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Leaves ovate-lanceolate, keeled. 



10. B. bimum, Schkeb. Stems matted with purple 



radicles, ^-3in. high. Leaves yellowish green, spread- 

 ing, slightly twisted when dry, ovate-lanceolate, 

 keeled, quite entire, nerve excurrent, mucronate. 

 Capsule obovate-pyriform or obconical. Lid large, 

 convex, mammilate. Huon-road. 



Leaves lanceolate, keeled, crisped. 



11. B. torquescens, Be. and Schimp. Stems matted, 



covered with radicles ; leaves much crisped when dry, 

 lower, distant, narrow lanceolate, keeled, margins re- 

 flexed, upper crowded, oblong-lanceolate, all concave, 

 quite entire, nerve excurrent. Fruitstalk curved at 

 top ; capsule pendulous, subincurved, narrow obconic, 

 with a tapering neck, red-brown, lid broad, mammi- 

 late, purple, shining. Wils. Bry. Brit., Mt. Wel- 

 lington. 



Leaves elliptic, lanceolate, not crisped. 



12. B. Tasmanicum, Hampe. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, 

 quite entire, nerve excurrent, sub-piliferous, margin 

 recurved. Fruitstalk long ; capsule drooping, oval, 

 with neck as long as capsule. Differs from B. bimum 

 by longer leaves, more acuminate, and nerve longer 

 excurrent. 



Leaves ovate-oblong, nerve scarcely excurrent. 



13. B. crassum, Hook. f. and Wils. Stems elongate, 

 rigid, tomentose. Leaves crowded at the apices of 

 branches; lower, minute, scale-like. Closely imbricate 

 when dry, upper leaves coriaceous, ovate-oblong, 

 acute, concave, margin recurved, almost entire, stout 

 nerve. Capsule pendulous, oblong-pyriform or sub- 

 cylindric ; lid conical, apiculate. Woods on Mt. 

 Wellington. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate ; lid yellow, large, marnmilate. 



14 B.ccespititium, Linn. Yellowish or intense green 

 compact tufts ; stems 2 lines to lin. long, with 

 branches and innovations, terminal leaves largest, 

 ovate-acuminate or ovate-lanceolate, nerve excurrent, 

 margin reflexed, not thickened, apex sometimes ser- 

 rulate. Capsule variable in shape, pendulous, usually 

 oblong-ovate, constricted below the mouth when dry. 

 Lid yellow, large, mammilate. Wils. Bry. Brit. Var. 

 crinitwm, leaves sub-piliferous, fruitstalk longer, cap- 

 sule oblong. 



