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lanceolate, acute, margins recurved, nerved to apex, appressed 

 when dry ; perichaetial about same length as upper leaves, 

 semiconvolute, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, nerved to apex. 

 Capsule ovate. 



Hah. Eocks on side of tarn below Lake Mintaro, Clinton 

 Valley, Otago ; 1889. 



Andressa lanceolata, sp. nov. Plate XXX. 



Plants growing in dense tufts about lin. high. Stems 

 simple or fastigiately branched. Leaves brownish-green, large, 

 spreading, appressed when dry, incurved towards the apex, 

 loosely imbricating, oblong-lanceolate, acute, nerved to the 

 apex, margin recurved, concave, smaller towards base ; peri- 

 chaetial large, erect, concave, inner smaller, apex of leaves 

 indexed over the capsule. Capsule ovate. 



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



Andresea aquatilis, sp. nov. Plate XXX. 



Plants large, loosely tufted, from 2in. to 5in. long. Stem 

 flexuous, sparingly branched. Leaves very dark - brown, 

 spreading, incurved from the middle towards the apex, lower 

 small, lanceolate, acute, upper shortly ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 concave, margin entire, nerved to the apex, loosely appressed, 

 shrivelled when dry ; perichaetial large, erect, outer broadly 

 lanceolate-acuminate, concave, nerved to the apex, inner 

 smaller. Capsule very large, broadly ovate. 



Hob. On stones in a small tarn, submerged in the water, 

 towards summit of Kelly's Hill, Westland. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATES XXI.-XXXI. (in Part). 

 Plate XXI. 

 ■pj„ s Andrecea gibbosa, sp. nov. 



1, 2. Lower stern leaves. 

 3, 4, 5. Middle and upper stem leaves. 

 G. Tip of a branch. 

 7, 8. Outer pair of perichaetial leaves. 

 9, 10. Inner pair of perichtetial leaves. 



Andrecea dioica, sp. nov. 

 1, 2. Lower stern leaves. 

 3, 4. Middle stem leaves. 



5. Upper stem leaf. 



6. Outer perichsetial leaf. 



7. Inner perichaetial leaf and capsule. 



Andrecea minuta, sp. nov. 

 1, 2. Lower stem leaves. 

 3, 4. Middle and upper stem leaves. 

 5, G. Outer pair of perich;etial leaves. 

 7, 8. Inner pair of perichsetial leaves. 



