452 Transactio7is. — Botany. 



innovations fin. long, fastigiate. Leaves small, spreading, 

 loosely imbricating all round the stem, short, ovate-acute or 

 acuminate ; margins entire, plain, very concave ; nerve sub- 

 excurreut. Innovation leaves lanceolate, acute. Areola : 

 Upper trapezoid, quadrate at the base ; erect when dry. 

 Perichcetial leaves, innermost smallest, outer broadly ovate- 

 acute ; acrocarpous. Fruitstalk erect, -J- in. long, curved at 

 the apex. Capsule small, oval, pendulous. Peristome double ; 

 outer teeth 16, linear-lanceolate ; inner, a membrane divided 

 to the middle into 16 processes, shorter than the outer. 

 Operculum small, conic. Cahjptra cucuUate. 



Hah. Wet places, Christchurch ; August, 1898. 



This moss is rarely found in fruit here. Collected by R. B. 



16. B. toehbiamim, sp. nov. Plate XLI., fig. 28. 



Plants dioecious, growing in small patches Jin. high, 

 yellowish-green. Stem very short, gemmiform ; innovations 

 ^in. Lea-yes nearly erect, ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate ; margins entire, slightly recurved at middle ; 

 nerve excurrent, apiculate, concave. Innovation leaves smaller, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, aristate, hyaline ; nerve ex- 

 current. Areola : Upper trapezoid, lower quadrate ; flexuous 

 when dry. Perichcetial leaves slightly smaller, deltoid -acute ; 

 nerve ending at the apex ; acrocarpous. Fruitstalk slightly 

 flexuous, fin. long, slightly curved at the apex. Capsule 

 small, clavate, pyriform, shortly tapering into the fruitstalk. 

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

 membrane divided to the middle into 16 processes, alternate 

 with the outer. Operculum conic. Calypitra not found. 



Hab. On damp rocks, Waikari ; April, 1882. Collected 

 by R. B. 



17. B. cylindrothecium, sp. nov. Plate XLI., fig. 29. 

 Plants growing in small dense patches |-in. high, yel- 

 lowish-green. Stems fin., gemmiform; innovations barren, 

 fastigiate, Jin. long. Leaves nearly erect, shortly ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate; margins entire, subrecurved ; nerve 

 excurrent, aristate, shghtly toothed. Innovation leaves small, 

 oblong-acuminate ; nerve excurrent, aristate. Areola : Upper 

 trapezoid, lower oblong; erect when dry. Perichcetial leaves 

 small and narrow, subulate, subpiliferous ; acrocarpous. 

 Fruitstalk ^in.-fin. long, curved at the apex.^ Capsule 

 pendulous, oblong-pyriform, shortly tapering at the base. 

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

 membrane divided to the middle into 16 processes. Oper- 

 cidum convex, apiculate. Calyptra not found. 



Hah. Damp banks, Waikari ; April, 1882. Collected by 

 R. B. 



