Beckett. — On New Zealand Mosses. 433 



tenuis, pallide fusca, nitidiuscula ; theca pendula oblongo- 

 pyriformis, collo theca breviore, sicca loevis, deoperculata sub 

 ore baud constricta, sordide fusca; anniilus 01 mm. latus, 

 faciliter revolubilis ; peristomium duplex ; existomii dentes 

 c. 0-4 ram. longi et c. 0075 mm. lati, lutei, apice hyalini, 

 lamellis altis, c. 20; endostoynium liberum; i^rocessus late 

 perforati ; cilia tei-na, bene evoluta, longe appendiculata ; 

 spori 0-015-0018 mm., lutescenti-virides laeves ; operculum 

 cupulatum, acute apiculatum. 



'' Patria. — ^ew Zealand: Mount Alfred (4,000ft.- 

 5,000 ft.), Otago; W. Bell. 



" Species Br. bimo, Schreb., simillima sed inflorescentia 

 dioica jam diguoscenda. — V. F. B., op. cit., p. 89. 



Bryum austro-pallescens, Broth., n. sp. 



" Autoicum ; caespitosum, c^spitibus densiusculis 2-3 cm. 

 altis, viridibus vel lutescenti-viridibus baud nitidis ; caulis 

 erectus, fusco-tomentosus, apice dense foliosus, innovationi- 

 bus singulis vel binis, usque ad 1.5 cm. altis, gracilibus, 

 inferne laxiuscule, apice dense foliosis ; folia caulina erecto- 

 patencia, carinato-concava, oblougo-lanceolata, nervo exce- 

 dente aristata, marginibus fere ad apicem vaide revolutis, 

 integris, limbata, limbo lutescente, 3-5 seriate, nervo rufes- 

 cente, in aristam longam, strictam, integram producto, cellulis 

 rhomboideo-hexagonis, basilaribus subrectangularibus, infimis 

 vinose rubentibus ; innovationitm eisdem caulinis similia ; 

 hractem perickcetii intim^e minutse, lanceolatae, acuminata^ ; 

 seta usque ad 4 cm. alta, flexuosa, apice cygnea, tenuis, rubra, 

 nitidiuscula ; theca pendula oblongo-pyriformis c. 4 mm. longa 

 collo sporangio breviore, sicca lasvis, deoperculata sub ore 

 baud constricta, pallide fusca; annuhis duplex 0-1 mm. latus, 

 faciliter revolubilis; peristomium duplex; exostomii dentes 

 c. 0-55 mm. longi et c. 0-075 mm. lati, lutei, apice hyalini, 

 papillosi, lamellis 20-25 ; endostomitim liberum, sordide lutes- 

 cens, papillosum ; processus carinati, late perforati ; cilia terna 

 bene evoluta, appendiculata ; spori vix ultra 0-015 mm., lutes- 

 centi-virides, laeves ; opercidum convexo-conicum, acute apicu- 

 latum. 



" Patria. — New Zealand : Pine Hill et Kinloch, Otago ; 

 W. Bell. 



" Species Br. pallescenti, Schleich., valde affinis, sed ex- 

 ostomii dentibus angustioribus, parte subulata angustissima 

 nee non sporis minoribus, laevibus dignoscenda." — V. F. B., 

 op. cit., p. 90. 



Bryum (Bubryum) kirkii, Broth., n. sp. 



" Dioicum ; tenellum CEespitosum, caespitibus densiusculis, 

 humilibus, laste viridibus vel lutescenti-viridibus, baud nitidis ; 

 28 



