278 Transactions. — Botany. 



A. apiculata, sp. nov. 

 A. cockaynei, sp. nov. 

 A. jouesii, sp. nov. 

 A. clintouiensis, sp. nov. 

 A. lanceolata, sp. nov. 

 A. aquatihs, sp. nov. 



Andreaea gibbosa, sp. nov. Plate XXI. 



Plants small, densely tufted, about ^in. high, fastigiately 

 branched. Leaves dark reddish-brown, small, densely imbri- 

 cating, erecto-patent, slightly incurved towards the tips, 

 subulate-lanceolate, acute, concave, sheathing and gibbous at 

 the base, margins entire, nerveless ; perichaetial large, erect, 

 not gibbous at base, inner pair elliptic-lanceolate, acute, 

 convolute, sheathing, outer pair lanceolate, acute, nerveless, 

 minutely papillose. 



Hab. Moa Creek, on rocks ; June, 1885. Port Hills ; 1883. 



Andreaea dioica, sp. nov. Plate XXI. 



Plants very small and densely tufted. Stem from -Jin. to 

 ■|in. long, fastigiately branched. Leaves brownish-green, 

 lower extremely small, deltoid, acute, becoming larger im- 

 mediately below the perichaetial leaves, then ovate-subulate, 

 acute, very concave, margins entire, nerveless, minutely papil- 

 lose on the back, arjpressed when dry ; perichaetial large, erect, 

 ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, slightly cucullate, semi-convolute, 

 margins incurved. Capsule subrotund, apiculate. Dioecious. 



Hab. On rocks, Moa Creek ; June, 1885. 



Andreaea minuta, sp. nov. Plate XXI. 



Plants very small, densely tufted. Stem iV m - l° u o or move, 

 fastigiately branched. Leaves brown, erecto-patent, imbri- 

 cating, ovate-subulate, acute, oblique, margins entire or 

 minutely papillose near the apex, nerveless, concave, papil- 

 lose on the back, appressed when dry ; perichaetial larger, 

 erect, outer pair larger than the inner, semi-convolute, 

 broadly oblong-lanceolate, acute, inner pair ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, nerveless, papillose. 



Hab. On rocks, Moa Creek ; June, 1885. 



Andreaea novae-zelandiae, sp. nov. Plate XXII. 



Plants small, densely tufted. Stem from Jin. to iin. long, 

 fastigiately branched. Leaves dark red-brown, erecto-patent, 

 slightly incurved, lower subulate-lanceolate, acute, upper nar- 

 row ovate -lanceolate, acuminate, concave, margins entire, 

 nerveless, appressed when dry ; perichaetial large, erect, 

 broadly-ovate or oblong-acuminate, slightly incurved near the 

 apex, outer pair convolute, inner pair narrower, concave. 



Hab. On rocks, Moa Creek ; 1885. 



