Brown. — On New Zealand Musci. 459 



Hah. On damp ground, Mount Torlesse ; January, 1886 

 and 1887. Collected by R. B. 



35. B. cuneatum, sp. nov. Plate XLII., fig. 47. 



Plants growing in patches ^in. high, green. Stems ;^in., 

 genimiform; innovations radiculose, j^ in., fastigiate. Leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, with a slender acuminate point, concave ; 

 margins entire, recurved ; nerve excurrent ; middle leaves 

 largest. Innovation leaves ovate-acuminate ; nerve excurrent. 

 Areola : Upper narrow trapezoid, lower oblong near the 

 base ; twisted and erect when dry. PerichcRtial leaves small, 

 linear-lanceolate, tapering into a long slender point ; nerve 

 excurrent; acrocarpous. Fruitstalk ^in.-lin., bright-red, 

 shortly curved at apex. Capsule pyriform, mouth wide, 

 tapering from near the mouth into the fruitstalk. Peristome 

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

 divided to near the base into 16 fragile processes. Opercuhmi 

 wide, convex, apiculate. Galyptra not found. 



Hab. Wet banks. River Hapuka, near Kaikoura ; January, 

 1898. Collected by R. B. 



36. B. searlii, sp. nov. Plate XLIL, fig. 48. 



Plants growing in small dense patches Jin. high, dark- 

 green. Stems iijin., gemmiform , innovations fs-in., fasti- 

 giate. Leaves erecto-patent, imbricating all round ; upper 

 shortly oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate ; middle ones 

 larger, ovate-lanceolate, acute ; margins entire, plain ; nerve 

 excurrent and recurved at aipex. Linovation leaves smaller, 

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

 quadrate ; leaves twisted and nearly black when dry. Peri- 

 chcetial leaves small, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate ; nerve ex- 

 current ; acrocarpous. Fruitstalk -I in. long, curved at the 

 apex. Capsule clavato-pyriform, tapering into the fruitstalk. 

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

 membrane divided for two-thirds of its length into 16 pro- 

 cesses, alternate with the outer. Operculum convex, apiculate. 

 Calyptra not found. 



Hab. On damp rocks, near Kaikoura ; January, 1898. 

 Collected by R. B. 



37. B. obesotheciuni, sp. nov. Plate XLIII., tig. 49. 



Plants growing in dense tufts f in. -2 in. high, green above, 

 dark-brown below. Stems |-in.— |in., radiculose, slender; 

 innovations slender, fastigiate, barren, J-in.— |in. Leaves 

 loosely imbricating all round, erecto-patent, ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, slightly concave ; margins entire, bordered by long 

 narrow cells ; nerve ending at the apex or excurrent. Li- 

 novation leaves nearly similar to the stem ones. Areola : 



