Beckett. — On New Species of Musci. 295 



towards the upper part of stem ; vaginant laminae two-thirds 

 the length of leaf; inferior lamina narrow, vanishing be- 

 fore the base, nerve thick, vanishing in the apex, immargi- 

 nate, entire. Cells large, irregular, hexagonal. Seta short, 

 stout, yellow, three times the length of capsule. Vaginula 

 very wide.. Capsule oval, symmetrical, erect or very nearly 

 so. Operculum not quite half the length of capsule, conic, 

 apiculate. Peristome red, teeth cleft to the middle into two 

 long filiform legs, undivided part strongly trabeculate. Male 

 inflorescence gemmiform, situated at the base of the fertile 

 stems, amongst the roots. 



Hab. On clay. 



Loc. Lyttelton Hills; No. 376 (named by Dr. Midler). On 

 sod-banks, Malvern Hills ; September, 1892. 



In some specimens the margin of the vaginant laminae 

 has a slight border of long cells. In several instances I have 

 observed twin setae in one inflorescence. 



Fissidens (Bryoidium) campyloneurus, sp. nov. Plate 

 XLIV. 



Dioicous(?).* Densely gregarious. Very small, simple, leaves 

 pale yellowish-green, crisped when dry, lanceolate, very acute, 

 vaginant laminae half the length of leaf, inferior lamina nar- 

 rowed below and vanishing towards the base; nerve stout, 

 with a considerable bend where it passes below the vaginant 

 laminae, which it encircles on the inner side, continued to the 

 apex, where it unites with the border, which is continuous 

 round the whole of the leaf ; border composed of two or more 

 rows of long paler cells; leaf-cells rounded-hexagonal, dis- 

 tinct. Barren shoot 7-9-jugous. Fertile stems, 3-pluri- 

 jugous, procumbent, causing the erect seta to have a bend 

 close to the vaginula; leaves linear-lanceolate, longer and 

 narrower than on the barren shoots, the two perichaetial leaves 

 longest. Seta pale-red, slender, flexuous. Capsule short, 

 oval, erect or slightly inclined, contracted below the mouth 

 when dry. Operculum conic, with a straight blunt beak. 

 Peristome deep brownish-red, not inserted below the mouth, 

 teeth cleft two-thirds into two slender legs, the lower un- 

 divided portion closely and strongly trabeculate, the bars on 

 the legs placed diagonally, giving them a spirally-twisted ap- 

 pearance. 



Hab. On damp clay. 



Loc. Waimate, South Canterbury ; No. 150 (named by 

 Dr. Midler). Mount Fife, Kaikoura ; No. 267. Benmore; alt., 

 4,000ft. Patterson's Creek, Mount Torlesse ; T. W. N. B. 

 Pine Hill, Dunedin ; W. Bell 



In the apical leaves of barren plants the border and 

 nerve vanish towards the apex, though in the lower leaves 



