434 Transactions. — Botany. 



caulis humillimus. basi fusco-radiculosus, innovationibus brevi- 

 bus, erectis, subjulaceis ; ■ /o/ia sicca imbricata humida erecta, 

 cymbiformi-concava, ovato-lanceolata, nervo excedente aris- 

 tata, inarginibus erectis, integris, baud limbata, nervo crasso, 

 lutescente, in aristarn rigidam serrulatam excedente, cellubs 

 laxis, rhomboideo-hexagonis, basilaribus breviter rectangu- 

 laribus ; seta 1-5 cm. alfca, flexuosula, tenuis, rubra, superne 

 lutea; thcca nutans vel peudula, ovalis, collo brevi, crasso, 

 siccitate rugoso, demum purpurea; annulus 0-11 mm. latus, 

 faciliter revolubilis ; peristomium duplex ; exostomii dentes 

 c. 0-55 mm. longi et c. 0-08 mm. lati, lutei, apice hyalini, 

 lamellis c. 30 ; cndostomium liberum hyalinum, papillosum ; 

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

 breviter appendiculata ; spori 0-01-0-015 mm., ochracei, laeves ; 

 operculum conicum, mamillatum. 



" P atria. — New Zealand: Otarama, Kowai ad terram ; 

 T. W. N. Beckett, No. 517. 



"Species a Br. annulato, H. f. et W., foliis nervo longe 

 excedente et thecae forma, a Br. pachytheca, C. M_., cui 

 thecte forma accedit, mollitie et foliorium structura dignos- 

 cenda."~V. F. B., op. cit., p. 91. 



Papillaria amblyacis, CM. 



Neckera amblyacis, C. MiilL, in Linn., 1869-70, p. 521. 



Meteorium amblyacis, Mitt., in Trans. Eoy. Soc. Vic, 



1883, p. 82. 



Westland : Kellv's Eange ; T. W. N. B. Marlborough : 



Pelorus Sound ; No. 511, /. Butland ; det. V. F. Bro- 



therus. Canterbury : Waimate ; T. W. N. B. 



This fine moss in general appearance much resembles 

 P. kermadecensis. 



Psilopilum bellii, Broth., n. sp. 



" Dioicum ; robustum, caespitosum, csespitibus mollibus, 

 densis ad 4 cm. usque altis, sordide fuscescentibus, vel ni- 

 grescentibus ; ccmlis erectus, infima basi i^adiculosus, inferne 

 nudus, superne dense foliosus, simplex ; folia sicca crispula, 

 humida e basi erecta, patula, carinato-concava, e basi baud 

 latiore oblongo-ligulata, obtusa, apiculata, c. 5-5 mm. longa 

 et c. 1-5 mm. lata, margmibus erectis, e medio fohi ad apicem 

 argute insequaliter serratis, nervo basi c. 0-2 mm. lato, infra 

 summum apicem evanido, dorso superne dentibus nonnullis 

 magnis prsedito, lamelhs usque ad 36, humilibus, e seriebus 

 cellularum duabus vel tribus compositis, cellula marginali 

 caiteris sequimagna, cellulis pellucidis, laxis rotuudato-hexa- 

 gonis, 0-02-0025 mm., basilaribus subrectangularibus, omni- 

 bus Igevissimis; scte vix ultra 1-5 cm. alta, crassa, fiexuosa, 

 pallida fuscescenti-rubra ; theca erecta, compressula, asym- 



