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E. 



PB^SLONGA. 



19. H. mur'lQU latum, Hook. /. and Wils. Monoicous. 



Stems small, sub-pinnately branched. Branches short, 

 simple, sub-compressed. Leaves spreading, cordate, 

 ovate, acuminate, sub- serrulate, apices sub-piliferous, 

 attenuate, nerved beyond the middle. Pruitstalk 

 rough. Capsule oblong, horizontal. Lid, long beak. 

 Circular Head, Hobart. 



20. H. austrinum, Hook. / and Wils. Monoicous. Stems 



creeping, vaguely branched. Branches sub-erect, 

 almost simple, incurved. Leaves spreading, sub- 

 secund, ovate-cordate, acute, concave, serrulate, nerved 

 beyond the middle. Perichsetial erect, attenuate. 

 Pruitstalk rough. Capsule ovoid, cernuous. Lid 

 beaked. Wet places, Back River G-ully. 



21. H. asperipes, Mitt. Monoicous. Steins procumbent, 



branches pinnate. Leaves spreading, ovate, acuminate, 

 serrulate, nerve slender, vanishing near the middle. 

 Pruitstalk rough, lin. high. Capsule oval-oblong, 

 horizontal. Lid with long beak. Cheshunt. 



P. CONTEETA. 



22. H. co I latum, Hook. /. akd Wils. II. confertum, PI. 



N.Z. 11. tenuifolium, Hedwg. Monoicous. Stems 

 procumbent, pinnately branched. Branches robust, 

 compressed. Leaves spreading, broadly ovate, acumi- 

 nate, concave, serrulate, nerve slender, vanishing near 

 the [middle, areolation very narrow, linear. Perichse- 

 tial, long acuminate, recurved. Pruitstalk smooth. 

 Capsule cernuous, oblong, curved. Lid with long 

 beak. Var. £, laxifolium. Stems longer, branches 

 longer, leaves distant, fruitstalk longer. Var. y minus, 

 stems erect, slender, sparingly branched, branches 

 erect, nerve slender, scarcely compressed, leaves 

 erccto-patent. Var. 5, capsule inclined, symmetrical. 

 On decayed wood in damp, shady places. Var. P, Back 

 River G-ullv. Var. 7, at the foot of trees. Coal River 

 Tier. 



23. H. aristatum, Hook./, and Wils. Monoicous. Stem 8 



pinnately branched ; branches slender, attenuate- 

 Leaves spreading, sub-compressed, lax and flexuous 

 when dry, oblong-acuminate, piliferous at the apex, 

 concave, serrulate, margin not reflexed ; perichsetial, 

 erect, acuminate. Pruitstalk smooth. Capsule cer- 

 nuous, arcuate, oblong. Lid with short beak. Grow- 

 ing with II. collatum, Cheshunt. 



