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Gr. BUTABULA. 



24. H. rutabulum, Linn. Monoicous. Stems vaguely 

 branched. Leaves loosely imbricate, spreading, ovate- 

 acuminate, serrulate, nerved beyond the middle, 

 striate when dry. Fruitstalk rough. Capsule ovoid, 

 cernuous, lid conical. Var. 2. Flowers synoicous. 

 Swamps on Mt. Wellington. 



25 H campestre, {Braclyfheeiwm, Br.) Monoicous, long, 

 loosely tufty. Long stem prostrate or ascending, much 

 branched ; branches ascending, flexuous, sub-pinnate. 

 Leaves crowded, erecto-patent, long, ovate-lanceolate, 

 short or long subulate-acuminate, striate, margin 

 serrate, shining; perichastial, long, subulate, subulate 

 part recurved. Fruitstalk rough. Capsule ovoid, 

 oblong cylindrical, cernuous, curved. Lid conical. 

 Longford. 



26, H. paradoxum, Hook /. and Wils. Stems creeping, 

 sub-pinnate. Leaves falcate and secund, ovate, lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, striate, serrulate, nerve interrupted. 

 Fruitstalk rough ; capsule ovate- oblong, cernuous. 

 Cheshunt. 



H. stbllata. 



27. H. decussation, Hook. /. and Wils. Dioicous. Stems 



procumbent, pinnately branched; branches simple; 

 leaves spreading, squarrose, recurved, ovate, long 

 acuminate, almost entire, nerve nearly continuous, 

 reddish or tawny. Fruit unknown. Bo" New 

 Norfolk. 



28. H. oblongifolium, Hoipe. No description available. 



I. ACICTTLAEIA, PtTCHOMNION. 



29. H. aciculare, Labill. Dioicous. Stems vaguely 



branched ; branches stout, long, simple. Leaves 

 spreading and squarrose, ovate, long acuminate, apex 

 serrate, nerve 0. Capsule sub-cylindric, curved, fur- 

 rowed. Lid with long beak. Very common, on the 

 earth, in woods. 



J. COCHLEAEIFOLIA. 



30. H. cochlearifolium, Scew.«gb. Dioicous. Stems long, 



vaguely branched. Branches stout, erect, simple. 

 Leaves spreading, imbricate, sub-rotund, obtuse, 

 concave, almost hemispherical, quite entire, nerve 0. 

 Perichffitial sheathing. Capsule ovoid, sub-cernuous ; 

 lid conical. Hypnum flexile, Hook. Muse. Exot. 

 Isothecium flexile, Bridel. Key, No. 74. Common in 

 woods. 



