Beown. — On New Zealand Musci. 141 



7. Bartramia linearifolia, sp. nov. 



Plants growing in small tufts fin. high, yellowish- 

 green above, brownish below. Stems slender, radiculose, 

 branched. Branches few, Jin. long. Leaves closely imbri- 

 cating, erecto-patent, linear, subulate from an erect sheathing- 

 base, semiconvolute ; margins serrated, back papillose ; nerve 

 indistinct, excurrent. Areola: Upper dense, quadrate; lower 

 oblong, slightly dilated at the apex ; leaves nearly erect when 

 dry. Perichcstial leaves longer than the stem ones, erect, 

 linear-lanceolate, acute. Fruit acrocarpous. Fruitstalk in- 

 clined, Jin. to j^ in. long. Capsule oval. Mouth small. 



Hah. Wet banks, near Broken Eiver ; January, 1886. 

 Collected by E. B. 



8. Bartramia robustifolia, sp. nov. Plate XIV. 



Plants growing in large tufts 2 in. high, pale -green. 

 Stems radiculose. Branches subdichotomous, iin. long. 

 Leaves imbricating, spreading, stout, lanceolate, subulate 

 from a broad obovate erect sheathing - base, semiconvo- 

 lute ; margins serrated ; back papillose ; nerve excurrent. 

 Areola : Upper dense, quadrate ; lower narrow, oblong ; 

 leaves flexuous when dry. Perichcstial leaves as long as the 

 stem one, erect, ovate-lanceolate, tapering into a subulate 

 point. Fruit acrocarpous. Fruitstalk fin. long. CajJsule 

 erect, ovate. Operculum conic, obtuse. 



Hab. Clinton River, head of Lake Te Anau. Collected by 

 R. B. 



9. Bartramia divaricata, Mitt. 



Plants growing in tufts or patches liin.-2Jin. high, 

 yellowish-green above, brown below. Stems densely radi- 

 culose, branched sparingly, -J- in. long, fastigiate. Leaves 

 closely imbricating, spreading, lanceolate, acuminate, from 

 a short, erect, quadrate sheathing-base ; margins flat, ser- 

 rated, papillose on the under side ; nerve slender, excurrent, 

 becoming spinulose, serrated towards the apex. Areola : 

 Upper small, oblong ; low'er linear ; leaves unaltered when 

 dry. PerichcBtial leaves very small, erect, oblong, rounded 

 to a short hair-point. Fruit acrocarpous. Fruitstalk red, 

 flexuous, fin. long. Capsule subhorizontal, pyriform, fur- 

 rowed when dry ; other parts not found. 



Hah. Stones in streams, West Coast Road ; February, 

 1883. Collected by R. B. 



10. Bartramia revisa, sp. nov. 



Plants dioecious, growing in dense patches, yellowish-green- 

 or green, 1 in. -3 in. high, subdichotomously branched. Stem 

 radiculose. Leaves closely imbricating, spreading, or erecto- 



