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1. Mniadelphus cuspidatus, G. Miill. 



Mniadelphus cuspidatus, C. Miill. Synop. Muse. Frond. 2, p. 26. 

 Distichophyllum cuspidatum, Doz. & Molkb. Muse. Archip. Ind. p. 101, t. 33. 



Hab. Tahiti, Society Islands. 



2. Mniadelphus Dicksoni, Hook. & Grev. 



Hookeria Dicksoni, Hook. & Grev. in Brewster's Edinb. Jour. Sci. 2, p. 226, t. 5 

 (1825) j Hook. fil. & Wils. in Lond. Jour. Bot. (1844), p. 550, and in Flo. Antarct. 

 p. 115, 1845. 



Mniadelphus Dicksoni, Hampe in Miill. Synop. Muse. Frond. 2, p. 25 (1851). 



Hab. Orange Harbor, Fuegia : found among Hepaticae. 



Closely allied to the New Zealand Hookeria adnata, Hook. fil. & 

 Wils. (Fl. N. Zeal.) which is distinguished by its regularly fringed 

 calyptra, the narrower border and smaller reticulation of its leaf, the 

 smaller capsule, and the narrower median line of the teeth of its 

 peristome. 



The base of the calyptra of M. Dicksoni, is shortly 5-6 laciniate, 

 and fringed by numerous one-celled hairs, which are very fugacious. 



3. Mniadelphus Freycinetii, G. Mull. 



Mniadelphus Freycinetii, C. Miill. Synop. Muse. Frond. 2, p. 26. 

 Hookeria Freycinetii, Mont. Yoy. Bonit. Bot. 1, p. 296. 

 Hypnum Freycinetii, Schweegr. Suppl. 3, 2, t. 279. 



Hab. Mountains behind Honolulu, Oahu, Sandwich Islands : in a 

 barren state. 



4. Mniadelphus paradoxus, G. Miill. 



Mniadelphus paradoxus, C. Mull. Synop. Muse. Frond. 2, p. 24. 

 Hookeria (Pterogophyllum) paradoxa, Mont. Voy. Bonit. Bot. p. 296. 



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