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the stern ones; nerve ending below the apex. Fruit acro- 

 carpous. Fruitstalk inclined, slender, pale, T 5 g in. long. 

 Capsule short, ovate-oblong, narrowing towards the base. 

 Peristome none. Operculum and calyptra not found. 



Hab. At the base of calcareous cliffs, South Bay, Kaikoura. 

 Common in this situation, but rarely fruiting; only known 

 habitat. Collected by Robert Brown, January, 1898. 



Named after Walter Gibson, Esq., Kaikoura. 



4. G. parisii, sp. nov. Plate XXXV., fig. 4. 



Plants monoecious, perennial, growing in dense patches, 

 green, \ in. high. Branches fastigiate. Leaves small, closely 

 imbricating, ovate-subulate, tapering to an acute point or ob- 

 tuse, and the nerve ending below the apex ; margins entire ; 

 nerve disappearing in the acute leaves at the apex. Areola : 

 Upper small, roundish ; lower oblong ; leaves erect when dry. 

 Perichcetial leaves erect, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate ; nerve 

 ending below the apex. Fruit acrocarpous. Fruitstalk in- 

 clined, reddish, T 3 ein. long. Capsule small, ovate-oblong or 

 ovate. Operculum conico-rostrate, about one-half the length 

 of the capsule. Peristome none. Calupira cucullate. 



Hab. On limestone debris at the head of one of the tribu- 

 taries of the River Hapuka, north of Kaikoura. Collected by 

 Robert Brown, January, 1898. 



Named after General Paris, editor of the Revue Bryolo- 

 gique. 



5. G. westlandicum, sp. nov. Plate XXXV., fig. 5. 



Plants monoecious, perennial, growing in small patches* 

 dark-green, ^ in. high. Stem ^ in. Branches dense, -Jin., 

 fastigiate. Leaves closely imbricating, erecto-patent, linear or 

 linear - lanceolate, acuminate, slightly recurving; margins 

 entire ; nerve continued to the apex. Areola : Upper small, 

 dense ; lower quadrilateral ; leaves crisp when dry. Peri- 

 chcetial leaves erect, shorter than the stem ones and narrower, 

 sheathing the fruitstalk, inner smallest. Fruit acrocarpous. 

 Fruitstalk inclined, ^in. long, pale. Capsule cylindric. 

 Operculum conico-rostrate. half the length of the capsule. 

 Peristome none. Calyptra not found. 



Hab. On damp banks, west coast of the South Island. 

 Collected by Robert Brown, January, 1902. 



Genus Weissia. 



6. W. kaikouraensis, sp. nov. Plate XXXV., fig. 6. 



Plants monoecious, perennial, growing in small patches 

 about Jin. high. Branches very short, fastigiate. Leaves 

 closely imbricating, erecto-patent, subulate, base slightly 

 broader, convolute in the upper half ; margins minutely 



