Brown. — On Neiv Zealand Musci. 465 



4. M. aquatica, sp. nov. Plate XLIV., fig. 63. 



Plants monoecious, growing in loose patches 1 in. high, 

 yellowish-greeu above, brown below. Stems radiculose, -^in. ; 

 innovations barren, slender, iin., subfastigiate. Leaves 

 erecto-patent, imbricating round the stem, ovate-lanceolate, 

 round at the apex ; margins entire, plain ; nerve ending below 

 the apex ; middle ones shortly ovate-lanceolate, round at the 

 apex. Innovation leaves narrow ovate-lanceolate, round at 

 apex. Areola : Upper subtrapezoid, longer below ; crisp when 

 dry. PerichcBtial leaves ovate-lanceolate, round at the apex ; 

 nerve ending below the apex ; acrocarpous. Fruitstalk slender, 

 11 in. long. Capsule pyriform, erect, slightly curved, gibbous 

 on the back, slightly constricted at the apophysis, rounded to 

 the fruitstalk. Peristome double ; outer 16 short, praemorse ; 

 inner 16 slender, membranous, consisting of two rows of cells, 

 keeled. Opercuhcfn oblique, conic. Galyptra cucullate. 



Hah. In a small marsh near the source of the Eiver Kowai, 

 Mount Torlesse ; January, 1887. Collected by R. B. 



5. M. aquatilis, sp. nov. Plate XLIV., fig. 64. 



Plants monoecious, growing in loose patches 2-| in. high, 

 yellowish-green above, nearly black below. Stems l:^in., 

 flaccid, slender; innovations slender, fin.— | in., fastigiate. 

 Leaves erecto-patent, imbricating round the stem, large ovate- 

 lanceolate, round at the apex, nearly flat ; margins entire, 

 plain ; nerve stout below, disappearing below the apex ; 

 middle leaves shorter. Lmovation leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 round at the apex. Areola subquadrate, longer below ; leaves 

 crisp when dry. Perichcetial leaves longer, oblong-lanceolate 

 or obovate-lanceolate, round at the apex ; acrocarpous. Fruit- 

 stalk erect, 2 in. long. Capsule erect, broadly pyriform, 

 curved, gibbous on the back, constricted at the apophysis, 

 which is short and round at the base, mouth small, oblique. 

 Peristome double ; outer teeth 16, short, free to the base ; 

 inner 16 keeled, of two rows of moniliform cells. Operculum 

 very oblique, small. Galyptra cucullate. 



Hah. In a strip of marshy ground, near Broken River. 

 Collected by R. B. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES XXXVIII. (in pabt) AND XXXIX.- 



XLIV. 



Plate XXXVIII. (in part). 



Fig. 11. Leptohryum pyriforme, Wils. 



1. Capsule. 



2. Perichsetial leaves. 



3. First leaf outside periehsetial. 



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4. Upper leaves. 



5. Middle leaf. 



