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1. 0. Australe, Hook. / and Wils. Stems \m. long, 



branched to an equal height. Leaves ereeto-patent, 

 slightly recurved, linear, sub-flexuose, nerve sub- 

 continuous. Capsule sub-erect, oblong, short neck. 

 Outer teeth 16, lanceolate-subulate, when dry inflexed 

 to the mouth of the capsule ; inner, 16 cilia, filiform. 

 Lid conico-rostellate. Kev, No. 54. Kangaroo 

 Bottom, Mt. Wellington. 



2. 0. lanceolatum, Mitt. No description available. 



35. LEPTOBBYUM, Be. and Schimp. 



Slender moss. Growing in dense silky light green patches 

 on sandstone rocks. Key No. 53. 



1. L. pyriforme, Br. and Schimp. Bryum pyriforme, 

 Hedwig. Stems simple, fin. long, very slender, root- 

 ing only at the base. Lower leaves lanceolate, entire, 

 scattered ; upper leaves longer, the terminal ones 

 crowded into a spreading tuft, elongated, linear seta- 

 ceous, slightly serrated, flexuose, flat, nerved almost 

 or quite to apex. Fruitstalk slender, flexuose, capsule 

 inclined or pendulous, pear-shaped, glossy, golden 

 brown, thin texture, not shrinking when dry, some- 

 what pellucid, mouth small. Lid convex, mammilate. 

 Wils. Bry. Brit. Key No. 53. On decayed wood, 

 Back Biver Gully, near Eiver Nile. 



2. L, sericeum, Hampe. Tufty, fertile stems, very short. 

 Leaves straw colour, ereeto-patent, looselv imbricate, 

 ovate from the base, subulate, cxcurrentpiliform nerve; 

 perichffitial similar. Fruitstalk lin. long. Capsule 

 with pyriform neek 1| lines long, mouth oblique, lid 

 conie-convex, outer teeth lanceolate subulate, inner, a 

 membrane with ciliiform processes. Mitten's Sth. 

 Amer. Mosses, p. 305. 



BBACHYMENIUM, Hooker. 



Short membrane, in allusion to the inner peristome. Key, 

 No. 42. 



1. B. lanceolatum, Hook. /. and Wils. Stems J to Jin. 

 high, tufted, dense young shoots. Leaves, when dry, 

 linear lanceolate, acuminate entire, subflexuose, keeled, 

 nerve continuous, areolation lax, pellucid. Fruitstalk 

 lin. long. Capsule sub-erect, oval-pyriform, short, 

 plicate ; lacerate membrane, divided irregularly into 

 16 cilia. Lid short, conical, calyptra cucculate. 



