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IV. MUSOI. 
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obscurely falcate-secund, or nearly erect, oblong-lanceolate, with a long acu- 
minate apex, quite entire, concave, nerveless ; cells at the outer base larger 
and darker coloured. Capsule unknown. 
Campbell’s Island : growing amongst H. chlamydophjllum on the hills, J. B. H . — 
Sullivant (Musci of U. S. Expl. Exped. 18) suspects this to be possibly a form of II. 
crinittim, from which, however, it widely differs. 
30. H. Sandwiehense, Hook, and Am. FI. N. Z. ii. 113. Stems 
procumbent, 1 in. long, pinnately branched ; branches short, not crowded, 
distichously spreading. Leaves bright yellow-green, shining, spreading 
somewhat distichously, falcate and secund, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, serru- 
late at the apex, margin scarcely recurved ; cells at the outer base a little 
enlarged ; nerves 0 or 2, very short ; perichaetial larger, broader, often serru- 
late. Fruitstalk \ in. long, quite smooth. Capsule pendulous, ovoid ; 
operculum convex, apiculate. Inflorescence monoecious. — 1L. acinacifolium, 
Hampe (tide Mitten). 
Northern Island: Bay of Islands, on trunks of trees; rare, J. B. H., Colenso. 
Kermadec group : Sunday Island, Mitne. (Sandwich Islands.) 
E. PftiELONGA. 
31. H. imiriculatum, Hook.f. and Wils. FI. N. Z. ii. 108. t. 89./. 3. 
Stems small, slender, procumbent, subpinnately branched, 1-2 in. long ; 
branches short, ^ in. long, simple, subcompressed. Leaves spreading, ovate- 
lanceolate, acuminate, subserrulate, almost piliferous ; nerve produced beyond 
the middle. Fruitstalk % in. long, rough. Capsule horizontal, oblong, 
curved at the base, where it joins the fruitstalk ; operculum with a long beak. 
Inflorescence monoecious. 
Var. 0. branches flattened, leaves less acuminate, and rather twisted when dry. 
Northern and Middle Islands: not uncommon in woods. Var. 0. Bay of Islands, 
J. B. II . — Closely allied to several northern and other species. (Norfolk Island, Tas- 
mania.) 
32. H, austrinum, Hook. f. and Wils. FI. N. Z. ii. 108. t. 89./. 4. 
Stems 2-3 in. long, creeping, vaguely branched ; branches 1 in. long, sub- 
erect, incurved. Leaves dark green, opaque, spreading, subsecund, ovate or 
ovate-cordate, acuminate, serrulate, concave ; nerve faint, produced beyond 
the middle; perichaetial erect. Fruitstalk ^ in. high, rough. Capsule ovoid, 
cernuous ; operculum beaked. Inflorescence monoecious. 
Var. 0. Branches crowded, more slender; leaves smaller. 
Northern and Middle islands : in woods from Auckland, Knight, to Akaroa, Raoul. 
Var. 0. Middle Island, Lyall. (Tasmania, Australia.) 
33. H. remotifolium, Greville ; — FI. N.Z. ii. 108. Stems creeping, 
rather slender, 1-2 in. long, subpinnately branched ; branches j— ^ in. long, 
spreading. Leaves pale, glossy, spreading, cordate-ovate, acuminate, almost 
piliferous, serrulate ; nerve produced beyond the middle ; perichaetial ovate- 
oblong, piliferous. Fruitstalk rough, 1 in. high. Capsule cernuous, broadly 
oblong, curved ; operculum with a slender beak, almost as long as the cap- 
sule. Inflorescence hermaphrodite. — Schwaegr. Suppl. t. 200 (fruitstalk 
erroneously smooth). H. asperipes, Mitt, in FI. Tasman. 209, t. 176, f. 4. 
