Brown. — On the Gemis Orthotrichum. 435 



force ; May, 1885. Pukiterake Eange ; December, 1888. 

 Collected by E. B. 



22. Orthotrichum obesum, sp. nov. 



Plants monoecious, yellowish-green above, brown below, 

 growing in tufts 1-Jin. high. Stems long, slender, branched by 

 innovations. Brandies short, fastigiate. Leaves nearly erect 

 or erecto-patent, ovate-lanceolate, tapering into an acute 

 point, middle and upper leaves larger, upper largest, ovate- 

 lanceolate, tapering into an acute point, concave. Margins 

 plain, entire. Nerve disappearing at the apex. Areola: 

 Upper punctiform, lower linear-oblong. Leaves erect when 

 clry. Perichcetial leaves longer than the upper ones, erect, 

 oblong-lanceolate', acute, concave. Margins plain, entire. 

 Nerve disappearing at the apex. Fruitstalk very short, 

 erect. Capsule immersed, broadly pyriform, narrowed 

 into the mouth. Peristome double : outer 8 bigeminate, 

 entire ; inner 8 cilia consisting of two rows of cells 

 shorter than the outer ones, alternating with them. Oper- 

 culum stout, conico-rostrate, straight beak, nearly one-third 

 the length of the capsule. Calyptra mi triform, snorter than 

 the capsule, plicate, pilose. Male inflorescence gemmaceous 

 in the axil of a leaf, below the perichsetium. 



Hab. Eocks, Moa Creek ; May, 1885. Collected bv 

 E. B. 



23. Orthotrichum magnothecum, sp. nov. 



Plants monoecious, dark-green, growing in small tufts, 

 Jin.— Jin. high, branched by innovations. Branches short, 

 spreading, fastigiate. Leaves closely imbricating, spreading, 

 lower ones ovate-lanceolate, acute or obtuse ; middle and 

 upper leaves very similar in their outline, broadly oblong- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, concave. Margins entire, recurved from 

 near the base to a little below the point. Nerve disappearing 

 below the apex. Areola : Upper punctiform ; lower narrow, 

 oblong near the base. Leaves when dry suberect. Perichcetial 

 leaves erect, slightly broader than the upper ones, oblong- 

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

 ending below the apex. Fruitstalk erect, very short. Capsule 

 large, broadly pyriform. Peristome double : outer 8 bi- 

 geminate, entire ; inner 8 cilia composed of one row of cells 

 as long as the outer, and alternate with them. Operculum 

 large, conico-rostrate, one-third the length of the capsule. 

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

 Male inflorescence gemmaceous in the axil of a leaf below the 

 perichsetium.. 



Hab. Trees near the Eiver Avon, and near Fendalton 

 November, 1886. Collected in both localities by E. B. 



