458 . Transactions. — Botany. 



Hab. Marsh, on the hill at the back of the Bealey Hotel ; 

 Pebraary, 1889. Collected by E. B. 



Section 4. 

 Leaves broad. 



32. B. crudum, Schreb. Plate XLII., fig. 44. 



Hab. On damp banks, Mount Torlesse. Collected by E. B. 



33. B. Jieterofolium, sp. nov. Plate XLII., fig. 45. 



Plants dioecious, growing in small dense patches 1 in. high, 

 light-green above, dark-brown below. Stems Jin., gemmi- 

 form ; innovations J in. -i in., fastigiate, barren. Leaves 

 erecto-patent, imbricating all round ; upper ones oblong- 

 acute or elliptic-acute ; middle ovate-acute, slightly concave ; 

 margins entire, plain, with a border of narrow cells to near 

 the apex ; nerve continued to the apex. Lmovation leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute ; nerve disappearing at the apex. 

 Areola : Upper, trapezoid ; lower, oblong ; leaves erect when 

 dry. Perichcetial leaves very small, erect, subulate, nerved to 

 the apex ; acrocarpous. Fruitstalk slender, lin.-ljin. long, 

 scarcely curved at the apex. Capsule clavato-pyriform, taper- 

 ing into the fruitstalk. Peristome double ; outer teeth 16, 

 free to the base ; inner, a membrane divided to the middle 

 into 16 processes, alternate with the outer. Operculum conic, 

 apiculate. Galyptra not found. 



Hab. On damp banks, near Otaihape, North Island. 

 Collected by E. B. 



34. B. torlessense, sp. nov. Plate XLII., fig. 46. 



Plants synoecious, growing in dense tufts -lin.— |in. high. 

 Stem Jin., yellowish-green; innovations Jin., subfastigiate, 

 fertile ones gemmiform, barren, cuspidate. Leaves nearly 

 erect, imbricating all round, oblong - lanceolate and ovate- 

 lanceolate, with a long acuminate point, concave ; margins 

 with a border of long narrow cells, recurved below, and some- 

 times toothed at the apex ; nerve excurrent, aristate. Inno- 

 vation leaves barren, very concave, small, oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute ; nerve excurrent, aristate. Areola trapezoid above, 

 oblong near the base ; erect and twisted when dry. Peri- 

 chcetial leaves small, ovate - acuminate, nerved to apex. 

 Fruitstalk lin.-iin. long, curved at the apex. Capsule 'pen- 

 dulous, clavato-pyriform, tapering from the middle into the 

 fruitstalk. Peristome double ; outer teeth 16, free to the 

 base ; inner, a membrane divided for a third of the length 

 into 16 cilia, alternate with the outer. Operculum convex, 

 apiculate. Galyptra cucullate. 



