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IV. MUSCI. 
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38. K. paradoxum, Hoolc.f and Wils. FI. Antarct. 419. t. 155. f. 2 ; 
— FI. Tasin. ii. 210. Stems 2-3 in. long, pinnately branched, creeping, 
loosely tufted ; branches with curved tips. Leaves falcate and secund, shortly 
ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, strongly serrulate, striate ; nerve stout, produced 
beyond the middle. Fruitstalk rough, brown, ^ in. long. Capsule ovoid- 
oblong, horizontal or cernuous ; operculum conical, very obtuse. 
Middle Island : Canterbury Alps, Sinclair and Haast ; Otago, Hector and Buchanan. 
(Tasmania, Australia, Fuegia.) 
39. H. plumosum, Swartz ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 109. Stems slender, 2-3 
in. long, vaguely branched ; branches suberect, rather incurved. Leaves 
erecto-patent, imbricate, subsecund, firm, ovate-lanceolate, concave, smooth, 
subserrulate at the apex; nerve produced beyond the middle; perichaetial 
with long- recurved points, nerveless. Fruitstalk f in. long, roughish 
above the middle. Capsule ovoid, subcerntious ; operculum small, conical, 
acute. Inflorescence monoecious. — Wils. Bryol. Brit. 340. t. 25. 
Northern and Middle Islands : Bay of Islands, Cunningham, J. 1). H. ; Auckland, 
Knight ; Bay of Plenty, Joltiffe ; Bligh’s Sound, Lyall. (Europe, Asia, America.) 
H. Serpentia. 
40. H. serpens, Linn. ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 109. Stems minute, matted, 
creeping, |-f in. long vaguely branched; branches filiform, simple, suberect. 
Leaves dark green, small, loosely imbricate, spreading, erect when dry, ovate- 
lanceolate, acuminate, quite entire ; nerve produced beyond the middle, or 
much shorter; cells lax; perichaetial larger, sheathing, membranous ; nerve 
obsolete. Fruitstalk red, smooth. Capsule oblong, subcernuous ; oper- 
culum conical, convex, acute. — Wils. Bryol. Brit. 362. t. 24. 
Var. 0. FI. Antarct. 138. Nerve stronger and more solid. 
Northern Island : Hawke’s Bay, in bogs, Cotenso (barren, and hence doubtful). Var. 
0. Lord Auckland’s group, J. D. H. (Abundant in rnauy temperate climates, but not 
hitherto in Tasmania.) 
I. Stellata. 
41. H. polygamum, Bruch and Schimp. — H. nodiflorum, Wils. in FI. 
N. Z. ii. 109. Stems procumbent, vaguely subpinnately branched ; branches 
short, slender, spreading. Leaves yellowish, firm, spreading, subsquarrose, 
ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, quite entire ; cells narrow ; nerve produced to 
the middle, or shorter ; perichaetial erect, striated, inner with subulate tips. 
Fruitstalk 1-2 in. long, smooth. Capsule cernuous, oblong, quite smooth ; 
operculum conical. Inflorescence polygamous, male and female often 
crowded together. — Wiis. Bryol. Brit. 365. t. 56. 
Northern Island : hogs near Hawke’s Bay, Cotenso ; Hick’s Bay , Joltiffe. (Europe, 
N. America.) 
42. H. relaxum, Hook. f. and Wits. FI. N. Z. ii. 110. t. 90./. 1. 
Stem procumbent, 2-4 in. long, vaguely subpinnately branched ; branches 
long, erect, thickened at the top. Leaves yellowish, crowded, subsecund, 
spreading and recurved, soft, rather twisted when dry, ovate, acuminate, 
hardly serrulate ; nerve stout, solid ; cells oval. Inflorescence dioecious. 
Northern and Middle Islands: probably common, Cotenso ; 'Wellington, Lgall , 
Akaroa, Raoul ; Port Cooper, Lyall. 
