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EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXXVIII. (in part). 



Pig. 1. Weissia aciitifolia, sp. nov. 



1. Capsule. 



2. Pericbfetial leaves. 



3. First leaf outside perichsetial. 



4. Upper leaves. 



5. Middle-stem leaf. 



Pig. 2. Weissia torlessensis, sp. nov. 



1. Capsule. 



2. Perichsetial leaves. 



3. First leaf outside perichgetial. 



4. Upper leaf. 



.0. Middle-stem leaves. 



Fig. 3. Weissia waymouthii, sp. nov. 



1. Capsule. 



2. Peristome. 



3. Perichsetial leaves. 



4. First leaf outside perichsetial. 



5. Upper leaf. 



6. Middle-stem leaf. 



7. Lower leaf. 



Pig. 4. Weissia flavipes. Hook. f. 

 and W. 



1. Capsule. 



2. Peristome. 



3. Perichsetial leaves. 



4. First leaf outside perichsetial. 



5. Upper leaf. 



6. Middle-stem leaves. 



Pig. 5. Weissia crispula, Ludwig. 



1. Capsule. 



2. Peristome. 



3. Perichfetial leaves. 



4. First leaf outside perichsetial. 



5. Upper leaf. 



6. Middle-stem leaf. 



7. Lower leaf. 



Pig. 6. Weissia loebbii, sp. nov. 



1. Capsule. 



2. Perichajtial leaves. 



3. First leaf outside perichsetial. 



4. Upper leaf. 



5. Middle leaf. 



Pig. 7. Weifisia petriei, sp. nov. 



1. Capsule. 



2. Peristome. 



3. Perichfetial leaf. 



4. First leaf outside perichsetial. 



5. Upper leaf. 



6. Middle-stem leaf. 



Pig. 8. Weissia brotherusii, sp. nov. 



1. Capsule. 



2. Peristome. 



3. Perichsetial leaves. 



4. First leaf outside perichsetial. 



5. Upper leaf. 



6. Middle-stem leaf. 



Pig. 9. Weissia chrysea. 



1. Capsule. 



2. Peristome. 



3. Pericliffitial leaf. 



4. First leaf outside perichsetial. 



5. .Upper leaf. 



6. Middle-stem leaf. 



Art. XXXVIII. — Notes on Neio Zealand Musci, and De- 

 scriptions of New Species. 



By RoBEKT Brown. 



\^Read before the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 2nd November, 



1898.] 



Plates XXXVIII. (in part) and XXXIX.-XLIV. 



Genus Mielichoferia, Nees and Hornsch. 

 Mielichoferia is a genus of mosses having pyriforra capsules, 

 peristome single or gymnostomous, rai*ely being double, and 

 ealyptra cucullate. It has a close affinity with the genus 

 Bryum in its habit and principal generic characters. In New 



