Bkown. — On the Gemts Grimmia. 417 



Hab. Dry rocks, Lyttelfcou hills, in several places ; 1882. 

 Birdling's Flat, Lake Forsyth ; Mount Self, Gorge of the 

 Hurunui ; 1893. Palmer Pass, head of the Eiver Conway; 

 February, 1894. Collected in these localities by E. B. 



21. Grimmia flexifolia, sp. nov. 



Plants yellow-green, growing in small tufts ^in. high, 

 branched by innovations, fastigiate. Leaves diaphanous, erecto- 

 patent, flexuous ; lower ones linear-lanceolate, muticous ; middle 

 and upper oblong-lanceolate, tapering to the hyaline hair-point, 

 semi-convolute. Margins entire. Nerve ending at the hair- 

 point. Areola upper punctiform, crisped when dry. Peri- 

 chatial leaves shorter than the upper ones, linear-lanceolate, 

 ending in a hyaline hair-point, concave. Margins entire. 

 Nerve ending at the hair-point. Fruits talk decurved. Capsule 

 small, oblong, mouth wide. Peristome single, 16. Operculum 

 stout, conic. Calyptra mitriform. 



Hab. Eocks, Mount Torlesse ; January, 1886. Collected 

 by E. B. 



22. Grimmia pusilla, sp. nov. 



Plants small, reddish-brown, growing in small tufts ^in. 

 high, branched by innovations, fastigiate. Leaves small, 

 erecto-patent, diaphanous; lower ones small, linear-lanceolate, 

 with a hair-point ; middle and upper leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, tapering to a hyaline hair-point, as long as 

 the leaf, concave. Margins entire. Nerve ending at the hair- 

 point. Areola upper punctiform. Leaves erect when dry. 

 Perichcetial erect, inner smaller than the outer one, oblong- 

 lanceolate, tapering to the hyaline hair-point, concave. Mar- 

 gins entire. Nerve ending at the hair-point. Fruitstalk 

 decurved, T V n - l° n g- Capsule small, obovate, mouth wide. 

 Peristome single, 16, entire. Operculum conico - rostrate, 

 straight. Beak short. 



Hab. On rocks, Mount Self, near the Hurunui Eiver 

 March, 1893. Collected by E. B. 



23. Grimmia diminuta, sp. nov. 



Plants extremely small, about ^in. long, green, growing in 

 small tufts, fastigiate. Leaves erecto-patent, middle and upper 

 linear-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, concave. Margins entire. 

 Nerve disappearing near the apex. Areola upper punctiform, 

 erect when dry. PerichcEtial leaves erect, triangular, acute, 

 about one-half the length of the upper ones, concave. Margins 

 entire, nerved to the apex. Fruitstalk decurved. Capsule 

 small, ovate, mouth wide. Peristome single, 16, incomplete. 

 Operculum and calyptra not found. 

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