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IV. MUSCT. 
[Dicranum. 
evect or falcate and subsecund, flexuous, long subulate-lanceolate, narrowed 
into very long almost capillary points, convolute below, spinulose-serrate 
above ; nerve variable in width, well defined, excurrent ; periclisetial longer, 
sheathing. F ruitstalk 1 inch long. Capsule cylindrical, inclined or nearly 
erect, substrumose ; operculum with a long beak. 
Var. /3. pungens. Perichaetial leaves longer, capsule less curved. — D. pungens, Hook. f. 
and Wils. FI. Antarct. i. 129. t. 59. f. 1. 
Middle Island : var. 0, Jackson’s Bay, Lyall. Lord Auckland’s group and 
Campbell’s Island, J. D. H. (Norway, Australia, Tasmania, Chile.) 
10. D. fasciatum, Hedtoig ;—Fl. N. Z. ii. 66. Stems stout, 1 in. high, 
covered with matted fibrils. Leaves glossy yellow-green, substriated, 
crowded, secund, subulate-lanceolate, channelled, acuminate, spinulose-serrate ; 
nerve slender ; periclisetial much longer, often overtopping the capsules, long- 
acuminate. Fruitstalks usually twin, very short. Capsule almost hidden, 
oblong, curved, substrumose ; annulus 0 ; operculum with a long beak. Ca- 
lvptra rough at the apex. Inflorescence monoecious or dioecious. 
Northern and Middle Islands. Bay of Islands, Sit/c/air, J. D. II. ; Auckland, Jol- 
litfe ; Otago, Hector and Buchanan. The figure of Hedwig is indifferent, and Wilson 
thinks may indicate a different species. 
11. D. Billardieri, B ridel ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 66. Stems stout, forming 
large tufts, 2-4 in. high. Leaves in. long, yellow-green, membranous, 
falcate, secund, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, concave, not striated, serrulate 
towards the apex; nerve slender; perichastial longer. Fruitstalks longer 
than the periclnetial leaves. Capsule subcylindrical, curved, strumose ; oper- 
culum with a long beak. — Schwsegr. Suppl. t. 121. 
Var. fi. duriusculum, FI. Antarct. i. 129. Stems short, fastigiately branched; leaves 
more rigid, nerve broader. Fruitstalk longer. 
Abundant in all the islands, and as far south as Campbell’s Island, on old trees, etc. 
Var. 0, Lord Auckland’s group and Campbell’s Island. (Australia, Tasmania, S. 
America.) 
12. D. setosum, HooJc.f. and Wils. 71. Antarct. 129. t. 58./. 5. n. 2 ; 
— 71. N. Z. ii. 66. Stems densely tufted, short, brittle, 1-4 in. long, yellow, 
glossy, sparingly branched. Leaves \ in. long, strict, suberect, crowded, fra- 
gile, very long lanceolate and setaceous, serrulate; nerve broad, excurrent in 
a long seta, occupying the whole of the middle of the leaf; peridhaetial sheath- 
ing, short. Fruitstalk 1 in. long, stout. Capsule suberect, oblong, curved; 
operculum with the beak longer than the capsule. Calvptra pale-brown, red 
at the apex. 
Var. /3. attemiatum , FI. Antarct. 1. c. f. 5. n. 2. Stems longe.r and branched. 
Northern and Middle Islands, Colenso, etc., and Port Preservation, Lyall. Lord 
Auckland’s and Campbell’s Islands : a and /3, on the ground and on roots of trees, 
etc., common, J. I). H. (Tasmania, Chile.) 
13. D. Menziesii, Taylor in Fhytologist , ii. 1094; — 71. Antarct. 128. 
t. 58./. 4 ; FI. N. Z. ii. 67. Stems tufted, rather slender, 1-2 in. long, 
covered with matted whitish fibrils. Leaves yellow-green, crowded, secund, 
rather rigid, straight when dry, subulate-lanceolate and serrulate at the base, 
narrowed into a very long straight setaceous point ; nerve solid, very strong 
when dry ; periclnetial shorter. Fruitstalk very short, hardly longer than the 
