Beown. — On New Zealand Musci. 145 



carpous. Fruitstalk inclined, 1 in-, long, reddish. Capsule 

 very obliquely attached to the fruitstalk, hoi'izontal, 1 to 4 in 

 the perichaetiuni, very oblique, oval, ventrieose. MouthsuxuXX, 

 oblique. Capsule furrowed when dry. Peristome double ; 

 outer 16, linear-lanceolate, free to the base ; inner, 16, mem- 

 branous, bifid. Operculum and calyptra not found. 



Named after John Joyce, Papanui. 



Hab. Wet banks, near Lake Te Anau ; January, 1890. 

 Collected by E. B. 



19. Bartramia turnerii, sp. nov. 



Plants growing in loose patches 1 in. high, yellowish- 

 green above, brown below. Stem radiculose ; innovations 

 fascicled, fin. long. Leaves small, closely imbricating, 

 spreading, subsecund, slightly flexuous, shortly lanceolate, 

 tapering into a slender point, concave ; margins serrated ; 

 nerve excurrent. Areola quadrate ; leaves scarcely al- 

 tered when dry. PericJiatial leaves, inner smaller than the 

 outer one, ovate-acuminate, tapering into a slender point. 

 Fruit acrocarpous. Fruitstalk slightly flexuous, inclined, 

 IJin. long. Cajjsule ovoid, irregular in outline, very ob- 

 liquely attached to the fruitstalk, horizontal, ventrieose. 

 Operculuvi small, short, conic, acute. Peristome double ; 

 outer teeth 16, linear-lanceolate, free to the base ; inner, 16, 

 bifid at the apex. Calyptra eucullate. 



Named after Thomas Turner, seed - merchant, Christ- 

 , church. 



Hah. Wet banks, near Eiver Teremakau, West Coast ; 

 January, 1886. Collected by E. B. 



20. Bartramia australis, Mitt. 



Plants dioecious, growing in dense patches l-|in. high, 

 yellowish above, brown below. Stems radiculose, stout ; in- 

 novations fascicled, stout,. ^ in. -fin. high. Leaves imbri- 

 cating, erecto-patent, lanceolate, acuminate, tapering into a 

 slender point ; margins serrated, papillose on the back ; nerve 

 excurrent. Areola : Upper small, quadrate ; lower slightly 

 larger ; leaves scarcely altered when dry. PericJicBtial leaves 

 erect, slender, smaller than the stem ones, linear-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, continued into a slender point. Fruit acrocarpous. 

 Fruitstalk flexuous, reddish, IJin. long. Caysule horizontal, 

 very obliquely pyriform, gibbous at the base, furrowed when 

 dry. Mouth small, oblique. Peristome double ; outer teeth 

 16, free to the base, linear-lanceolate ; inner, 16, opposite the 

 outer, thickened on the margins, bifid. Operculum shortly 

 conic and acute. Calyptra small, eucullate. 



Hah. Wet rocks, near Eiver Teremakau ; January 1886. 

 Collected bv E. B. 

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