Brown. — On Netv Zealand Musci. 139 



bi-anched. Branches Jin. long. Leaves closely imbricating, 

 erecto-patent from an erect sheathing quadrilateral base, 

 subulate, semiconvolute, dilated or auricled at the apex ; 

 margins minutely serrated from the sheathing-base to the 

 apex, papillose on the back, nerved to the apex. Areola : 

 Upper quadrate ; lower long, linear ; leaves slightly fiexuous 

 when dry. PerichcBtial leaves smaller than the other ones, 

 sheathing at the base. Fruit acrocarpous. Fruitstalk about 

 Jin. long. Capsule oval, obliquely connected with the fruit- 

 stalk, furrowed when dry. Mouth small, oblique. Oper- 

 culum convex. 



Hah. Wet banks. Mount Fife, Kaikoura ; January, 1899. 

 Collected by E. B. 



2. Bartramia gibsonii, sp. nov. 



Plants moncecious, growing in dense tufts \ in. high, 

 pale-green above, brown below, dichotomously branched. 

 Branches fin. long. Leaves closely imbricating, erecto-pa- 

 tent, subulate, with an erect quadrilateral sheathing-base, 

 semiconvolute ; margins minutely serrated from the upper 

 part of the sheathing-base to tihe apex ; nerve continuous, 

 papillose on the back of the leaf. Areola : Upper quadrate ; 

 lower linear ; slightly fiexuous when dry. Perichcetml leaves 

 linear, subulate, tapering from the base into a slender point. 

 Fruit acrocarpous. Fruitstalk |-in. high, red, obliquely 

 attached to the capsule. Capsule subrotund. Operculum 

 shortly conical. 



Hah. On wet banks, near the River Hapuka, Kaikoura ; 

 January, 1899. Collected by E. B. 



3. Bartramia brevifolia, sp. nov. 



Plants moncecious, growing in dense tufts 1^ in. high, 

 yellowish-green above, brown beiow% branched. Branches fas- 

 tigiate, Jin. long, densely radiculose. Leaves suberect, im- 

 bricating, short, subulate. Base erect, sheathing, quadrate 

 at the upper sides of the sheath ; margins mmutely ser- 

 rated ; ■ nerve indistinct upwards, excurrent ; back of leaves 

 papillose. Areola : Upper small, dense, quadrate ; lower 

 linear-oblong ; leaves introflexed near the top when dry. Peri- 

 cJiaiial leaves erect, subulate, slender, longer than the stem 

 ones, without sheathing-base. Frttit acrocarpous. Fruit- 

 stalk red, slightly fiexuous, f in. long. Capsule ovate, slightly 

 oblique. Mouth wide. Peristome double ; outer teeth 16, 

 lanceolate, red ; inner, a membrane divided to the middle into 

 16 teeth. Operculum not found. Calyptra cucullate. 



Hah. \A^et banks and rocks. Mount Torlesse ; January, 

 1886. Collected by E. B. 



