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36. H. orinitum, Hook. /. and Wils. Dioicous. Stems 



long, procumbent, irregularly and pinnately branched. 

 Branches distant, flattened, acute. Leaves erecto- 

 patent, sub-compressed, concave, ovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 long piliferous, sub-serrulate, nerve 0. Fruitstalk 

 long, smooth. Capsule ovoid, cenraous ; lid conical. 

 On trunks of live trees, near Springs, Mt. Wellington. 



37. H. politum, Hook. /. and Whs. Dioicous, vaguely 



branched. Branches long, procumbent, compressed. 

 Leaves bright green, shining, imbricate, distichous, 

 compressed, oblong, keeled, sub-piliferous, quite entire, 

 nerve 0. Fruitstalk long, smooth. Capsule oblong, 

 horizontal ; lid conical, beaked. Phyllogonium 

 callichroum, Mont. Key, No. 09. Damp places, Mt. 

 Wellington. 



38. H. denticu latum, Linn. Monoicous. Stems prostrate, 



sparingly branched. Leaves complanate, obliquely- 

 ovate, sub-acute, quite entire, margin recurved below, 

 nerves 2, short, basal. Capsule sub-cylindric, inclined. 

 Lid conical, acute. English name : Sharp flat-leaved 

 feather moss. 



59. BHIZOGONIUM, Beidel. 



Angle rooted, so named from the manner in which the 

 stems rise erect from the creeping rhizome. Kev, No. 66 

 and 75. 



A. Leaves distichous. 

 Nerve vanishing. 



1. R. distichum, Beidel. Dioicous. Leaves distichous, 

 ovate-oblong, apices dentate, nerve stout, vanishing 

 below the apex; capsule oblong, horizontal; lid 

 conical, rostellate. B. Muelleri, Hampe. Hypnum 

 distichum Schwsegr. Mt. Wellington, Lcith's Creek. 



Nerve excurrent. 



R. Novce-Hollandice, Beidel. Dioicous. Leaves yel- 

 lowish-green, distichous, slightly thickened at "the 

 margin, oblong-ovate, denticulate, nerve excurrent ; 

 capsule oblong, horizontal • lid beaked, nearly as long 

 as the capsule. Leshea Novce-Hollandice, Schwaagr. 

 Var., leaves secund. On rotten trunks of trees near 

 Springs, Mt. Wellington. 



