Brown. — On Neiu Zealand Musci. 447 



Section 1. 



Capsules small, leaves small. 



1. B. oamaracnse, sp. nov. Plate XL., fig. 13. 



Plants small, monoecious, growing in small dense tufts 

 about |-in. high, dark-green ; innovations short, gVio-) from 2 

 to 4. Leaves small, imbricating round the stem, middle and 

 lower ones erecto-patent, upper erect, shortly ovate-lanceolate 

 or oblong-lanceolate, acute, slightly concave ; nerve vanishing 

 below the apex ; margins entire, plain. Branch leaves smaller, 

 but otherwise similar to the stem ones. Areola subrotund, 

 quadrangular near the base ; dark-brown and twisted when 

 dry. Perichcetial leaves longer, the upper ones erect, oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, nerve vanishing below the apex ; acro- 

 carpous. Fruitstalk very short, arched at the apex. Capsule 

 small, subpyriform, tapering into the fruitstalk and to the 

 narrow mouth. Peristome double ; outer teeth 16, free to the 

 base ; inner, a membrane divided to the middle into 16 teeth, 

 hyaline. Operculum sharply conic. Cahjptra cucullate. 



Hah. On limestone rocks, near Oamaru ; November, 1897. 

 Collected by E. B. 



2. B. oamaruanum, sp. nov. Plate XL., fig. 14. 



Plants very small, growing in small loose patches j^ in. 

 high, pale-green ; innovations few, extremely short. Leaves 

 small, nearly erect, closely imbricating, shortly oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acute in the lower and acuminate in the upper ones, 

 concave ; margins entire, plain, nerved to the apex. Areola : 

 Upper, trapezoid ; lower, quadrate ; when dry erect. Peri- 

 chcetial leaves smaller than the upper ones, lanceolate, acute ; 

 acrocarpous. Fruitstalk inclined, slender, ^gin. long, scarcely 

 curved at the apex. Capsule horizontal, small, ovate, con- 

 tracted at the mouth. Peristome double ; outer teeth 16, 

 narrow-lanceolate, free to the base ; inner shorter than the 

 outer, a membrane divided to the middle into 16 cilia, alter- 

 nating with the outer. Operculum narrow, small, mamillate. 

 Calyptra not found, 



Hab. Limestone rocks, near Oamaru ; November, 1897. 

 Collected by E. B. 



3. B. thomasii, sp. nov. Plate XL., fig. 15. 



Plants growing in small patches ^ in-xe ^^- high. Stem 

 3^ in., gerhmiform ; innovations f^in., fastigiate. Leaves 

 small, imbricating round the stem, erecto-patent, linear- 

 lanceolate, acuminate ; margins entire, plain ; nerve excur- 

 rent, aristate. Areola : Upper, trapezoid ; lower, oblong. 

 Innovation leaves small, subulate. Perichcetial leaves smaller 

 than the upper ones, linear-lanceolate, acute, nerved to the 

 apex; acrocarpous. Fruitstalk ^in. long, curved at the apex. 



