ffypnitm.] 
IV. MTTSCI. 
475 
acuminate, very concave, quite entire, margin recurved; cells at tlie marginal 
base numerous, thick-walled, square ; nerve 0 ; perichaetial narrow, straight. 
Fruitstalk short, in., red. Capsule narrow-oblong, suberect ; operculum 
with a slender beak as long as the capsule. — H. Drummondii, Tayl. Leskea 
homomalla, Hampe, Ic. Muse. t. 6. 
Northern Island : Bay of Islands, J. D. H. ; Auckland, Jolliffe. (Australia, Tasmania.) 
21. H. molliculum, Sullivant, Mosses of TJ. S. Ex pi. Exped. 14. t. 11. 
A small, slender, flaccid, pale green plant, creeping on earth ; branches weak, 
ascending. Leaves 2-farious, secund, hardly falcate, spreading, oblong-lan- 
ceolate, acuminate, concave ; margins erect, quite entire ; cells at the marginal 
base similar to the others ; nerve 0 or very short ; peric'naetial similar. Fruit- 
stalk short, very slender. Capsule ceniuous, small ; operculum in our spe- 
cimens slender, as long as the capsule. 
Kermadec group : Raoul Island, M‘ GilUvrag and Milne. (Sandwich Islands). — I have 
referred this plant doubtfully to -Sullivauts, the operculum being as long as the capsule and 
more slender than the figure of that author, who does not however describe this orgau. 
22. H. pubescens, Hoo/c.f. and Wils. El. N. Z. ii. 113. t. 91./. 3. 
Stems creeping loosely, subpinnatelv branched, 1 in. long ; branches rather 
distant, nearly straight. Leaves yellow-green, shining, incurved, loosely im- 
bricate, scarcely secund, deltoid-ovate, acuminate, serrulate, obscurely striate 
when dry ; nerve obscure. Fruitstalk slightly rough, in. long. Capsule 
cernuous, ovoid ; operculum conical, almost as long as the capsule. Calvptra 
hairy. Inflorescence dioecious. 
Northern Island, Co/enso ; Auckland, Sinclair, Knight ; Hick’s Bay, Jolliffe. Very 
near the European II. molluscum. 
23. H. leptorhynchum, Bridel ; — El. N. Z. ii. 112. Stems densely 
tufted, creeping, pinnately branched, ^-1 in. long; branches slender, matted. 
Leaves yellow-green, shining, falcate, secund, not circinate, twisted when 
dry, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, serrulate towards the apex ; margin subre- 
curved ; cells at the marginal base larger, inflated; nerve 0. Fruitstalk 
long, slender, smooth. Capsule oblong, nodding; operculum with a slender 
beak, as long as the capsule. Inflorescence monoecious.- — Schwaegr. Suppl. 
t. 93 ; FI. Antarct. 141, excl. var. /3; Stereodon cyparoides,E litten in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. iv. 87 (not of Bridel.); II. lencocytus, C. Muell. 
Abundant on trunks of trees throughout the Northern and KEiddle Islands, Colenso, 
etc., and in Lord Auckland’s group, J. K. H. (Australia, Tasmania, S. America, S. 
Africa.) 
24. H. chrysogaster, C. Muell. in Linncea, 185.— i/. patale, FI. N. 
Z. ii. 112. t. 90. f. 6. Stems procumbent, 2-4 in. long, pectinately branched; 
branches crowded, spreading, flattened above, recurved. Leaves white or 
pale bright green, glossy, distichously spreading, strongly falcate, secund, 
almost circinate, ovate-lanceolate, long-acuminate, subserrulate at the apex ; 
cells at the marginal base larger, collected into two yellow spots ; nerve 0 ; 
pericliaetial erect, setaceous, serrulate. Fruitstalk slender, 1-2 in. long, 
smooth. Capsule oblong-ovoid, horizontal or cernuous ; operculum convex, 
obtuse, apiculate. Inflorescence dioecious. — Stereodon, Mitten in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. iv. 87. //. cupressiforme, FI. Antarct. 141. 
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