Beckett. — On Netv Zealand Mosses. 431 



longa et vix ultra 1 mm. lata marginibus erectis, integerrimis, 

 nervo tenui, longe infra apicein evanido, cellulis basilaribus 

 rectangularibus, superioribus oblongo-hexagonis, marginalibus 

 angustioribus, limbum indistinctmn, concolorem ex unica serie 

 cellularum composito efforraantibus ; seta usque ad 1 cm. alta, 

 tenuis, pallida ; theca erecta vel subcernua, cum collo spo- 

 rangio aequilongo anguste pyriformis, laevis, collo plicato, 

 pallida; annuhis, 0; peristoniium simplex ; exostomii dentes 16, 

 lanceolato-subulati, 0'2 mm. longi, 0-05 mm. lati, aurantiaci, 

 papillosi ; spori 0'025-003 mm. lutei, papillosi ; operctdiiyn 

 convexum, mamillatum, O'oSmm. diam. cellulis in seriebus 

 rectis dispositis ; calyptra ignota. 



" Patria. — New Zealand — Canterbury: Arthur's Pass, 

 3,013 ft., loco paludoso; T. W. N. Beckett', No. 93. 



" Species F. atteyiuata (Dicks.), Lindb. {F. templeton'i, Sm.), 

 affinis, sed foliis integerrimis, baud luteo-limbatis, operculo 

 niamillato, cellulis e seriebus rectis dispositis nee non sporis 

 luteis, majoribus jam dignoscenda. A F. gracili (H. F. et W.) 

 species nostra jam longius recedit. — V. F. B., op. cit., p. 85. 



Bryuin (Eubryum) appressifolium, Broth., n. sp. 



" Dioicum ; caespitosum, casspitibus densis, rigidis, 1-5 cm. 

 altis, lutescentibus, nitidiusculis ; caulis erectus, strictus, basi 

 radiculosus, densissime foliosus, cuspidatus, mnovationibus 

 singulis, brevibus, strictis ; folia subaequalia sicca arete im- 

 bricata, humida erecta, concaviuscula, ovato-lanceolata, nervo 

 excedente aristata, marginibus ubique revolutis, integerrimis, 

 baud limbata, nervo basi c. 0-06 mm. lato, in aristam elonga- 

 tam, rigidam, integram excedente, cellulis, rhomboideo- vel 

 oblongo - hexagonis, basilaribus breviter rectangularibus ; 

 hractecB i^erichcetii intime foliis multo minores e basi dila- 

 tata sensim acuminatae marginibus erectis, enerves ; seta 1-5- 

 25 cm. alta, flexuosa, tenuis, purpurea; tlieca pendula, minuta, 

 turgide pyriformis, collo theca breviore, sicca Isevis, deopercu- 

 lata sub ore baud constricta, demum atropurpurea ; annulus 

 0-125 mm. latus duplex; peristomium duplex; exostomii dentes 

 c. 0-66 mm. longi et c. 0-12 lati carnei, apice hyalini hyaline 

 limbati, lamellis altis, c. 40 ; endostomium liberum, lutescens, 

 minutissime papillosum ; corona basilaris ad medium dentium 

 producta ; processus carinati perforati ; cilia bina, bene evoluta, 

 longe appendiculata; spori 0-007-0-008 mm. lutescenti-virides, 

 laevissirni ; operculum magnum, cupulatum, mamillatum, niti- 

 dum. 



" Patria. — New Zealand — Mount Alfred et Kinloch, Eae's 

 Junction ; W. Bell : Alford Forest, South Canterbury ; T. W. 

 N. Beckett, No. 445 : Kelso, Otago : D. Petrie. ' 



" impedes Bryo alpino, L., admodum similis, sed foliis longe 

 et rigide aristatis jam dignoscenda." — V. F. B., op. cit., p. 87. 



