R. Brown.— Oh N.Z. Musci. 335 



■ovate-oblong. Operculum conic, one-fifth the length of the 

 capsule. Peristome double ; outer teeth 16, linear-lanceolate ; 

 inner membranous, 16 cilia, alternating with the outer ones, 

 •united below. 



Hab. On damp banks on the west coast of the South 

 Island. Collected by R. Brown, January, 1902. 



24. B. theriotii, sp. uov. Plate XXXVIII., fig. 24. 



Plants perennial, monoecious, growing in small tufts about 

 f in. high. Branches short, fastigiate, darkish-green. Leaves 

 imbricating, erecto-patent, small, short, ovate, acute or acu- 

 minate ; margins entire ; nerve excurrent. Areola : Upper 

 narrow, obliquely quadrilateral ; lower ones larger. Peri- 

 chatial leaves smaller than the upper ones, triangular ; nerved 

 to the apex. Fruit acrocarpous. Fruitstalk inclined, -Jdn. 

 high, curved at the apex. Capsule large, oval. Operculum 

 short, convex. Peristome double ; outer teeth 16, lanceolate ; 

 inner 16, membranous, alternating with the outer, united 

 below the base. 



Hob. On damp rocks, head of Governor's Bay, Port 

 Lyttelton. Collected by R. Brown, January, 1899. 



Genus Blindia, Wils. 



25. B. theriotii, sp. nov. Plate XXXIX., fig. 25. 



Plants perennial, dioecious, growing in patches^ in. high, 

 yellow-green above, pale-brown below. Branches fastigiate. 

 Leaves closely imbricating, secund, recurving or erecto- 

 patent, subulate from a short broad erect sheathing-base ; 

 nerve disappearing in the subulate portion ; scarcely altered 

 when dry. Areola : Upper linear; lower quadrilateral, with 

 large quadrate alar cells at the basal angles. Perichatial 

 leaves smaller, erect, with an oblong sheathing-base, and the 

 upper half subulate. Fruit acrocarpous. Fruitstalk curved, 

 about fin. long. Capsule small, rotund; mouth narrow. 

 ■Operculum conico-rostrate ; beak subulate, straight, two-thirds 

 the length of the capsule, which is immersed among the leaves 

 when moist, erect when dry. Peristome single ; teeth 16, 

 lanceolate, sometimes perforated, upper two - thirds mem- 

 branous. Calyptra cucullate. 



Hab. On wet rocks or banks, Staircase Gully and 

 Cascade Creek, Mount Torlesse. Collected by R. Brown, 

 January, 1900. 



26. B. (?) torlessensis, sp. nov. Plate XXXIX., fig. 26. 

 Plants perennial, growing in small dense tufts about fin. 



high, yellowish-brown, branching irregularly, subfastigiate. 

 Leaves loosely imbricating, erecto-patent, subulate from a short 



