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Leaves divaricating (widely spreading asunder). 



8. B. diuaricata, Mitt. Stems elongate, almost simple, 



tomentose below ; leaves divaricating, the bases 

 sheathing, lanceolate, plicate, papillose, serrulate, 

 nerve excurrent, mucronate, slender. Perichastial 

 ovate, entire, nerve very slender. Flaccid appearance 

 ■when dry. Fruitstalk long ; capsule horizontal, ovoid 

 oblong, neck attenuated, pyriform ; lid conical, peris- 

 tome normal. Cheshunt. 



Much fasciculately branched above, capsule inclined. 



9. B. comosa, Mitt. Stems tomentose below, much fasci- 



culately branched above ; leaves divaricating, sheath- 

 ing base, short, erect, obovate, blade narrow, lanceolate, 

 serrulate, plaited, minutely papillose, nerve excurrent 

 in a slender point ; perichaetial smaller, ovate-lanceo- 

 late. Fruitstalk l|in. long ; capsule ovoid, inclined, 

 grooved ; lid conical, peristome normal. Western 

 Mountains, Mount Wellington. 



Stems dichotomously branched. 



10. B. elongata, Mitt. Stems very robust, curved, 



ascending, 4-6 in. long, Jin. in diameter, very sparingly 

 branched. Leaves closely imbricate, sub-erect and 

 sub-secund, pale yellow and shining when dry, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, plaited, often waved, serrulate, 

 papillose at the back ; nerve slender, excurrent. Hook 

 Handbook, Fl. N.Z. 



11. B. commutata, Hampe. Description not available. 



Baeteamia, steins dichotomous, fastigiately branched. Male flowers 



gemmiform. 



Capsule apparently lateral, hidden among the leaves. 



12. B. Halleriana, Hedwg, Stems elongate, 2 to 6 in. 

 high, vaguely fastigiately branched; leaves yellow- 

 green, spreading or secund, broad and sheathing at 

 the base, linear-subulate, serrulate above ; fruitstalk 

 short ; capsule sub-globose, immersed ; lid conical. 

 Key, No. 45. Mt. Wellington, Western Mountains. 



Fruitstalk apparently lateral, |in. long. 



13. B. papi/lata, Hook /. and Wils. Stems lin. high, 

 sparingly branched ; leaves crowded, pale, patent or 

 erecto-patent, subulate, with an obovate sheathino- 

 base, minutely serrulate, papillose at the back, nerve 

 solid ,- capsule sub-erect. B. acerosa, Hampe. On 

 rocks, Dry Hill, Back River. 



