146 Transactions. — Botany. 



21. Bartramia pyriforma, sp. nov. 



Plants dicecidus, growing in dense patches 1 in. -3^ in. 

 high, yellow-green above, brown below. Stems radiculose, 

 simple or dichotomously branched below ; innovations slen- 

 der, fascicled, iin.-lin. long. Leaves small, closely im- 

 bricating, secund, erecto- patent, broadly ovate -lanceolate, 

 acuminate or cordate-acuminate continued into a slender 

 point, concave ; margins serrated ; nerve excurrent, minutely 

 toothed near the apex, papillose. Areola quadrate ; leaves 

 nearly erect when dry. Pcriclicetial leaves smaller than 

 the upper ones, but otherwise similar. Fruit acrocarpous. 

 Fruitstalk flexuous, red, l^in. long. Capsule horizontal or 

 inclined obliquely, obovate, with a tapering base, slightly 

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

 culum small, conic, acute. Peristome single, 16, linear-lanceo- 

 late. Galyptra cucuUate. 



Rah. Eocks drippmg with water, near Lake Te Anau ; 

 January, 1890. Collected by E. B. 



22. Bartramia remotifolia, Hook. f. and Wils. 



Plants dicEcious, growing in loose patches ^in.-l in. high, 

 glaucous, pale-green. Stem simple, radiculose ; innovations 

 fascicled, | in. long. Leaves imbricating; lower stem ones 

 erect, ovate, acuminate ; upper spreading, with an ovate base, 

 tapering into a long slender point ; papillose margins, sub- 

 recurved, slightly serrated towards the apex ; nerve pellucid, 

 excurrent ; leaves closely imbricating, spreading, papillose. 

 Areola quadrate ; leaves nearly erect when dry. Peri- 

 chcetial leaves narrower and shorter than the upper ; stem 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, tapering into a long slender point. 

 Fruit acrocarpous. Fruitstalk 1 in. long, inclined, red. Caj)- 

 sule large, obliquely attached to the fruitstalk, obliquely oval. 

 Mouth small, oblique. Operctdum convex, furrowed when 

 dry. Peristome double ; outer 16, linear-lanceolate, free to 

 the base ; inner, 16, membranous, free to the base. Galyptra 

 not found. Leaves on the male plant erecto-patent. 



Hah. Wet banks, Port Lyttelton hills ; January, 1886 : 

 banks, near Waimakariri ; December, 1887. Collected by 

 E. B. 



23. Bartramia buchanani, sp. nov. 



Plants dioecious, growing in dense patches, yellowish-green 

 above, green at the middle, brown below, lin.-3^in. high. 

 Stems radiculose below; innovations fascicled, fin.— | in. 

 high. Leaves, upper closely imbricating, spreading, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, tapering into a slender point ; margins 

 serrated, back minutely papillose ; nerve slender, excurrent. 

 Areola small, linear-oblong ; leaves flexuous when dry. Peri' 



