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29. G. barrii, sp. nov. Plate XXXIX., fig. 29. 



Plants perennial, monoecious, growing in small green tufts 

 about Jin. high. Stem -|in. Branches arising below the 

 pericha3tial leaves, -^in., fastigiate. Leaves closely imbricat- 

 ing, lower half of leaves oblong-lanceolate, upper half tapering 

 into a subulate point, incurving in the upper part, subconvo- 

 lute, acute; margins entire; nerve ending at the apex. Areola: 

 Upper dense ; lower quadrilateral ; leaves crisp when dry. 

 Perichcetial leaves : Lower half erect, sheathing ; upper half 

 incurved. Fruit acrocarpous. Fruits talk erect or inclined, 

 3^- in. long. Capstde narrow-turbinate, annulate. Operculum 

 couvex-rostrate, two-thirds the length of the capsule ; beak 

 long, slender. Peristome single; teeth 16, regular, entire, lan- 

 ceolate. Calyptra mitriform. 



Hab. On calcareous rocks near Weston, close to Oamaru. 

 Collected by B. Brown, November, 1897. 



Named after Peter Barr, V.M.H., F.E.H.S., M.E.A.S. 



30. G. hutchinsonii, sp. nov. Plate XXXIX., fig. 30. 

 Plants perennial, monoecious, growing in small dense 



tufts Jin. high, yellowish-green. Branches or in., fastigiate. 

 Leaves small, erecto-patent, imbricating, oblong-lanceolate, 

 tapering into a hyaline hair-point ; margins entire ; nerve 

 keeled, ending at the hair-point ; erect when dry. Areola : 

 Upper small, dense ; lower quadrilateral. Perichcetial leaves 

 erect, larger than the stem leaves, hair-points longer. Fruit 

 acrocarpous. Fruitstalk j^in. long, hygrometric, curved 

 when moist, erect when dry. Capsule small, oval, annulate. 

 Operculum conic. Peristome single ; teeth 16, dark - red, 

 shortly bifid at the apex. Calyptra small, mitriform. 



Named after Mrs. Hutchinson, of Kirn, Scotland. 



Hab. On calcareous rocks near Weston, close to Oamaru. 

 Collected by E. Brown, November, 1897. 



31. G. kaikcniraensis, sp. nov. Plate XL., fig. 31. 



Plants perennial, monoecious, growing in small dense tufts 

 -^ in. high. Branches short, fastigiate. Leaves closely im- 

 bricating, erecto-patent, recurved close to the apex, elliptic- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, tapering into the hyaline hair-point ; 

 margins entire ; nerve slender, ending at the hair-point ; erect 

 when dry. Areola : Upper small, dense ; lower quadrilateral. 

 Perichcetial leaves shorter and narrower than the stem ones, 

 erect, sheathing the base of the fruitstalk, linear-acuminate, 

 with a short hair-point. Fruit acrocarpous. Fruitstalk ^in. 

 long, hygrometric at the middle. Capsule obovate or tur- 

 binate. Operculum conic or submammillate, one-third the 

 length of the capsule. Peristome single ; teeth 16, irregular, 

 Calyptra small, cucullate. 



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