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ovate erect sheathing-base, subulate portion twice the length of 

 the base ; margins entire ; nerve disappearing in the subulate 

 point. Areola: Upper quadrate ; lower quadrilateral ; leaves 

 erect when dry. Perichcetial leaves slightly longer than upper 

 ones, but otherwise similar to them. Fruit acrocarpous. 

 Fruitstalk inclined, ^ in. long, red. Capsule subturbinate ; 

 mouth wide. Peristome single ; teeth 16, red, bifid for one- 

 third of their length. Operculum stout, oblique, conico-rostrate 

 about half the length of the capsule. Galyptra not found. 



Hab. Damp banks, Mount Torlesse. Collected by R. 

 Brown, December, 1896. 



Genus Grimmia. 



27. G. (Schisticlium) oamaruense, sp. nov. Plate XXXIX., 

 fig. 27. 



Plants monoecious, perennial, growing in small patches 

 Y & in. high, brownish, branched from the base. Branches 

 fastigiate. Leaves closely imbricating, erecto-patent, oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, with a minute hyaline tip ; margins recurved 

 or plain ; nerve continued to the apex, keeled ; leaves .erect 

 when dry. Areola small, roundish to the base. Perichcetial 

 leaves smaller than the upper ones, innermost smallest, 

 oblong -lanceolate, acute. Fruit acrocarpous. Fruitstalk 

 extremely short. Capsule turbinate, small, immersed in the 

 perichaBtial leaves. Operculum mammillate or convex-apicu- 

 late. Peristome 16, lanceolate, tapering to a slender point, 

 red, entire or perforated. 



Hab. On damp calcareous rocks near Weston, close to 

 Oamaru. Collected by R. Brown, November, 1897. 



28. G. turneni, sp. nov. Plate XXXIX., fig. 28. 



Plants perennial, monoecious, growing in tufts, dark-green 

 above, nearly black below, -J in. -fin. high, dichotomously 

 branched, fastigiate. Leaves closely imbricating, erecto-patent 

 or recurving, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, concave, slightly cucul- 

 late at the apex; margins entire; nerve keeled, ending close to 

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

 leaves crisp when dry. Perichcetial leaves semi-convolute, 

 about the size of the upper ones. Fruit acrocarpous. Fruit- 

 stalk erect or inclined, -|in. long. Capsule ovate. Operculum 

 conico-rostrate ; beak slender, straight, about two-thirds the 

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

 bi- or tri-fid, perforated. Calyptra mitriform, as long as the 

 capsule, furred. 



Hab. On rock on the north side of Mount Torlesse. Col- 

 lected by R. Brown, January, 1900. 



This is the only known habitat. Named after T. Turner, 

 Esq., seed-merchant, Christchurch. 



