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IV. MUSCI. 
[ Hypnum . 
in. long, stout, roughish. Capsule oblong, horizontal, base substrnmose; 
annulus 0 ; operculum with a long slender beak. Inflorescence dioecious. 
— H. leptorhynchum, (3. FI. Antarct. 141. Stereodon, Mitten in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. iv. 87. 
Northern Island: Port Nicholson, Sinclair ; woods at Tehawera, Colenso. Lord 
Auckland's group, J. I). II. (Tasmania.) 
16. II. teirairostre. Hook. Muse. F.rot. t. Ill; — FI. N. Z. ii. 113. 
Stem creeping, subpinnately branched ; branches elongate, erect, f-1 in. 
long. Leaves pale or dark green, shining, crowded, falcate, secund, ovate- 
lanceolate, acuminate, concave, quite entire or minutely serrulate towards the 
apex; nerve 0 ; pericheetial similar. Frnitstalk long, slender, quite smooth. 
Capsule cernuous, ovoid-oblong ; operculum with a long slender beak. In- 
florescence monoecious. 
Middle Island: Dusky Bay, Menzies ; Bligh’s Sound, Chalky Bay, and Otago, Lyall, 
Hector and Buchanan. (Tasmauia.) 
17. H. amoemim, Iledw. Sp. Muse. t. 77. /. 6-9. Stems prostrate, 
vaguely and pinnately branched, ^-1 in. long; branches short, their apices 
incurved. Leaves yellow-brown, shining, falcate and secund, lanceolate, long 
acuminate, concave, quite entire ; cells large, pellucid at the marginal base ; 
nerve 0 ; perichaetial broader, entire or serrulate towards the apex. Fruit- 
stalk f in. long, very slender, red. Capsule horizontal, ovoid, urceolate 
when dry ; operculum with a slender beak as long as the capsule. 
Northern Islaud : Auckland, Knight. (Andes, Fuegia, Australia.) 
18. II. crassiusculum, Bridel; — FI. N. Z. ii. 113. Stem creeping, 
vaguely branched, 1-2 in. long, subpinnately branched ; branches short, in- 
curved, subcuspidate. Leaves pale green, loosely imbricate, subsecund, not 
falcate, lanceolate, acuminate, piliferous, quite entire, concave, margins 
scarcely recurved ; nerve 0 ; cells inflated at the marginal base ; perichaetial 
longer, erect. Fruitstalk short, quite smooth. Capsule ovoid-oblong, sub- 
cernuous ; operculum with a long slender beak. Inflorescence monoecious. 
— Sehwsegr. Suppl. t. 91. H. contiguum, FI. Tasra. ii. 213. t. 177. f. 2. 
Northern and Middle Islands : Auckland, Sinclair ; Canterbury, Sinclair and Haast; 
Otago, Hector and Buchanan. (Tasmania, N. and S. America, Tristan d’Acunha.) 
19. H. Jolliffii, Mitten in Journ. Finn. Soc. iv. 87 ( Stereodon ) ; — 
Ft. Tasman, ii. 213. t. 177. f. 1. Stems matted, 1-3 in. long, forming 
bright green shining patches ; branches slender, with cuspidate apices. 
Leaves loosely imbricate, secund, not falcate, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 
acuminate, quite entire or obscurely serrulate at the apex; cells at the mar- 
ginal base larger and hyaline ; nerve 0 or 2 obscure ; perichaetial similar, 
erecto-patent. Fruitstalk slender, 1 in. long. Capsule small, ovoid, inclined 
or horizontal ; operculum slender, as long as the capsule. 
Northern and Middle Islands, Jolliffe ; AVangaroa, Sinclair; Otago, Hector and 
Buchanan. (Tasmania.) 
20. H. Lomomallum, C. Muell.; — FI. Tasm. ii. 213. Stems tufted, 
decumbent, prostrate, forming shining golden-yellow patches; branches short, 
flexuose. Leaves crowded, secund, slightly falcate, broadly ovate or oblong, 
