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B. Hypnodendp-on. Stems dendroidal, rigid 

 Leaves ovato, acute, serrated. 



6. /. spinineruium (Hypnum, Hook. Muse. Exot.) 



Branches simple, spreading. Leaves sub-distichously 

 imbricate, ovate, acute, margin and Lack serrated, 

 nerve solid. Capsule oblong, cernuous, sulcate. 

 Lid rostrate, shorter than the capsule. Trachyloma 

 areuata, Mitt. On the ground and on stones in bed of 

 rivulets. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, dotted, serrated. 



7. /. Archeri, Mitten. Branchessodisposedas to forma sub- 



triangular frond. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, nerve 

 percurrent, margin serrate. Cells minutely papillose, 

 punctate ; perichsstial, ovate, thin, slender, acuminate ; 

 capsule horizontal, oblong, sulcate ; lid with long 

 curved beak. Teeth normal. On the banks of creeks 

 in forests. 



Branches whorled. 



8. /. comosum, Labill. In dense tufts, stem tomentose 



with matted radicles, branches in crowded whorls, 

 sub-erect, leaves rigid, spreading, sub-secund, ovate- 

 lanceolate, with a rigid subulate apex ; margin serrate, 

 nerve thick, terete. Fruitstalks numerous, capsule 

 oblong, pendulous, sulcate ; lid with long beak. Key, 

 No. 73. Mt. Wellington. 



Branches fascicled, lateral, decurved. Nerve keeled. 



9. /. Sieberi (Ilypnum, C. Mtjell). In loose tufts. 



Stems robust, tomentose, branched laterally, not 

 whorled, stout, deflexed, sub-cuspidate. Leaves 

 crowded, crecto-patent, narrow lanceolate, gradually 

 acuminate, striate when dry, margin thickened, 

 coarsely serrate, nerve stout, keeled at the back, 

 excurrent. Numerous fruitstalks. Capsule horizontal, 

 sulcate. Lid with long beak. Mt. Wellington. 



Branches fascicled, lateral, decurved. Nerve terete, spinulose. 



10. /. Golensoi, Hook. /. and Wils. In loose tufts, with 

 habit and ramification of /. Sieberi ; leaves lax, patent, 

 sub-secund, rigid, cordate, lanceolate at the base, 

 narrowed into a long acuminate setaceous apex ; nerve 

 excurrent, stout, punctulate at the back, serrate and 

 spinulose at the point. Capsule pendulous, elongate, 

 cylindrical, 8-grooved, curved ; lid with long beak. 

 Isotheciunt comatum, C. Muell. 



