R. Brown.— 0/t N.Z. Musci. 331 



leaves erect when dry. Perichcetial leaves slightly longer; 

 lower half erect, sheathing, oblong ; upper subulate, secund, 

 falcate. Fruit acrocarpous. Fruitstalk inclined, slender, 

 red, fin. long. Capsule cylindric, curved. Operculum conic, 

 one-fifth the length of the capsule. Peristome single, fragile ; 

 teeth 16, linear. Calyptra cucullate. 



Hab. On damp banks near Lake Kanieri, and on banks 

 by the roadside near Hokitika. Collected by Robert Brown, 

 January, 1902. 



13. T. kanieriense, sp. nov. Plate XXXVII., fig. 13. 



Plants perennial, monoecious, growing in small gregarious 

 tufts about -Jin. high, pale yellowish-green. Branches few, 

 short. Leaves imbricating, erecto-patent, ridged when moist, 

 erect and incurved at the apex when dry, ovate or oblong- 

 lanceolate, tapering to an obtuse point ; margins entire ; 

 nerve continued to apex. Areola: Upper subrotund ; lower 

 linear-oblong. Perichcetial leaves longer than the stem ones, 

 convolute, sheathing, the fruitstalk tapering to an obtuse 

 point. Fruit acrocarpous. Fruitstalk inclined, fin. long, 

 brown. Capsule long, cylindric, curved slightly. Operculum 

 eonico-subulate, one-seventh the length of the capsule. Peri- 

 stome single ; only a few broken teeth w T ere found. 



Hab. On damp banks near Lake Kanieri, West Coast. 

 Collected by R. Brown, January, 1902. 



14. T. whittonii, sp. nov. Plate XXXVII. , fig. 14. 



Plants perennial, growing in small patches about 4; in. high, 

 glaucous -green. Branches fastigiate. Leaves erecto-patent, 

 slightly spreading, flexuous or recurving, linear - subulate, 

 subconvolute, minutely toothed at the apex ; nerve disappear- 

 ing in the upper portion of the leaf. Areola : Upper small, 

 quadrate ; lower quadrilateral ; leaves scarcely altered when 

 dry. Perichcetial leaves similar to the stem ones. Fruit acro- 

 carpous. Fruitstalk slender, red, \ in. long. Capsule cylindric. 

 Peristome imperfect. Operculum and calyptra not found. 



Hab. On damp banks, Staircase Gully, Mount Torlesse. 

 Collected by R. Brown, January, 1900. 



15. T. theriotii, sp. nov. Plate XXXVII. , fig. 15. 



Plants monoecious, perennial, growing in tufts, yellowish- 

 green, -I in.-^ in. high, branched from near the base, fastigiate. 

 Leaves erecto-patent or slightly spreading, imbricating, very 

 small, upper ones oblong or ovate -lanceolate, obtuse or 

 rounded at the apex ; margins entire ; nerve ending below the 

 apex. Areola : Upper subrotund : lower small, quadrilateral. 

 Perichcetial leaves smaller than the upper ones, ligulate, 



