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leaves small ; inner, subulate ; outer, linear-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, aristate ; acrocarpous. Fndtstalk \nc\medi., fin. long, 

 curved at the apex. Capsule narrow, clavato - pyriform, 

 shortly tapering into the fruitstalk. Peristome d.o\ih\e ; outer 

 teeth 16, free to the base ; inner, a membrane divided to the 

 middle into 16 processes, alternate with the outer. Operculum 

 conic, acute. 



Hah. On rocks or decayed wood. Port Lyttelton hills ; 

 November, 1886. Collected by E. B. 



44. B. campylothecium, Tajdor. Plate XLIIL, fig. 56. 



Plants growing in dense patches |-in. high, green. Stems 

 fin.; innovations barren, y^in., fastigiate. Leaves erecto- 

 patent, imbricating round the stem ; upper ones oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate ; middle ones subspathulate, acumi- 

 nate ; margins entire, with a border of linear cells recurving 

 at the middle ; nerve excurrent, as a long slender hair-point. 

 Areola: Upper trapezoid, lower quadrate; leaves twisted when 

 dry. Innovation leaves small, broadly subspathulate, apiculate. 

 PerichcBtial leaves small, narrow, linear-lanceolate, with a long 

 slender hair-point ; nerve excurrent; acrocarpous. Fruitstalk 

 fin. long, curved at the apex. Capsule oblong-pyi-iform, 

 scarcely tapering into the fruitstalk. Peristome double; outer 

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

 processes, alternate with the outer ones. Operculum and 

 calyptra not found. 



Hab. Damp banks, Port Lyttelton hills ; 1891. 



45. B. truncorum, Bory. Plate XLIV., fig. 57. 



46. B. gracilicarpum, sp. nov. Plate XLIV., fig. 58. 

 Plants growing in loose tufts fin. high, green. Stems 



} in. ; innovations fertile, single, arising from the perichaetium, 

 ^in., gemmaceous. Leaves spreading, upper large, imbri- 

 cating, oblong, rounded at the apex and shortly acute, con- 

 cave ; margins bordered with long narrow cells minutely 

 toothed at the apex, recurved below ; nerve excurrent, curved 

 at the apex. Areola : Upper trapezoid, lower oblong ; leaves 

 twisted and erect when dry. Perichcetial leaves small, tri- 

 angular, tapering straight from a broad base, toothed at the 

 apex, nerved to the apex; acrocarpous. Fruitstalk lin. long, 

 curved at the apex. Capsule long and narrow, clavato- 

 pyriform, tapering from the apex to the fruitstalk, inclined. 

 Peristome double ; outer 16 teeth free to the base ; inner, a 

 membrane divided to the middle into 16 processes, alternate 

 with the outer. Operculum conic. Calyptra not found. 



Hah. On rocks, Mount Torlesse ; January, 1887. Col- 

 lected by E. B. 



