Beckett. — On New Zealand Mosses. 429 



radiculosus, dense foliosus, dichotome raraosus ; folia sicca 

 curvulo-adpressa, comalia rarius indistincte contorta, humida 

 erecto-patentia, carinato-concava, oblonga vel lineari-oblonga, 

 obtusa vel acutiuscula, nervo excedente brevissime mucronata, 

 marginibus ubique erectis, integerrimis, nervo rufescente, su- 

 perne iatiore, in mucronem robustum, brevem, aculum, apice 

 SEepius liyalinum excedente, dorso laevi, cellulis subrotundis, 

 dense et minute papillosis, obscuris, marginalibus in directione 

 transversali latioribus, basilaribus oblongis vel breviter rec- 

 tangularibus, hyalinis, laevissimis ; seta 5 mm. alta, sicca su- 

 perne sinistrorsum torta, lutescens ; theca erecta, oblongo- 

 cylindrica, fuscidula, sicca laevis ; annidus simplex persistens ; 

 peristomium simplex aurantiacum, tubo basilari c. 0-04 mm. 

 alto, dentibus filiformibus, liberis, erectis, brevibus, dense 

 papillosis ; spori 0-012 mm. lutei, laeves ; 02:)erculum anguste 

 conicum, obliquum, obtusum, dimidiam partem thecse adae- 

 quans, e cellulis in seriebus subrectis dispositis. 



" Patria. — Otago : Lake Wakatipu ec Anderson's Bay ad 

 lupes siccas ; W. Bell. 



" Species T. atrovircnti (Sm.), Lindb., affinis, sed foliis com- 

 alibus vix contortis, marginibus ubique erectis nee non sporis 

 duplo minoribus optime diversa." — V. F. B., op. cit., p. 79. 



Tortula (Syntrichia) tenella, Broth., n. sp. 



" Dioica; tenella, c^spitosa, caespitibus densis nigrescenti- 

 fuscescentibus ; caulis 1 cm. altus, basi radiculosus, dense 

 foliosus, simplex ; folia sicca adpressa, humida suberecta, 

 planiuscula, late oblonga, apice rotundata, pilifera, marginibus 

 erectis vel superne Iseviter revolutis integerrimis, nervo crasso, 

 rufescente, dorso laevi, in pilum elongatum, hyalinum, subin- 

 tegrum producto, cellulis rotundato-hexagonis, 0-015-0-02 mm. 

 chlorophyllosis minute papillosis, basilaribus rectangulari- 

 bus, hyalinis ; seta 7 mm. alta, crassiuscula, sicca superne 

 sinistrorsum torta, pallide rubra; theca erecta, cylindrica, 

 fuscidula ; annulus duplex longe persistens ; j)'^''"''^^^''^''''^'^'-'^''' 

 simplex, sordide lutescens, demum albidum, tubo basilari 

 alto, cruribus elongatis, filiformibus papillosis ; spori 0-012- 

 0-015 ram. olivacei sublaeves ; operculuvi anguste conicum, 

 acutum. 



" Patria. — Central Otago ; D. Petrie. Sub No. 822 com. 

 amicissimus T. W. Naylor Beckett. 



*' Species distinctissima, inter Syntrichias piliferas tener- 

 rima, cum nulla alia commutanda." — V. F. B., op. cit., p. 80. 



Ptmaria (Eufunaria) subcuspidata, Broth., n. sp. 



" A2itoica ; gregaria, pallida ; caulis 2-3 mm. altus, erectus, 

 infima basi radiculosus, simplex ; folia inferiora perpauca, 

 minuta, comalia multo majora, erecto-patentia concavius- 



