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Margins entire, plain. Nerve ending below the apex. Fruit- 

 stalk short, erect. Capsule subpyriform. Peristome single, 

 16, geminate, entire. Operculum conic, one-third the length 

 of the capsule. Calyptra mitriform, plicate, slightly pilose. 

 Male inflorescence gemmaceous in the axil of a leaf below the 

 perichaetium. 



Ilab. Limestone rocks, near Broken Eiver ; November, 



1889. Collected by E. B. 



7. Orthotrichum obliquum, sp. nov. 



Plants monoecious, brownish-green, growing in loose tufts 

 •Jin.-lin. high, branched by innovations. Branches variable 

 in length, subfastigiate. Leaves closely imbricating, erecto- 

 patent ; lower ones small, oblong-lanceolate, acute; middle and 

 upper ones linear-lanceolate, from an ovate sheathing base, 

 acuminate, concave. Margins entire, plain. Nerve continuous, 

 or disappearing below the apex. Areola: Upper punctiform, 

 lower linear-oblong near the base. Leaves when dry suberect. 

 Perichcetial leaves erect, shorter than the upper ones, oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, concave. Margins entire, plain. Nerve 

 ending below the apex. Fruitstalk erect, ^in. long. Capsule 

 exserted, pyriform. Peristome single, 8, bigeminate, entire. 

 Operculum not found. Galyptra mitriform, plicate, pilose, as 

 long as the capsule. Male inflorescence gemmaceous in the 

 axil of a leaf below the perichaetium. 



Hah. Trees near the Eiver Teremakau ; June, 1884. Col- 

 lected by E. B. 



8. Orthotrichum flexifolium, sp. nov. 



Plants monoecious, yellowish-green, growing in dense 

 pulvinate tufts Jin. to fin. high, branched by innovations. 

 Branches short, closely arranged. Leaves closely imbricating, 

 spreading, all very similar in outline, lower ones small, upper 

 ones larger, linear-lanceolate, from an ovate sheathing base, 

 acuminate, flexuous, semi-convolute. Margins entire, plain. 

 Nerve continued to the apex, keeled, slender. Areola: Upper 

 punctiform, lower, linear-oblong. Leaves when dry very 

 crisped. Perichcetial leaves erecto-patent, longer than the 

 upper ones, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, very concave. Margins 

 entire, plain. Nerve slender, continuous. Fruitstalk stout, 

 erect, ^in. long. Capsule pyriform. Peristome single, 8, entire, 

 bigeminate. Operculum conico-rostrate, straight. Calyptra 

 mitriform, shorter than the capsule, plicate, pilose. Male 

 inflorescence gemmaceous in the axil of a leaf below the 

 perichaetium. 



Hab. Trees, Clinton Glen, head of Lake TeAnau ; January, 



1890. Collected by E. B. 



