Var. 0 . laxifoUum; caule elongato, ramis longioribus, foliis distantibus, seta longiore.
Var. 7 . minus; caule erecto gracili parce ramoso, ramis erectis gracilibus vix compressis, foliis erecto-
patentibus.
Var. S ; capsula inclinata recta fere symmetrica.
Hab. On decayed wood, etc., in damp, shady places. [Gunn.) Var. 0 . Back River Gully. [Oldfield,
83.) Var. 7 . At the foot of trees; Coal River Tier, Richmond. [Oldfield.)
D is t iu b . New Zealand.
In general aspect much like U . serrulatum, Hedw., but distiuguished by the pinnated disposition of the
bi-auches, and wider, concave, minutely-serrated leaves of closer texture. Vm. 0 has the setæ neaily IF inch long.
Var. 7 is a smaU form, closely resembling H. megapolitanum, Bland., but the leaves are roundisli-ovate, not cordate,
more shortly acuminated ; areolæ very narrow and elongated ; alar cellules few and inconspicuous.—P l a t e CLXXVI.
Fig, 5 ; 1, part of branch and leaf ; 2, leaf; 3, perichætium and capsule ; 4, capsule :—all magnified.
11. Hypimm aristatum (Hook. fil. et Wils.); monoicum, caule pinnatim ramoso, ramis gracilen-
tibus attenuatis, foliis patentibus subcompressis siccitate laxe flexuosis ellipticis piliformi-acuminatis concavis
serrulatis (margine haud reflexis), perichætialibus erectis acuminatis, seta lævi, capsula oblonga cernua
arcuata, operculo brevirostri. (T a b . CLXXVI. Fig. 6.)
H a b . Growing with H. collatum. [Gunn, 48 ¿.) Cheshunt, Archer.
D is t r ib . New Zealand.
A smaller species, with leaves almost piliferous, dark green, and not glossy.—Peristome, outer reddish-brown ;
inner yellow, with solitarj' cilia. Spores small, yellow. Annulus small, adhering to the mouth of the capsule.—
P l a t e CLXXVI. Fig. 6 ; 1, part of branch and leaves ; 2, leaf ; 3, perichætium ; 4, capsule :—all magnified.
c. R u t a b u l a .— Seta scabra. Operculo conico.
12. Hypnum rutabulum (Linn. Sp. PI. 1590); monoicum, caule vage ramoso, foliis laxe imbricatis
patulis ovato-acuminatis serrulatis nervo ultramedio siccitate striatis, seta scabra, capsula ovata cernua,
operculo conico.—Hedw. Muse. Frond, t. 12. Brachythecium rutabulum, Br. et Schimp. Bryol. Eur.
t. 543.
Var. 2 ; floribus synoicis turgidis.
Hab. On the ground : Brown’s River, Johnny’s Creek. Swamps on Mount Wellington, and at the
Falls, New Norfolk. Back River Gully. [Gunn, 1690.) [Oldfield, 82, 96, 145, 326 b ) On trees : Long
Hill, Cheshunt, Var. 2. Back River Gully. [Oldfield, M.)
D is t iu b . Europe, America, Antarctic Islands.
13. Hypnum campestre (Rrac%/<ieciK»z, Bruci), Bryol. Europ. 13. t. 11) ; " monoicum, procemm,
laxe cæspitosum, caule longe prostrato vel ascendente, valde ramoso, ramis flexuoso-ascendentibus vage vel
subpinnatim rainulosis dense foliosis, foliis erecto-patentibus, longe ovato-lanceolatis brevius longiusve
subulato-acuminatis, teuuicostatis, pluries irregulariter sulcatis, margine serratis, sericeo-nitidis, lutescenti-
bus, perichætialibus longe subulatis, subula recurva, capsula in pedicello superne obsolete scabro incurvo-
cemua, ovali- et oblongo-cyliodrica, curvula, opercolo conico.”—Mitten, in lit.
H a b . Woolmers, near Longford, Archer.
D is t r ib . Europe, Asia, North America.
14. Hypnum paradoxum (Hook. fil. et Wils. Fl. Antarct. ii. p. 419. t. 155. f. 2) ; caule repente
subpiunato, foliis falcate-secundis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis striatis serrulatis ruptinerviis, seta scabra,
theca cernua obovato-oblonga.—Mitten, in Joum. Linn. Soc. ined.
H a b . Chesliunt, Archer.
D i s t r ib . Hermite Island, South-west Australia.
§ 4. Foliis
a. St e l la ta .— Capsula lavi.
15. Hypnum decussatum (Hook. fil. et Wils. Fl. N. Zeal. p. 110. t. 90. f. 2) ; dioicum, caule
procumbente pinnatim ramoso, ramis simplicibus, foliis patulis squarroso-recurvis ovatis longiuscule acuminatis
subintegris nervo subcontinuo.
H a b . Bog near the Derwent, New Norfolk. [Oldfield, 01.)
D is t r ib . New Zealand.
A larger Moss than 11. glaucocarpon, Schwoegx'. Suppl. t. 228.— Leaves reddish or tawny, nerved almost to
the apex, where they are more tapering. Fruit not yet observed.
b. Capsula sulcata.—P ty c h om n io n , Hook. fil. et Wils.
16. Hypnum aciculare (Labili., Bridel, Musc. Recent, ii. 2 . 158. t. 5. f. 2 ); dioicum, caule vage
ramoso, ramis simplicibus elongatis crassis, foliis squarroso-patulis ovatis longius acuminatis apice inciso-
serratis enerviis, capsula subcylindrica arcuata sulcata, operculo longirostri.—Schwoegr. Supgil. t. 9 2 . Stereodon
(Achyropbyllum) acicularis, Mitten, in Journ. Linn. Soo. ined.
H a b . O u the earth, in woods, J .B .H , Lyall. Back River Creek. [Gunn, 3 8 .) [Oldfield, 2 3 .)
Cheshunt, Archer.
D is t r ib . Australia, New Zealand, Fuegia, Antarctic Islands, South America, Society Islands.
§ 5. C 0CHLEAEIF0LIA.— Foliis valde concavis, obtusis, imbricatis, subetiei-viis.
17. Hypnum cochlearifolium (Schwægr. Suppl. t. 8 8 ) ; dioicum, caule elongato vage ramoso,
ramis crassis simplicibus erectis, foliis pateutibus imbricatis subrotundis obtusis bemispliærico-concavis
integerrimis enerviis, pericbætialibus vaginantibus, capsula ovata subcernua, operculo conico.— Hypnum
flexile. Hook. Muse. Exot. /. 10 [non Swartz, Fl. hid. Oec.). Isothecium flexile, Bridel, Bryol. Univ. [ex
parte). Stereodon (Isothecium) cochlearifolius. Mitten, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ined.
H a b . Hobarton, J . B . H . On rocks : Elliott Rivulet, Meander River, Archer.
D is t r ib . New Zealand, Australia, Lord Auckland’s Islands, Campbell’s Island.
18. Hypnum clandestinum (Hook. fil. et Wils. Fi. N. Zeal. 111. t. 90. f. 3) ; quasi monoicum,
fl. masc. nidulante, caule repente, surculis erectis vage ramosis subiiicurvis rigidulis, foliis patulis imbricatis
subrotundis obtusissimis iuflato-concavis subenerviis, perichætialibus subsquarrosis, seta breviuscula, capsula
ovata cernua, operculo conico.
H a b . Banks of Huon River, on moist trunks of trees. Back River Gully. [Gunn, 41.) [Oldfield,
73, 78.) Near the summit of Mount Wellington, J. B. H.
D is t r ib . New' Zealand.
19. Hypnum divulsum (Hook. fil. et Wils. Fl. N. Zeal. 111. t. 90. f. 4) ; dioicum, surculis erectis
rigidis vage ramosis, ramis subsimplieibus subiiicurvis, foliis patulis laxe imbricatis obovato-subrotundis
concavis obtusiusculis minute serrulatis seminerviis areolis punctiformibus, perichætialibus squarrosis, capsula
ovata cernua, opercido conico acuminato.
IIab. Shady places : Gully, foot of Grass-tree Hill. Johnny’s Creek and Brown’s River. [Oldfield.)
Back River. [Gunn, 1086, 41.)
D is ’i'R Ib . New Zealand.