Brown. — On the Genus Orthotrichum. 431 



inflorescence gemrnaceous in the axil of a leaf below the peri- 

 chaetium. 



Hab. Eocks, Mount Torlesse; June, 1884. Mount Herbert, 

 Lyttelton hills, Banks Peninsula; December, 1885. Collected 

 in these localities by E. B. 



14. Orthotrichum reflexum, sp. nov. 



Plant* monoecious, yellowish - green above, dark -brown 

 below, growing in small irregular patches Jin.-iin. high, 

 branched by innovations. Branches short, fastigiate. Leaves 

 large, erecto-patent, closely imbricating ; lower ones small, 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate ; middle and upper leaves oblong 

 or ovate-lanceolate, rounded at the apex. Margins recurved 

 from the base to near the apex, concave. Nerve keeled, end- 

 ing below the apex, papillose on the upper surface of the leaves 

 and on the upper portions of the margins. Areola : Upper 

 punctiform, lower linear-oblong. Leaves when dry erect, and 

 slightly twisted. Perichcetial leaves longer than the upper 

 ones, erect, semi-convolute, sheathing, ovate-lanceolate, sub- 

 acute. Margins not recurved. Nerve ending below the apex, 

 papillose. Fruitstalk short, about half the length of the cap- 

 sule. Capsule large, pyriform immersed. Peristome single, 8, 

 bigeminate, perforated on the middle line, and sometimes on 

 the lateral ones. Operculum convexo-rostrate, one-third the 

 length of the capsule. Calyptra shorter than the capsule, 

 plicate, pilose, hairs scabrid. Male inflorescence gemrnaceous 

 in the axil of a leaf. 



Hab. Eocks, Mount Torlesse ; June, 1886. Collected by 

 E. B. 



15. Orthotrichum latorum, sp. nov. 



Plants monoecious, yellowish-green above, very dark below, 

 growing in tufts about lin. high, branched by innovations. 

 Branches spreading, fastigiate. Leaves closely imbricating, 

 erecto-patent; lower ones small, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate; 

 middle and upper leaves large, ovate-lanceolate, tapering into 

 an acute point, concave. Margins entire, recurved from the 

 base to near the apex, nerved to the apex. Areola : U pper punc- 

 tiform, papillose ; lower linear-oblong. Leaves erect when dry. 

 Perichcetial leaves shorter than the upper ones, erect, ovate or 

 oblong-lanceolate, subacute. Margins entire, not recurved, 

 concave. Nerve ending below the apex. Fruitstalk short, 

 stout, erect, shorter than the capsule. Capsule large, broadly 

 pyriform, mouth wide. Peristome single, 16, geminate. 

 Operculum slightly convex, rostrate, beak stoutish. Calyptra 

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

 inflorescence gemrnaceous in the axil of a leaf. 



Hab. Eocks, Moa Creek; May, 1885. Collected by E. B. 



