334 Transactions. — Botany. 



Genus Br yum. 



21. B.foresterii, sp. now Plate XXXVIII., fig. 21. 



Plants perennial, monoecious, growing in dense patches 

 dark-green, brown below, ^in. high. Branches ^e in., 

 fastigiate. Leaves small, densely imbricating, erecto-patent, 

 tapering from a broad base to an acuminate point or a 

 narrow triangular acuminate outline ; margins entire ; nerve 

 stout, keeled, ending at the apex or disappearing near 

 it. Areola : Upper obliquely quadrilateral, becoming larger 

 below ; leaves erec.t when dry. Perichatial leaves about half 

 smaller than the stem ones, nearly erect, deltoid, acuminate. 

 Fruit acrocarpous. Fruitstalk inclined, about Jin. long, 

 curved at the apex, dark-red. Capsule pendular or hori- 

 zontal, narrow, pyriform. Operculum mammillate. Peri- 

 stome and calyptra not seen. 



Hab. On calcareous rocks near Weston, close to Oamaru. 

 Collected by E. Brown, 18th November, 1897. 



Named after Mr. Forester, Harbourmaster, Oamaru. 



22. B. whittonii, sp. nov. Plate XXXVIII., fig. 22. 



Plants small, perennial, gregarious, J in. high, yellowish- 

 green. Stem nearly simple, fastigiate. Leaves imbricating, 

 subsecund, flexuous or spreading, falcate, linear-subulate, 

 acuminate ; margins entire ; nerve disappearing below the 

 apex. Areola : Upper obliquely quadrilateral ; lower larger ; 

 leaves scarcely altered when dry. Pcrichcetial leaves smaller 

 than the upper ones, innermost smallest. Fruit acrocarpous. 

 Fruitstalk |dn. long, curved at the apex, slender, pale-red. 

 Capsule horizontal, ovate, narrowing into the fruitstalk. 

 Operculum conic, about one-sixth the length of the capsule. 

 Peristome double ; outer teeth 16, linear-lanceolate ; inner, 16 

 cilia, alternating with the outer ones, membranous, united 

 near the base. Calyptra not found. 



Hab. On damp banks near Kaikoura ; appears to be rare. 

 ■Collected by R. Brown, January, 1898. 



23. B. barm, sp. nov. Plate XXXVIII., fig. 23. 



Plants perennial, growing in dense patches, dark-green, 

 ^ in.— | in. high, slender, irregularly branched. Branches 

 slender. Leaves small, imbricating, erecto-patent or flexuous, 

 narrow, ovate-subulate, acute ; margins entire ; nerve disap- 

 pearing below the apex Areola: Upper narrow, obliquely 

 quadrilateral ; lower larger ; leaves erect when dry. Pcrichce- 

 tial leaves linear- subulate ; nerve ending below the apex. 

 Fruit acrocarpous. Fruitstalk slender, pale-red, curved at 

 the apex, ^ in. long. Capsule horizontal or pendular, shortly 



