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IV. MUSCI. 
[Hypnum. 
43. H. decussatum, Ilook.f. and Wils. FI. N. Z. ii. 110. t. 90./. 2. 
Stems rather stout, 3—4 in. long, procumbent, pinnately branched ; brandies 
short, ■§• in. long, simple, crowded, often recurved. Leaves yellowish or 
reddish, spreading, squarrose and recurved, not twisted when dry, ovate, long- 
acuminate, almost quite entire ; nerve continuous nearly to the apex. Fruit 
unknown. Inflorescence dioecious. 
Northern and Twiddle Island : East Cape, Sinclair ; Cape Turnagain and Hawke’s 
Hay, Colenso ; Banks’s Peuiusida, Joltiffe. (Tasmania.) 
J. Acicularia. 
44. H, aciculare, Labi.ll. ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 110. Stems large, stout, 
2-10 in. long, vaguely branched ; branches elongate, simple. Leaves 
crowded, spreading and squarrose, undulated, pale green, large, ovate, long- 
acuminate, serrate towards the apex, nerveless ; perichaetial small, oblong, 
abruptly piliferous. Fruitstalk 1-2 in. high, stout, purple. Capsule 8- 
angled, subcylindric ; operculum longer than the capsule,. with a slender beak. 
Calyptra large, chesnut-brown, coriaceous. Inflorescence dioecious ; male 
axillary red. — Schwaegr. Suppl. t. 92. 
Abundant in woods throughout the Northern and Middle Islands, and in Lord 
Auckland’s group and Campbell’s Island. (Tasmania, Australia, temp. S. America, 
Sandwich Islands.) — One of the largest and commonest N. Z. mosses. 
45. H. densifolium, Brid. Sp. Muse. ii. 204. Habit and appearance 
of II. aciculare , but leaves more crowded, all of their leaves strongly re- 
fracted from the middle, more shortly acuminate, and very finely serrulate. 
Northern Island : Wellington, Stephenson {Herb. Mitten.) (Tristan d’Acuuha.) 
K. CoC HLEARIFOLIA. 
46. H. cochlearifolium, Schwcegr. Suppl. t. 88 ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 111. 
Stems long, robust, prostrate, almost creeping, 2-4 in. long, cylindrical, 
sparingly branched ; branches short, 1 in. long, erect, stout. Leaves pale 
green, glossy, spreading, imbricate, orbicular, obtuse, quite entire, concave 
and almost hemispherical ; nerve 0; cells narrow; perichaetial sheathing. 
Fruitstalk f- in. long, smooth, arcuate at the top. Capsule subcernuous, 
ovoid; operculum conical, half as long as the capsule. Inflorescence dioecious. 
— -FI. Antarct. i. 139. Il.J/exile, Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 10 (not of Swartz). 
Var. /3. Stems more or less pendulous; branches shorter; fruitstalk very short, stout; 
capsule more rounded ; operculum acuminate. 
Throughout the Ncrthern and Middle Islands from the Bay of Islands, C unningham, 
to Dusky Bay, Menzies , most abundant. Lord Auckland’s group and Campbell’s 
Island, J. D. H. (Tasmania, Australia, Chiloe.) 
47. H. clandestinum, Hook. f. and Wils. FI. N.Z. ii. 111. t. 90./. 3. 
Stem procumbent, 2-3 in. long, cvlindric, vaguely sparingly branched; 
branches i-1 in. long, straight or incurved. Leaves pale greyish-green, 
glossy, spreading, imbricate, oblong-orbicular or broadly-oblong, very obtuse, 
cordate at the base, very concave like a boat, scarcely toothed ; nerve 0 ; cells 
narrow ; perichaetial subsquarrose. Fruitstalk short, in. long, smooth. 
Capsule ceruuous or horizontal, oblong-cylindric, smooth ; operculum short, 
