

Brown. — On Netv Zealand Musci. 457 



imbricating, erecto-pateut, linear-lanceolate, acuminate; mar- 

 gins recurved, toothed near the apex ; nerve excurrent, aris- 

 tate ; middle ones narrowly ovate-lanceolate, acute, aristate. 

 Areola small, subrotund above, becoming linear below, leaves 

 twisted when dry. PerichcBtial leaves small, oblong, rounded 

 at the apex ; nerve excurrent as a hair-point, as long as the 

 leaves, with a small tooth at the apex on each side of the 

 hair-point; acrocarpous. Friiitstalk ^in. long, arched at the 

 apex. Capsule long, clavato-pyriform, tapering into the fruit- 

 stalk, horizontal. Peristome double ; outer teeth 16, free to 

 the base ; inner, a membrane divided to the middle into 16 

 filiform processes. Operculum conic, apiculate. Calyptra not 

 found. 



Hah. On wet banks, Mount Torlesse ; January, 1887. 

 Collected by E. B. 



30. B. walkerii, sp. nov. Plate XLII., fig. 42. 



Plants dioecious, growing in loose patches |^ in. -fin. high. 

 Stem slender, nearly simple, J in. -^ in.; innovations very 

 slender, fin. Leaves imbricating round the stem, spreading, 

 subulate, acuminate ; margins flat, toothed at the apex ; nerve 

 continued to the apex. Innovation leaves smaller than the 

 stem ones, flexuous. Areola linear to the base ; scarcely 

 altered when dry. Perichcetial leaves very small, subulate ; 

 acrocarpous. Fruitstalk 1^ in. -2 in. long, scarcely curved at 

 the apex. Cafjsnle pyriform, tapering into the fruitstalk. 

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

 membrane divided to the middle into 16 processes, perforated. 

 Operculum convex, apiculate. Calyptra not found. Male 

 inflorescence on the apex of a simple plant. 



Hah. Damp ground, near Mason's Bay, Stewart Island. 

 Collected by R. B. 



31. B. healeyense, sp. nov. Plate XLII., fig. 43. 



Plants monoecious, growing in patches -|-in.— |in. high, yel- 

 lowish-green. Stems fin., naked below, gemmiform above; 

 innovations arising near the base, ^ in., barren, fastigiate. 

 Leaves nearly erect, imbricating round the stem, linear- 

 lanceolate, acuminate ; margins plain or subrecurved at 

 middle, minutely toothed at the apex ; nerve excurrent. 

 Areola linear ; leaves scarcely altered when dry. Perichcstial 

 leaves small, erect, linear-lanceolate, acuminate ; acrocarpous. 

 Fruitstalk bright-red, shining, flexuous, shortly curved at the 

 apex. Capsule clavato-pyriform, tapering from the middle 

 into the fruitstalk. I-*eristome double ; outer teeth 16, free 

 to the base ; inner, a membrane divided to the middle into 

 16 processes, alternate with the outer. Opercuhim convex, 

 apiculate. Calyptra not found. 



