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Section 2. 

 Capsules large, leaves small. 



18. B. harriottii, sp. nov. Plate XLI., fig. 30. 



Plants growing in dense patches fin. high, yellowish- 

 green. Stems ^ in. -fin., gemmiform ; innovations slender, 

 barren, fastigiate, fin. Leaves few, small, imbricating 

 round the stem, erecto-patent, deltoid-acute, concave ; mar- 

 gins plain, minutely toothed on the apex ; nerve disappear- 

 ing near the apex. Innovation leaves erect, very concave, 

 subrotund, incurving at the apex ; margins entire ; nerve 

 disappearing near the apex. Areola : Upper trapezoid, ob- 

 long below ; unaltered when dry. Perichcstial leaves smaller, 

 otherwise similar to the upper ; acrocarpous. Fruitstalk 

 slightly flexuous, lin. long, curved at the apex. Capsule 

 large, horizontal, pyriform, tapering from the middle into 

 the fruitstalk. Peristome double ; outer teeth 16, free to the 

 base ; inner, a membrane divided into 16 processes, alternate 

 with the outer. Opercnlum small, conic. Galyptra not found. 



Hab. On wet banks, near the Weka Pass ; April, 1882. 

 Collected by R. B. 



19. B. gracilithecium, sp. nov. Plate XLI., fig. 31. 



Plants growing in loose patches fin. high. Stem Jin.- 

 fin., radiculose ; innovations short, subfastigiate, iin.-iin. 

 Leaves small, nearly erect, closely imbricating all round the 

 stem, linear-lanceolate from a broad base, acute, slightly 

 concave; margins entire, plain; nerve shortly excurrent. 

 Innovation leaves subulate, very small. Areola : Upper tra- 

 pezoid, lower quadrate ; erect when dry. PerichcstiaJ leaves 

 smaller than comal ones, otherwise similar ; acrocarpous. 

 Fndtstalk inclined, bent near the base, f in. long, curved at 

 the apex. Capsule long, narrow, clavato-pyriform, with a 

 contracted mouth and tapering base. Peristome double ; 

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

 to the middle into 16 processes, alternate with the outer. 

 Opercnlum small, conic, apiculate. Calyptra not found. 



Hab. Damp banks, West Coast Road. Collected by R. B. 



20. B. linearifoliuin, sp. nov. Plate XLI., fig. 32. 



Plants growing in dense patches f in. high, pale-green 

 above, dark-brown below. Stems slender, J in. ; innovations 

 barren, f in.-f in. long, slender, fastigiate. Leaves : Upper, 

 subulate or Imear-lanceolaie, acute ; margins entire, plain ; 

 nerve stout, excurrent; middle ones smaller. Innovation leaves 

 similar to the stem ones. Areola : Upper trapezoid, lower 

 oblong ; erect when dry. Perichcetial leaves smaller than the 

 upper ones; acrocarpous. Fruitstalk erect, lin. -If in. long, 



