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liaear-Ianceolate, acute in outline, otherwise similar to the 

 stem leaves; acrocarpous. Fruitstalk -pede, j^in. long. OjJe?'- 

 ciilum oblique, conico-rostrate, about half the length of the 

 capsule. Peristome single, fragile. Teeth 16, free to the base. 

 Galyptra cucullate. 



Hab. Damp banks. Port Lyttelton hills ; November, 



1882 : at Kaikoura ; January, 1898 : and at Otaihape, North 

 Island. Collected by E. B. 



5. W. crispzda (?), Ludwig. Plate XXXVIIL, fig. 5. 



Plants monoecious, perennial, growing in yellowish-green 

 tufts about I" ill. high, branciied near the base. Branches 

 sliort, fastigiate. Leaves erecto-patent, incurving, imbricating 

 round the stem, linear-subulate, minutely apiculate, upper 

 half convolute. Margins entire, nerved to the apex. Upper 

 areola small, dense ; loiuer small, oblong ; crisp when dry. 

 PericlicBtial leaves : Innermost smallest, linear-subulate, mi- 

 nutely apiculate, upper half convolute; acrocarpous. Fruit- 

 stalk fin. long. Capsule ovate-oblong. Annuius persistent. 

 Peristome single. Teeth 16, free to the base. Operculum 

 conico-subulate, three-quarters the length of the capsule. 

 Galyptra cucullate. 



Var. (B. Leaves longer and more slender. 



Hah. Damp rocks. Water of Leith, Dunedin ; January, 



1883 : E. B. North-east Valley, Dunedin ; 1886 : W. Bell. 

 Var. /3. Water of Leith : E. B. 



Note. — -The nerve in the perichaBtial leaves is not excurrent 

 in this plant, as described in the "Handbook of the New Zea- 

 land Flora " ; hence this may be possibly a difierent plant. 



6. W. ivebbii, sp. nov. Plate XXXVIIL, fig. 6. 



Plants monoecious, perennial, growing in dense tufts, 

 yellowish-green, about |-in. high, branched, fastigiate. 

 Leaves closely imbricating, secund, ovate-lanceolate near the 

 base, upper two-thirds tapering into a convolute, subulate 

 point, subfalcate. Margins entire. Nerve running into the 

 subulate point. Upper areola small, dense; loiver linear; 

 crisp when dry. Perichatial leaves erect, shorter than the 

 upper ones, oblong-lauceolate, acuminate, sheathing; acro- 

 carpous. Fruitstalk pale, Jin. long. Capsule ovate. 



Hah. Damp rocks, Moa Creek ; June, 1885. Collected 

 by E. B. 



7. W. petriei, sp. nov. Plate XXXVIIL, fig. 7. 



Plants dioecious, perennial, growing in dense dark-green 

 tufts fin. high, branched, fastigiate. Leaves erecto-patent, 

 becoming nearly erect towards the apex, imbricating round 

 the stem ; lower half of the upper leaves ovate-lanceolate. 



