Musct1 Exorict.—Menziesiani. 
HYPNUM BIFARIUM, 
Hypnum caule erecto subpinnatim ramoso, foliis distan- 
tibus bifariis lanceolatis marginatis serratis, nervo ad 
apicem attingente, capsula ovata horizontali, operculo 
rostrato curvato. (Tas. LVII.) 
Has. In sinu Dusky Bay dicto, apud Novam Zeelandiam. 
D. Menzies, 1791. 
Radix e fibris numerosis ferrugineo-fuscis dense tomentosis. 
Caulis pollicaris, erectus, flexuosus, plerumque pinnatim ra- 
mosus, ramis patentibus. Folia flavo-viridia, bifaria, disticha, 
erecto-patula, distantia, lanceolata, paululum concava, margi- 
nata, serrata, basi in caulem decurrentia, nervo ad summum 
apicem attingente instructa. Perichetialia acuminata, in- 
tegerrima, immarginata, nervosa, fusco-viridia. Seta sesqui- 
uncialis et ultra, rubra, flexuosa, prope medium caulis inserta. 
Capsula ovata, horizontaliter inclinata, subapophysata. Oper- 
culum hemisphericum, rostratum, rostro curvato, Peristo- 
mium ut in plurimis Hypnis. 
This very elegant species of Hypnum ranks naturally near 
Leskeu Nove Hollandie, and Hypnum distichum of Swartz, in 
Schrad. Diar. Bot, v. iv. 1.3. Both these species, however, 
have simple stems, and their fruitstalks inserted at the very base 
of the stems. H. Lifarium has the leaves decidedly thickened at 
the margin, and the back of the nerve, upward, under a high 
magnifying power, is also slightly toothed. 
Fig. 1, plants nat. size. Fig. 2, portion of the stem and leaves. 
Fig. 3, leaf. Fig. 4, capsule. Fig.5, operculum. Fig. 6, outer 
teeth of the peristome. Fig. 7, inner ditto.—magn. 
