Brown. — Notes on the Genus Andreaea. 281 



perichaetial erect, large, sheathing, convolute, cucullate at 

 apex. Capsule large. 



Hab. Precipitous rocks forming one side of a small tarn 

 below Lake Mintaro, Clinton Valley ; January, 1890. 



Andreaea cockaynei, sp. nov. Plate XXVII. 



Plants growing in dense tufts. From iin. to lin. long, fasti- 

 giately branched. Leaves erecto-patent, densely imbricating, 

 yellow-brown at the tips of the branches, dark-brown below, 

 loiver minute, ovate-subulate or ovate-cordate, falcate, nerved 

 to the apex, concave, margin entire, middle and upper leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, tapering rapidly into a long slender point, 

 slightly falcate, concave, nerveless. Immediately outside the 

 perichaetial are a few large leaves, oblong-ovate, rounded into a 

 short or long point, concave, nerveless, appressed when dry ; 

 perichaetial leaves erect, sheathing, oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, convolute, nerveless. Capsule small. 



Hab. Eocks side of small tarn below Lake Mintaro, Clinton 

 Valley, Otago. Named in honour of Mr. L. Cockayne, my 

 botanical companiou in many rough journeys among the 

 mountains. 



Andreaea jonesii, sp. nov. Plates XXVIII. and XXIX. 



Plants densely tufted, from Jin. to Jin. long. Stems 

 flexuous, simple or slightly branched, fastigiate. Leaves 

 erecto-patent, red-brown, closely imbricating, middle ovate- 

 lanceolate, rapidly tapering into a long slender point for about 

 two-thirds the length of the leaf, upper large, broadly oblong- 

 lanceolate, rapidly tapering into a long point for one-third the 

 length of the leaf, straight or slightly falcate, margin entire, 

 concave, nerved ; perichaetial, inner pair elliptic-lanceolate, 

 gradually taperiug into a slender point, convolute, sheathing, 

 outer larger, oblong-lanceolate, rapidly constricted into a 

 slender point, [convolute. Dioecious, leaves of male plant 

 strongly falcate. 



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



Var. /3. Upper leaves shorter in the blade and the point 

 longer in proportion ; perichaetial larger and the capsule 

 smaller than in the type. 



Hab. Eocks on Mount Torlesse ; January, 1886. Eocks 

 above Eobinson's Bay, Banks Peninsula. Named after the 

 late F. Jones, Esq., M.H.E. 



Andreaea clintoniensis, sp. nov. Plate XXIX. 



Plant densely tufted, from -|in. to lin. long. Stems simple 

 or sparingly branched, fastigiate. Leaves yellow-brown near 

 apex of branch, dark-brown below, erecto-patent, slightly in- 

 curved, loiver linear-lanceolate, acute, tapper ovate or oblong- 



