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margin only ; nerve single, slender, extending beyond middle ; 

 cells orbicular, very minute and partially obscure in the upper 

 half, large oblong and clear in the lower ; perichretial broadly 

 ovate, entire, acuminulate ; cells large and clear. Fruit-stalk 

 6-7 lines loug, slender, smooth, flexuous, red, black at base, 

 3-5 on a branch ; capsule very small, ob-conical, plain, sub- 

 horizontal, brownish-red, broadest at mouth ; outer teeth dark 

 brown, closely transversely striate with sub-denticulate margins 

 (as in H. smaragdina, Col., supra) ; calyptra long, conical, 

 covering capsule, smooth, upper half black and glossy, apex 

 much produced, sub-piliferous, base fimbriate ; fimbria? spread- 

 ing, wavy. 



Hab. On trees ; dry forests near Norsewood, County of 

 Waipawa, 1885 : W.C. 



Obs. A species pretty closely allied to H. sinuosa, Hook. fil. 

 and Wils., but differing from that species, in its being much and 

 piunately branched, in its leaves being sexfariously disposed, 

 delicate, with a very narrow and much less sinuate margin, and 

 also apiculate ; in the large cells of the lower half of leaf, and in 

 the perichastial being acuminulate ; also, in the shape of its 

 small capsule, and its much shorter fruit-stalk, and in its smooth 

 and glossy tipped calyptra. When dry its leaves are crisp ; it 

 moistens readily. 



4. H. anwna, sp. nov. 



Plant small, erect, \ inch high, shortly branched at top, 

 yellowish-green; and stems rather thick, dark brown, leaved to 

 base, branches sub-compressed. Leaves numerous, close, im- 

 bricate, sexfariously disposed, very small, ^-g-th inch long, broadly 

 spathulate, margined, entire, apical portion sub-orbicular, 

 apiculate, margin very narrow, thickened on the basal portion 

 of leaf; nerve 1, slender, sinuate, extending beyond middle; 

 cells orbicular and very minute in the upper broad part of leaf, 

 large oblong, quadrate in the lower portion ; perichretial small, 

 similar in shape, with long cellular acuminate scales within them ; 

 cells very large and clear. Fruit-stalk slender, 4 lines long, 

 suddenly curved at apex, flexuous, twisted, smooth, shilling, 

 red, black and much thickened at base, springing from a tumid 

 sheath or support (something like Cyathophorum pennatum) at 

 middle of stem ; capsule minute, -g^th inch long, narrow-ovate, 

 pendulous, pale, finely and slightly tubercled at base ; operculum 

 not seen. Calyptra (young) narrow-conical, acute, greenish- 

 white below, brown above and black tipped, the narrow upper 

 portion slightly and finely roughish (under lens), largely fim- 

 briate at base ; fimbria? spreadiug, obtuse. 



Haf>. Hidden among other mosses, etc. (whence it was 

 picked out long after collecting) ; dry woods, near Norsewood, 

 County of Waipawa, 1884 : W.C, 



