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1. L pallens, Hook. /. and Wils. Monoicous. Stems 

 erect, bipinnately branched, naked below ; leaves 

 bifa,rious, ovate-oblong, shortly acuminate, margin 

 thickened, toothed at the apex, twisted when dry j 

 dorsal cordate, acuminate ; perichsetial shorter. Fruit- 

 stalk slender, long, rough. Capsule horizontal, ringed. 

 Lid rostrate. Teeth thickly trabeculated. Leskea 

 concinna, Schwsegr. Hypopterygium Struthiopteris, 

 Bridel. On trunks of tree ferns, Huon Eiver. 

 Distinguished from L. concinna, Hook. M. E., by the 

 inflorescence and by the rough fruitstalk. 



63. CATHAEOMNION, Bridel. 



Neat moss. The leaves are pale green and hoary from the 

 long cilia. Fruitstalk jin. long. Key No. 59. In damp 

 forests, on the ground. 



1. 0. ciliatum, Hook. /. and Wils. Dioicous. Stems 

 pinnately branched, naked below. Leaves bifarious, 

 orbicular-ovate, with long cilia, nerve vanishing; 

 dorsal much smaller, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 ciliate, mixed with setas. Fruitstalk very short, stout. 

 Capsule oblong, nearly erect. Lid beaked. Calyptra 

 conico-mitriform, base torn. Pterigynandrum ciliatum, 

 Hedwg. Hypopterygium ciliatum, Bridel. 



64. CYATHOPHOEUM, Bbidel. 



Bearing a cup, alluding to the exsertion of the short fruit- 

 stalk from a minute cup on the stem. Key No. 78. On 

 fallen tree ferns, in gullies, Mt. Wellington. 



1. G. pennatum, Bridel. Dioicous. Stems erect, very 

 flat. Leaves distichous, ovate-oblong, oblique, serrate ; 

 nerve short ; dorsal orbicular, apiculate. Fruitstalk 

 very short, curved. Capsule ovoid. Lid conico- 

 acumiuate. Hookeria pennata, Hook. M. E. Var. 

 £• minus, leaves distant, acute. In gullies, Mount 

 Wellington. 



65. EACOPILTJM, Palisot. 



Bachis hairy, alluding to the stem being more or less 

 tomentose, with brown radicles. Key Nos. 76-79. Creeping 

 on wood, rock, on the ground. 



