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to describe the new species, I very cordially agree with such a 

 course." The names are those given by Dr. Karl Miiller, but 

 for any errors or inaccuracies in the descriptions I am alone 

 responsible. In this paper I have described and figured a few 

 of the most interesting of the new species, and I hope in a 

 future paper to publish some more. 



Blindia chrysea, sp. nov. Plate XXXIV. 



Autoicous. Densely csespitose in large tufts, erect, branched, 

 golden-yellow above, dull olive-green below. Leaves densely 

 imbricated, falcate, glossy, when dry the apices spirally twisted, 

 oblong-lanceolate produced into a long narrow point, margin 

 flat, quite entire ; nerve green, thin, well defined, occupying 

 the greater part of the subulate apex. Alar cells dark rufous- 

 brown, large and inflated, cells of lower part of leaf long, 

 narrow, becoming shorter and more quadrate towards the 

 apex. Perichsetial leaves, outer with a broad base suddenly 

 contracted into a long narrow point, innermost lanceolate, 

 amplexicaul, all nerved to apex. Seta thin, ferruginous, 

 length Jin.-lin. Capsule leptodermous, erect, symmetrical, 

 oval, exannulate, ferruginous. Operculum and calyptra not 

 seen. Peristome of 16 teeth, short, papillose, thin, indistinctly 

 barred, the lower part yellow, hyaline above. Male inflo- 

 rescence gemmaceous, axillary below the perichsetial leaves, 

 bracts concave, ovate - acuminate, antheridia long, mixed 

 with numerous paraphyses. 



Hab. On rocks. A very distinct and beautiful species, be- 

 longing to a genus not hitherto recorded in New Zealand. 



Loc. Kaikoura; No. 263 (named by Dr. Miiller). Benmore, 

 4,000ft. ; No. 295. On the ground, Kowai ; T. W. N. B. 

 Mount Earnslaw ; TV. Bell. 



Pottia marginata, sp. nov. Plate XXXV. 



Synoicous. Caespitose, minute, simple or dichotomous, olive- 

 green, leaves, lower ovate-lanceolate, upper elongato-lingu- 

 late, acuminate, carinate, not narrowed below ; nerve brown, 

 stout, tapering at the apex and excurrent in a point ; margin 

 flat, bordered by four rows of long clear yellow cells, vanishing 

 before reaching the apex, which is coarsely and irregularly 

 dentate. Cells at the base and of one-third -of leaf oblongo- 

 hexagonal, hyaline, gradually merging into small, roundish, 

 hexagonal, opaque, densely chlorophyllose cells. Seta stout, 

 short ; capsule gymnostomous, erect or slightly inclined, 

 long-oval, gradually tapering into the seta, chestnut-brown, 

 smooth, contracted at the mouth when dry ; operculum conico- 

 rostrate ; calyptra covering the whole of the capsule, campanu- 

 late, base closely clasping the seta until near maturity, when 



