Bkown. — On Netu Zealand Musci. 441 



upper half subulate ; middle ones subulate. Margins entire, 

 concave. Nerve continuous. Upper areola dense ; loiver 

 small, oblong ; flexuous when dry. PericJuetial leaves erect, 

 lower half sheathing, upper half subulate ; acrocarpous. 

 Friiitstalk red, fin. long. Capside slightly obovate. Oper- 

 cuhi7u oblique, conico-subulate, longer than the capsule. 

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

 entire, perforated or occasionally slightly bifid. Cahjptra 

 cucullate, scarcely covering the operculum. 



Hah. Marshy ground near Mount Pembroke ; November, 

 1893. Collected by Donald Petrie, and named after him. 



8. W. brother iisii, sp. nov. Plate XXXVIII., fig. 8. 



Plants monoecious, perennial, growing in yellowish-green 

 tufts 1 in. high, branched subdichotomously, fastigiate. 

 Leaves imbricating round the stem, erecto-patent or nearly 

 erect, lower half shortly oblong-lanceolate, adpressed, upper 

 subulate. Margins entire. Nerve stout, continued to the 

 apex. Upper areola small; loioer linear-oblong; erect when 

 dry. Perichcetial leaves erect, inner one largest, base con- 

 volute, sheathing 2-2|- times longer than the subulate apex ; 

 acrocarpous. Fmitstalk yellow , slender, -J in. long. Capsule 

 inclined, obliquely attached to the apex of the fruitstalk, ovate. 

 Operculum stout, subulate, nearly half the length of the cap- 

 sule. Peristome single. Teeth 16, free to the base, slender, 

 entire. Annulus persistent. Calyp)tra cucullate. 



Hah. Eocks, West Coast. Named after Dr. V. F. Bro- 

 therus, of Helsingfors. 



9. W. chrijsea, T. W. N. Beckett; K. Miiller. Plate 

 XXXVIII., fig. 9. 



Plants monoecious, perennial, growing in dense tufts, yel- 

 lowish-green, ^ in. -If in. high. Stems branched, fastigiate. 

 Leaves imbricating, secund ; lower half convolute, sheathing; 

 upper half contracted into a slender and curved point. 

 Margins entire. Nerve occupying all the upper half of the 

 leaves Upper areola small, dense; loiver linear-oblong; 

 upper half of leaves when dry spirally twisted. Perichcetial 

 leaves erect, larger than the upper ones, convolute, sheathing 

 the fruitstalk, contracted to a slender point ; acrocarpous. 

 Fruitstalk Tpsble, fin. long. 6'a^swZe ovate-oblong. Operculu7n 

 conic, acute, stout, one-third the length of the capsule. Peri- 

 stome single, slender. Teeth 16, free to the base, membranous 

 at the apex. Calyptra cucullate. 



Hab. Damp rocks ; very common on Mount Torlesse : 

 E. B. Otarama: W. Bell and E. B. Kaikoura : E. B. 

 Oamaru : E. B. 



