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Capsule suberect, oval. Mouth small. Peristome single. 

 Teeth 16, cohering at the apex. Operculum oblique, conico- 

 rostrate, one-third the length of the capsule. Calyptra cu- 

 cullate. Antheridia in the axils of the upper stem leaves. 



Hab. On damp ground, Kelly's Hill, West Coast Eoad ; 

 altitude, 4,000 ft. Coll. by E. B., Nov., 1889. 



C(?) gracile, sp. nov. 



Plants perennial, monoecious, growing in dense tufts 

 ^in.-lin. high, green above, brown below. Stems slender, 

 radiculose, Jin.— § in. Innovations fasciculate, very slender, 

 fastigiate. Leaves : Upper loosely imbricating, erect, ob- 

 scurely pentstichous, small, ovate - lanceolate, acuminate, 

 piliferous ; branch ones linear, acuminate ; margins toothed 

 on the upper half ; nerve disappearing at the apex. Areola 

 quadrilateral. Margins of leaves incurved and slightly twisted 

 when dry. Perichcetial leaves smaller, inner smallest, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, piliferous. Fruit acrocarpous. Fruit- 

 stalk flexuous, f in. long, slender, curved at the apex. Capsule 

 ovate, tapering to the small mouth, horizontal or inclined. 

 Operculum oblique, conico-rostrate, one-third the length of 

 the capsule. Peristome and calyptra not seen. Antheridia 

 on short branches, close to the perichsetium. 



Hab. On wet ground, summit of Kelly's Hill ; altitude, 

 4,000 ft. Coll. by E. B., Nov., 1889. 



C. bellii, sp. nov. 



Plants perennial, monoecious, growing in dense tufts ^ in. 

 high, yellowish-green above, dark-brown below. Stems fin., 

 radiculose. Innovations about -J in., fastigiate. Leaves nearly 

 erect, closely imbricating, pentstichous, ovate -lanceolate, 

 acuminate, piliferous ; margins serrated towards the apex, 

 and slightly recurved ; nerve stout, excurrent. Areola ob- 

 long. Leaves unaltered when dry. Perichcetial leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate. Fruit acrocarpous. Fruitstalk in- 

 clined, fin. long, pale-red. Capsule ovate, small. Operculum 

 conico-rostrate. Peristome single. Teeth 16, cohering at the 

 apex. Calyptra not found. 



Hab. On marshv ground, Lake Harris ; February, 1895. 

 Coll. by William Bell. 



C. minutum, sp. nov. 



Plants perennial, monoecious, growing in small dense tufts 

 about fin. high. Stems Jin., radiculose. Innovations -Jin., 

 fastigiate. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, nearly erect, 

 pentstichous, closely imbricating ; margins serrated towards 

 the apex ; nerve excurrent. Areola oblong. Leaves unaltered 

 when dry. Perichcetial leaves slightly longer than the upper 



