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B. Kacomitmum, irregularly branched, branches short, young shoots not 

 reaching to an equal height. 



5. R. symphyodon, Mitten. Elongate, rather short 

 branches with bunches of leaves ; leaves spreading, 

 sub-secund, erect when dry, ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, with hyaline points, margin recurved below, 

 perichffital acute. Fruitstalk yellow, short ; capsule 

 eylindric, mouth small ; teeth stout, with transverse 

 connecting bars. Calyptra rather rough at the apex. 

 Key, No. 20. On rocks, Mount Wellington. 



G. R. heterostichum, Hedwo. Stems with short lateral 

 branches of unequal height ; leaves spreading, sub- 

 secund, lanceolate-acuminate, ending in a flaccid 

 hyaline hair. Capsule elliptic-cylindrical and obovate- 

 oblong ; teeth deeply bifid. Var. B. alopeourum, 

 leaves with shorter hair points, less capsule, with 

 shorter fruitstalk. Var. y, gracilescens, leaves obtuse. 

 On stones and rocks, abundant. 



7. R. lanuginosum, Hedwo. Stems wide, fasciculately 

 branched, leaves erecto-patent, recurved, lanceolate- 

 acuminate, apex erose- dentate, produced into a long 

 hyaline hair. Minute ovoid capsule on very short 

 rough fruitstalk, teeth bipartite, filiform, Var. 

 pruinosum, apices of leaves strongly inciso-serrate, 

 whitish. Summit of Mt. Wellington. 



26. ENCALYPTA, Scheebee. 



Veiled, alluding to the calyptra entirely covering the cap- 

 sule. Key, No. 6. On Alpine heights. 



A. Tip of calyptra papillose. 



1. E. uulgaris, Hedwg, Leaves ligulate, nerve vanishing. 



Capsule generally gymnostomous, the entire base of 

 the calyptra reaching to the neck of the capsule. 

 Var. B. obtusa. 



B. Tip of calyptra smooth. 



2. E. australis, Mitten. Similar to M vulgaris, leaves 



ligulate below, upper oblong- spathulate, rather obtuse, 

 margin papillose, scarcely denticulate, rough at the 

 back below the apex. Capsule with lid equal in length, 

 Calyptra smooth at the tip. Key, No. 6._ Differs 

 from U. vulgaris in the less rounded apices of its leaves 

 and smooth point of the calyptra. 

 In Mitten's Catalogue of Australian Mosses, U. vulgaris, 



-&• Australis, and JS. ciliata, are referred to IS. Tasmanica, 



Hampe and C. Muell. in Linnaeus, 1853. 



