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have been made to the New Zealand Bryimis, notably by 

 Dr. V. F. Brotherus, of Helsingfors, who has described five 

 new species in a paper read by him, and published in the 

 Ofversigt af Finska Vet.-Soc. Forh. ; bd. Iv., Helsingfors, 

 1898 — namely, B. lavigatuium, B. austrohimum, B. austro- 

 pallescens, B. kirkii, and B. ajjpressifolia. The first of the 

 above species has been identified and described in the Hand- 

 book as the European B. Icevigatum, and the second B. himum, 

 also European ; but on being re-examined by Dr. Brotherus 

 he has found them to differ from the European ones of that 

 name, and has renamed them as above. He has kindly sent 

 me his paper in which the new species are described. I 

 regret very much that I cannot include them in this paper, 

 through being unable to obtain authentic specimens of them, 

 and there is also the possibility that they may be already in it. 



In this paper the species are arranged in four groups, in 

 order to facilitate their identification — Section 1, plants with 

 small capsules and small leaves ; section 2, capsules large 

 and leaves small; section 3, leaves long and narrow; 

 section 4, leaves broad. 



Ail the figures of the species are of the same magnifica- 

 tion. 



Key to the Species. 



Section 1. Capsules small, leaves small. 



A. Margins entire, plain, nerve excurrent. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate . . 3. B. tJiomasii, 

 Leaves subdeltoid, acute . . . . i. B. waikariense. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate . . 5. B. otahapaense. 

 Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate . . &. B. gibsonii. 



Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 



acuminate . . . . . . 1. B. ovatothecium. 



Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 



acute . . . . . . . . 8. B. wehhii. 



Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 



acute . . . . . . .. 2. B. calcareum. 



Leaves oblong - lanceolate, acuminate, 



toothed at apex . . . . 14. B. ovatocarpum. 



Leaves ovate-acute or acuminate, nerve 



subexcurrent .. .. ..15. B. ovalicarpum. 



B. Margins entire, recurved, nerve excurrent. 



Leaves lanceolate, acuminate . . . . 12. B. buchanani. , 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate . . ' . . . . 16. B. ivebbianum. 

 Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate . . 17. B. cylindrothecium. 



C. Margins plain, entire, nerve disappearing 



below the apex. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acute . . . . . . 1. B. oamaruense. 



Leaves ovate or oblong, acuminate . . 10. B. argenteum. 



D. Margins entire, nerve ending at the apex. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute or acumi- 

 nate . . . . . . . . 2. B. oamaruanum. 



Leaves deltoid, acute or acuminate .. 11. B. petriei. 



Leaves triangular, acute . . . . IS. B. triangularifolinvi. 



