88 



B. ADUNCA. 



6. H. fluitans, Linn. Monoicous. Stem sub-pinnately 



"branched, thin, flaccid. Stem leaves remote. Branch 

 leaves falcate-secund, lanceolate, acuminate, nerve 

 vanishing. Pruitstalk long, capsule oblong, arcuate, 

 cernuous, lid sub-conical. In wet places, Torktown. 



C. HISPIDA. 



7. H. hispidum, Hook. f. and Wils. Stems long, arcuate, 



vaguely or sub-pinnately branched ; leaves imbricate, 

 rigid, secund, ovate below, somewhat plaited, long 

 subulate, setaceous, quite entire, nerve stout, excur- 

 rent. Pruitstalk rather short, smooth. Capsule 

 ovoid, cermious. Lid with a curved beak. Leslcea 

 hispida, Mitt, H. aristatum, Sullivant. Stones, in 

 running water, Back River Creek. 



D. CUPBESSIFORMIA. 



I. Lid as long as the capsule. 



* Leaves strongly falcate or cireinnate. 



H. cerviculatum 

 H. tetmirostre 

 H. amsenum 



9 

 10 



** Leaves slightly falcate. 



a. Leaves quite entire or obscurely serrulate. 



H. contiguum ... ... .. ... 11 



H. Joliffii 12 



H. homomallum ... ... ... 13 



b. Leaves distinctly serrulate. 



H. leptorynchum 

 H. cyparioides ... 



II. Lid shorter than the capsule. 



Leaves strongly falcate, ovate-lanceolate, nerveless. 



14 

 15 



H. chrysogaster 

 H. cupressiforme 

 H. limatum 



16 

 17 



18 



8. H. ceruicu latum, Hook./ and Wils. Stems creeping, 

 sub-pinnately branched. Leaves falcate-secund, 

 lanceolate-acuminate, apex attenuated, serrated, 

 margin scarcely reflexed, nerve 0- Perichaetial erect, 

 ovate-lanceolate, apiculate, serrate. Pruitstalk short, 

 stout, roughish. Capsule oblong, horizontal, strumose 

 base, no ring. Lid with long beak. II. leptorynchum. 

 Var. B. PI. Antarct. Stereodon cerviculatus, Mitt. On 

 trees around Hobart. 



