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Leaves entire, cells small. 



3. H. crispula, Hook /. and Wils. Dioicous. Branches 



flattened. Leaves lax and distichous, spreading, when 

 dry crisped and undulate, obovate, apiculate, margin 

 thickened, quite entire, nerved half way, areolation 

 small, nearly round ; perich»tial ovate-acuminate. 

 Fruitstalk slender. Capsule horizontal, narrow-oblong, 

 pale ; lid with a slender straight beak, nearly as long 

 as the capsule. Calyptra fimbriate at the base. 

 Leith's Creek, Cheshunt. 



Capsule apophysate. 



4. H. pulchella, Hook./, and Wils. Dioicous. Branches 



soft, flattened. Leaves crowded, distichous, imbricate, 

 undulate, ' obovate, obtuse, mucronulate, margin 

 thickened, quite entire, nerved half way ; perichsstial 

 obtuse ; capsule inclined, apophysate. Lid beaked ; 

 calyptra fimbriate, apex glabrous. Eivulet near 

 Cuming's Head, Western Mountains. 



Leaves not apiculate, margin reflexed. 



5. H. amblyophylla, Hook. /. and Wils. Dioicous. 



Branches stout, compressed. Leaves crowded, distich- 

 ous, erecto-patent, appressed when dry, obovate, very 

 obtuse, margin thickened, quite entire, nerve vanish- 

 ing, margin recurved, pericha3tial obtuse, calyptra 

 fimbriate. Springs, Mt. Wellington. 

 Leaves yellowish, crisped when dry. 



6. H. sinuosa, Hook. /. and Wils. Dioicous. Branches 



compressed. Leaves obovate, obtuse, margins 

 thickened, nerve vanishing, entire, when dry undulate, 

 crisped. Closely allied to the preceding species, 

 leaves yellowish of firmer texture, areol® smaller, 

 except at the base, near the nerve, where they are 

 larger, lax, and pellucid. Perichatial small, obtuse. 

 Pruitstal lin., smooth, glossy, red, strong. Calyptra 

 densely fringed, apex roughish. Arthur's Lakes. 

 ** Leaves without thickened margins. 



7. H. microcarpa (Hypnum, Hedwg.) Dioicous. Stems 



vaguely branched, branches compressed. Leaves 

 distichous, imbricate, obovate, obtuse, margin not 

 thickened, quite entire, areolation lax and pellucid 

 from the base to the middle ; perichsetial minute, 

 ovate-lanceolate. Capsule small, cernuous or erect, 

 ovoid. Lid rostellate ; calyptra fimbriate at the 

 base. Grass Tree Hill, in wet places. 



C. Pteeigophtlltjm, Bridel. Calyptra not fimbriate at the base, more or 

 less laciniate. External teeth remotely barred. Leaves flattened, not 



., margined, obtuse, areolation lax. Nerve forked, vanishing. 



