Beckett. — On New Svecies of Musci. 293 



Andresea cochlearifolia, sp. nov. Plate XXXIX. 



Dioicous ('?). In dense blackish-brown tufts. Stems l^in. 

 long, 1 line in diameter, sparingly branched, lower parts de- 

 nuded. Leaves loosely imbricated, inflated, cochleariform, 

 oval or ovate, margins flat in the upper half and not concave, 

 entire, apex minutely apiculate, dull olive-green, nerve broad, 

 vanishing about the middle of the leaf. Perichaetial leaves 

 long-ovate, convolute. Cells at the base long, yellow, rather 

 opaque, forming a circular patch not extending to the margins; 

 cells of leaf small, quadrate, becoming roundish towards the 

 apex, not papillose. Capsule entirely exserted, cleft from base 

 to apex into 4 or 6 valves, dark-purple male inflorescence, 

 bracts 3, antheridia about 5, paraphyses 0. 



Hab. Wet rocks, under dripping water. 



Loc. Mount Bonpland; alt., 4,000ft. ; Otago ; No. 353 ; 

 W. Bell (named by Dr. Midler). 



Quite distinct from any hitherto-described New Zealand 

 Andreaa, and growing in situations — in water — very unusual 

 for species of this genus. The nerve is not of greater thickness 

 than the leaf, and is composed of a number of rows (from 

 10 to 20) of long opaque cells, which branch off in a fan-shaped 

 manner about the middle of the leaf, and are lost amongst the 

 leaf-cells. The margin of the upper part of leaf is flattened 

 out like the edge of a plate. 



Andreaea pulvinata, sp. nov. Plate XL. 



Dioicous. Densely pulvinate in large hemispherical masses, 

 purplish-red, dichotomously branched. Stem l^in. to l^in. 

 long. Leaves distant, patent, small, ovate-lanceolate gradually 

 tapering to a blunt point, nerveless ; comal leaves larger, more 

 or less falcato-secund ; perichastial leaves large, broad, ovate, 

 tapering to an obtuse point, convolute. Cells at the base, in 

 the centre, but not extending to the margins, long, square- 

 ended, of a rich orange-purple, leaf-cells regular, dot-like, and 

 strongly papillose at the back. Male inflorescence in a round 

 bud, bracts 3, very concave, orbicular, pointed, antheridia 2 or 

 3, paraphyses none. 



Hab. On south-east faces of rocks. 



Loc. Eockwood, North Canterbury ; November, 1890 ; 

 No. 359 (named by Dr. Midler). 



A very distinct species. The male plant shows the 

 inflorescence of past years like beads upon a string. The in- 

 florescence is truly terminal, though apparently lateral through 

 being pushed aside by the new shoot which is developed im- 

 mediately below the bracts. 



Andreaea arctoaeoides, sp. nov. Plate XLI. 



Dioicous. In fragile dark-green or brownish tufts. Stems 

 4 to 9 lines long, simple or fastigate. Leaves spreading, 



