Brown. — On Neio Zealand Musci. 451 



Innovation leaves narrower than the upper ones ; acrocarpous. 

 Fruitstalk iin.-liu. long, curved at the apex. Capsule 

 broadly pyriform, constricted near the base. Peristome 

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

 divided into 16 processes to the middle. Operculum large, 

 convex, apiculate or mamillate. Galiji^tra not found. 



Hab. On banks, in the bed of the Eiver Hapuka, near 

 Kaikoura ; January, 1898. Collected by E. B. 



Named after the late John Buchanan, F.L.S. 



13. B. triangularifolium, sp. nov. Plate XL., fig. 25. 



Plants slender, growing in small patches, green, i in. -fin. 

 high. Stems ^ in. -fin.; innovations barren, fastigiate, slen- 

 der, cuspidate. Leaves imbricating all round, erecto-patent, 

 triangular, acute, concave ; margins entire, plain ; nerve con- 

 tinued to the apex. Innovation leaves smaller than the upper, 

 ovate, long, acuminate ; nerve excurrent. Perichcetial leaves 

 small, triangular, acute. Areola : Upper trapezoid, lower 

 quadrangular; leaves liexuous when dry ; acrocarpous. Fruit- 

 stalk slender, fin. long, curved at the apex. Capsule small, 

 ovate, annulus persistent. Peris totne double ; outer teeth 16, 

 free to the base, linear-lanceolate, tapering into a slender 

 point ; inner, a membrane divided into 16 processes to the 

 middle, alternate with the outer ones. Operculimi and calyp- 

 tra not found. 



Hah. On damp banks, near Otaihape, North Island. Col- 

 lected by E. B. 



11. B. ovatocarpum, sp. nov. Plate XL., fig. 26. 



PZa?i^s monoecious, growing in small dense patches ^in. 

 high, yellowish-green. Stem -g-in. ; innovations barren, fasti- 

 giate, Y^in. Stem leaves few, erecto-patent, imbricating, small, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acuminate ; margins entire, plain ; nerve 

 €xcurrent, filiform, entire or minutely toothed at the apex ; 

 middle ones smaller. Innovation leaves very small, otherwise 

 similar to the others. Areola : Upper trapezoid, lower quad- 

 rate ; erect when dry. Perichatial leaves very small, tapering 

 from a broad base to an acute apex ; nerve continued to the 

 apex ; acrocarpous. Fruitstalk ^in. long, curved at the apex. 

 Capsule pendulous, small, ovate, annulus persistent. Peri- 

 stome double ; outer teeth 16, free to the base ; inner, a mem- 

 brane divided to the middle into 16 processes. Operculum 

 convex, apiculate, or mamillate. Calyptra not found. 



Hah. Wet places, Governor's Bay, Port Lyttelton ; 

 November, 1889. Collected -by E, B. 



15. B. ovalicarpum, sp. nov. Plate XL., fig. 27. 



Plants monoecious, growing in large dense patches |-in.- 

 f in. high, bright-green above, black below. Stems -^ in.-J in. ; 



