Brown.— 0;? New Zealand Musci. 439 



chcetlal leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate ; acro- 

 carpous. Fruitstalk slender, ^-in.— |iu. long. Capsule ovate. 

 The plants being past maturity, neither the peristome, opcr- 

 culwH; nor calyptra were found. 



Hab. Crevices of limestone rocks, near Broken Eiver. 

 Collected by E. B. 



2. TF. torlessensis, sp. nov. Plate XXXVIII., fig. 2. 



Plants monoecious, perennial, yellowish-green, about A in. 

 high, growing in loose tufts. Ste7n slender, branched, fas- 

 tigiate. Leaves small, spreading or erecto-patent from an 

 erect base, imbricating round the stem, lanceolate, tapering 

 into an acute point, concave. Margins entire. Nerve con- 

 tinued to the apex. Upper areola small ; loioer quadrate ; 

 scarcely altered when dry. Perichcetial leaves smaller than 

 the upper ones, lanceolate, acute, otherwise similar to the 

 others ; acrocarpous. Fruitstalk slender, reddish, 3-% in. long. 

 Capsule narrow, ovate, oblong. Operculum conico-rostrate. 

 Peristome single. Teeth 16, free to the base, consisting of a 

 single row of cells. Calyptra not found. 



Hah. Damp banks. Mount Torlesse. Collected by R. B. 



3. W. wayynouthii, sp. nov. Plate XXXVIII., fig. 3. 



Plants monoecious, perennial, yellowish-green, growing in 

 small dense patches ^ in. high, branched, fastigiate. Leaves 

 imbricating, spreading or recuiwing from an erect base, linear- 

 or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, concave. Margins entire. Nerve 

 ending below the apex. Areola : Upper, small, dense ; lower, 

 quadrate, small ; crisp when dry. Perichatial leaves : Inner 

 smaller than the outer one, linear - lanceolate, obtuse, 

 in other respects similar to the other leaves ; acrocarpous. 

 Fruitstalk dark-i-ed, fin. long. Capsule ovate-oblong. Oper- 

 culum conico-rostrate, about two-thirds the length of the cap- 

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

 Calyptra cucullate. 



Var. /?. Larger iii all the parts. 



Hab. On dripping rocks. Palmer's Pass. Var. ^ : At Kai- 

 koura ; January, 1898. Collected in both places by R. B. 

 Named after Mr. Waymouth, of Hobart, a celebrated Tas- 

 manian botanist. 



4. W. flavipes (?), Hook. f. and W. Plate XXXVIIL, fig. 4. 

 Plants monoecious, perennial, green, growing in dense tufts 



^ in. high, branched near the base, fastigiate. Leaves erecto- 

 patent, imbricating, linear-lanceolate, acute, or minutely apicu- 

 iate, very concave. Margins entire. Nerve pellucid, slightly 

 excurrent. Areola: Upper, small, dense; lower, small, oblong; 

 crisp when dry. Perichcetial leaves erect, innermost smallest, 



