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9. H. tenuirostre, Hook. Stems creeping, sub-pinnately 

 branched ; branches elongate, erect ; leaves crowded, 

 falcate, secund, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, concave, 

 almost entire, nerve 0. Capsule ovoid-oblong, cer- 

 nuous. Lid with long beak. Hypnum Terra; Nova. 

 Var. B. PL Antarct. Mt. Wellington. 



10. 



H, amoenum, Hedwg. Stems prostrate, vaguely and 

 pinnately branched, l-2in. long ; branches short, their 

 apices incurved. Leaves yellow-brown, shining, fal- 

 cate and secund, lanceolate, long acuminate, concave; 

 quite entire; cells large, pellucid at the marginal base, 

 nerves ; perichtetial broader, entire or serrulate to- 



wards the apex. Fruitstalk -|- to 

 slender, red. Capsule horizontal, 

 when dry ; lid with a slender beak 

 capsule. Hook. Handbook Fl. N.Z. 

 Bellerive. 



fin. long, very 

 ovoid, urceolate 

 as long as the 

 Mt. Wellington, 



11. H. contiguum, Hook. /. and Wils. Stems sub- 



pinnately branched, apices of the branches sub- 

 cuspidate. Leaves loosely imbricate, sub-secund, not 

 falcate, lanceolate, acuminate, piliferous, quite entire, 

 slightly concave, cells at the marginal base inflated, 

 perichaBtial longer, erect. Fruitstalk short, smooth. 

 Capsule ovoid-oblong, pendulous ; lid with long beak. 

 Trunks of trees, Mt. Wellington. 



12. H, Joliffii, Mitt. Branches with cuspidate apices ; 



leaves loosely imbricate, oblong-acuminate, concave, 

 obscurely 2-nerved or nerve 0, quite entire or sub- 

 serrulate at the apex, cells at the marginal base 

 larger and hyaline ; perichsetial similar, erecto-patent. 

 Fruitstalk slender, capsule small, ovoid, horizontal or 

 inclined ; lid with beak as long as the capsule ; peris- 

 tome, inner, solid ciliary processes 2-5 exserted from 

 a membrane, ring simple. On stones and earth, 

 Western Creek, Cheshunt. 



13. H. homomallum, C. Muell. Leaves purplish or golden 

 brown, glossy, erecto-patent secund, broadly ovate- 

 acuminate, cochleariform-concave, quite entire, nerve 

 0, margin recurved, marginal cells at the base, square; 

 perichsetial straight, narrow. Fruitstalk short, smooth. 

 Capsule oblong, sub-cernuous, curved. Lid with long 

 beak. Leskea liomomalla, Hampe. II. Drummondii, 

 Tayl. On rocks, not uncommon. On rocks facing the 

 sea at Eaelehawk Neck. 



