E. Brown.— On N.Z. Musci 329 



papillose ; nerve disappearing below the apex. Areola : 

 Upper small, dense; lower quadrilateral. Perichatial leaves 

 slightly smaller than the stem ones, otherwise similar. Fruit 

 acrocarpous. Fruits talk inclined, ^ in. long. Capsule ovate 

 or shortly ovate-oblong. Operculum oblique, conico-rostrate, 

 as long as the capsule. Peristome single ; teeth 16, in pairs. 

 Calyptra not found. 



Bab. North branch of the Hapuka. Collected by E. 

 Brown. 



7. W. (?) scarellii, sp. nov. Plate XXXVI., fig. 7. 



Plants monoecious, perennial, growing in very dense 

 patches, reddish-brown above, congested below, with radicles 

 about 1 in. high. Branches | in. long, fastigiate. Leaves 

 small, imbricating, erecto- patent, linear or linear- lanceo- 

 late, rounded at the apex ; margins entire, keeled ; nerve 

 ending below or at the apex. Areola : Upper small, oval ; 

 lower small, quadrilateral ; leaves erect when dry. Peri- 

 chatial leaves erect, shorter than the stem ones, other- 

 wise similar. Fruit acrocarpous. Fruitstalk \ in. long, 

 red, twisted slightly when dry. Capsule small, ovate-oblong. 

 Peristome single, red, incomplete. Operculum and calyptra 

 not found. 



Hab. On rocks, Jollie's Pass. Collected by Trist Searell. 



Genus Pottia. 



8. P. lohittonii, sp. nov. Plate XXXVI. , fig. 8. 



Plants monoecious, annual, growing in small patches, gre- 

 garious, i^in. high, dark-green. Leases imbricating, spreading 

 or erecto-patent, small, oblong-apiculate, apex slightly in- 

 curved ; margins entire ; nerve excurrent. Areola : Upper 

 large, roundish ; lower quadrilateral ; leaves twisted when 

 dry. Penchcetial leaves slightly smaller than the stem 

 ones, but otherwise similar. Fruit acrocarpous. Fruitstalk 

 pale, i in. long, inclined. Capsule small, ovate. Operculum 

 conico-rostrate, slightly oblique, about half the length of the 

 capsule. Calyptra not found. 



Hab. On damp banks near Weston, close to Oamaru, 

 November, 1897. Collected by E. Brown. 



Genus Dicranum. 



9. D. cardotii, sp. nov. Plate XXXVI. , fig. 9. 



Plants dioecious, perennial, growing in small patches, 

 yellowish-green, fin. high. Branches subfastigiate. Leaves 

 imbricating, small, erecto-patent or spreading, flexuous, subu- 

 late from a quadrate sheathing-base ; nerve faint, disappearing 

 in the subulate point ; margins minutely papillose. Areola : 

 Upper dense ; lower oblong, without large alar cells. Pericha- 



