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tial leaves longer, erect, otherwise similar to the stem ones 

 Fruit acrocarpous. Fruitstalk ahout ^in. long, slender, 

 inclined, pale-red. Capsule small, narrowly ovate-oblong. 

 Operculum long, oblique, conico-rostrate ; beak long, slender, 

 about a third longer than the capsule. Calyptra cucullate. 

 Male inflorescence gemmiform on separate plants. 



Hab. On damp banks, tributary of the River Hapuka, near 

 Kaikoura. Collected by Robert Brown. 



10. D. waimakaririense, sp. nov. Plate XXXVI., fig. 10. 



Plants monoecious, perennial, growing in loose patches, 

 pale yellowish-green, \ in. —J- in. high. Branches few. Leaves 

 imbricating, erecto-patent or spreading, secund, ovate-subulate, 

 lower half erect, sheathing the stem ; margins entire ; nerve 

 disappearing in the subulate apex. Areola : Lower quadrilateral. 

 Perichatial leaves smaller, otherwise similar to the stem ones. 

 Fruit acrocarpous. Fruitstalk inclined slightly, flexuous, red. 

 Caysule inclined, ovate. Operculum stout, oblique, conico- 

 rostrate, nearly as long as the capsule. Peristome single ; 

 teeth 16, lanceolate, bifid to near the middle, red. Calyptra 

 small, cucullate. 



Hab. On wet mud on the bed of the River Waimakariri. 

 Collected by Robei't Brown, August, 1899. 



11. D. koivaiense, sp. nov. Plate XXXVI., fig. 11. 



Plants monoecious, perennial, growing in dense dark-green 

 patches iin.— J- in. high. Branches short, fastigiate, ^in. 

 Leaves imbricating, erecto-patent or recurving from the 

 middle to the apex, linear, rounded or obtuse ; margins entire ; 

 nerve ending below the apex. Areola: Upper small, round; 

 lower quadrilateral. Perichatial leaves slightly smaller, in- 

 nermost smallest, linear, obtuse. Fruit acrocarpous. Fruit- 

 stalk i in. long. Capsule small, ovate-oblong. Operculum 

 oblique, conico-rostrate, about half the length of the capsule. 

 Peristome single, irregular; teeth 16, bifid or perforated on 

 the middle line. Calyptra cucullate. 



Hab. On wet precipitous rocks in the gorge of the River 

 Waimakariri, growing in company with D. tasmanicum, which 

 it approaches in all its characters except size. Collected by 

 Robert Brown, January, 1900. 



Genus Trichostomum. 



12. T. stanilandsii, sp. nov. Plate XXXVI. , fig. 12. 

 Plants monoecious, gregarious, yellowish-green, ^ in.— £ in. 



high, nearly simple. Leaves imbricating, secund, falcate, 

 lower half ovate-lanceolate, upper half subulate, subcucullate 

 at the apex ; margins entire ; nerve disappearing towards the 

 apex. Areola : Upper small, dense; lower quadrilateral; 



