub-erect, oblong, 

 gibbous; lid conical, subulate. Dicranum flexifolium. 

 Hook. Muse. Exot. On moist clayey ground. 



2. T. setosum, Hook. /. and Wils. Stems i to fin. high. 



Leaves pale yellow, lower ones reddish, crowded, 

 setaceo-subulate from an ovate lanceolate sheathing 

 base, entire, sharply keeled, nerve broad. Fruitstalk 

 pale ; capsule oblong, oblique, anmilus distinct ; lid 

 with slender beak, half as long as capsule. On 

 banks, Huon Road. 



B. Leaves granulose serrate. 



3. 7 elongatum, Hook. f. and Wils. Stems § to lin. 

 long, simple. Leaves spreading ; lower, elliptic 

 oblong ; margin jjellucid, suddenly contracted to a 

 long subulate keeled point, subserrate. Fruitstalk lin. 

 long, red, capsule erect, pale brown, cylindric, long ; 

 lid conico-subulate, half as long as the capsule. Mt. 

 Wellington, Grass Tree Hill. 



C. Leaves denticulate. 



4. 7 Oldfieldii, Mitten. Stems -fin. long. Leaves oblong- 

 ovate from a wide base, erect, spreading, subulate, 

 apex sparingly denticulate, nerve occupies the upper 

 part of the leaf; perichsetial, bases longer and wider. 

 Fruitstalk long, capsule cylindrical, arcuate, male 

 flowers gemmiform, in the axils of the leaves of the 

 stem. In size and appearance near to Leptotrichum 

 affine, C. Muell., but with leaves twice as wide at the 

 oblong base, and thence subulate. On the ground. 



5. 7 cylindricarpum, C. Muell. Stems I to lin. 

 high, yellowish green, crowded, robust, short. 

 Leaves long setiform, when dry slightly curled aud 

 secund, narrow from a long sheathing base, apex 

 attenuated, denticulate, nerve occupying the whole of 

 the upper portion of the leaf; pericheetial leaves 

 long, sheathing. Fruitstalk long, capsule erect, 

 narrow, perfectly cylindrical, slightly curved. Among 

 rocks, Cataract, Launceston. 



