456 Transactions. — Botany. 



Section 3. 

 Lea'Ves long and narroiu. 



26. B. cockaynei, sp. nov. Plate XLII., fig. 38. 



Plants monoecious, growing in small loose patches | in. - 

 Y^gin. high, yellowish-green. Stem small, ^in., gemmiform ; 

 innovations barren, |-in. Leaves erecto-patent, imbricating 

 all round, subulate-acuminate; margins entire, plain, con- 

 cave ; nerve continued to the apex, but indistinct there. 

 Innovation leaves lanceolate, acuminate or ovate-acuminate ; 

 nerve subexcurrent. Areola : Trapezoid to the base ; leaves 

 erect when dry. Perichcetial leaves slightly narrower than 

 the upper, otherwise similar ; acrocarpous. Fruitstalk 

 flexuous, 33_in.-f in., curved at the apex. Capsule small, 

 pyriform, ventricose, slightly gibbous at the base. Peristome 

 double ; outer teeth 16, free to the base ; inner, a membrane 

 divided to the middle into 16 processes. Operculum small, 

 conic. Calyptra cucuUate. 



Hab. Limestone rocks, Weka Pass ; April, 1882. Collected 

 by E. B. 



27. B. tenuifolium, H. f. and W. Plate XLIL, fig. 39. 



Hab. Wet banks, near Kaikoura ; January, 1898. Col- 

 lected by E. B. 



28. B. binnsii, sp. nov. Plate XLII., fig. 40. 



Plants monoecious, growing in loose patches -J in. -2i^ in. 

 high, pink-coloured. Stem yery slender, Jin.-f in. ; innova- 

 tions very slender, ^in.— f in., variable in length. Leaves 

 erecto-patent, imbricating all round, linear-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, fragile; margins serrated from the middle to the apex ; 

 nerve slender, ending below the apex ; middle ones smaller, 

 otherwise similar. Lmovation leaves small, secund, linear- 

 lanceolate, acuminate. Areola narrow, trapezoid to the base ; 

 scarcely altered when dry. Perichcetial leaves very small, 

 subulate; acrocarpous. Fruitstalk slender, f in.-^ in., flexuous, 

 shghtly curved at the apex. Capstde small, pyriform, taper- 

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

 to the base ; inner, a membrane divided for two-thirds of its 

 length into 16 processes, alternate with outer. Opercnlnm 

 conic. Calyptra, not found. 



Hab. Wet banks, Stewart Island : collected by E. B. 

 North-east Valley, Dunedin : W. Bell. 



29. B. evei, sp. nov. Plate XLII., fig. 41. 



Plants monoecious, growing in dense patches liin.-2^in. 

 high, yellowish-green above, brown below. Stems radiculose. 

 ■Jin. long; innovations fertile fastigiate, -J- in. long. Leaves 



