Brown. — On Neio Zealand Musci. 449 



crisp when dry. Perichcetial leaves smaller than the upper, 

 subulate-lanceolate, acuminate ; nerve excurrent ; acrocar- 

 pous. Fjidtstalk slender, ^ in. long, inclined shortly, curved 

 at the apex. Caps^de small, clavate, pyriform, shortly 

 tapering into the fruitstalk, and slightly curved at the base. 

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

 membrane divided to the middle into 16 segments with inter- 

 mediate cilia. Operculum convex, apiculate. Calyptra not 

 found. 



Hah. On damp banks near Kaikoura ; January, 1898. 

 Collected by E. B. 



Named after Walter Gibson, Kaikoura. 



7. B. ovatothecium, sp. nov. Plate XL., fig. 19. 



Plants growing in small yellowish-green patches about 

 ^in. high. Stem short, fin.-iin.; innovations csespitose. 

 Leaves ereeto-patent, closely imbricating all round the stem, 

 lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, concave ; margins 

 entire, plain ; nerve excurrent, aristate. Innovation leaves 

 shortly ovate-lanceolate, acuminate ; nerve excurrent. Are- 

 ola : Upper, trapezoid quadrate at the base ; leaves erect 

 when dry. Perichcetial leaves small, subulate-lanceolate, 

 acute; acrocarpous. Fruitstalk ^ in. long, slightly curved at 

 the apex. Capsule small, ovate, shortly tapering obliquely 

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

 to the base, linear-lanceolate ; inner, a membrane divided to 

 the middle into 16 segments, alternate with the outer. Oper- 

 culum small, convex, apiculate. Calyptra not found. 



Hah. On damp banks, Port Lyttelton hills ; April, 1882. 

 Collected by E. B. 



8. B. ivehhii, sp. nov. Plate XL., fig. 20. 



Plants growing in small close patches, yellowish-green, 

 \ in.— f in. high. Stem ^ in. ; innovations slender, 1-4. 

 Leaves small, ereeto-patent or nearly erect, imbricating ail 

 round, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute ; margins entire, 

 plain; nerve excurrent, concave. Innovation leaves smaller, 

 ovate-acute. Areola : Upper trapezoid, quadrate at the base ; 

 erect when dry. Perichcetial leaves slightly smaller, lanceo- 

 late-acute ; acrocarpous. Fruitstalk slender, slightly flexuous, 

 fin. long, curved at the apex. Capsule small, ovate-pyriform, 

 tapering shortly into the fruitstalk. Peristome double ; outer 

 teeth 16, free to the base ; inner, a membrane divided to the 

 middle into 16 processes, shorter than the outer, and alter- 

 nate with them. Opercuhmi conic, apiculate. Calyptra not 

 found. 



Hah. On damp banks, near Eiver Ashburton, and at 

 Governor's Bay, Port Lyttelton. Collected by E. B. 

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