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Upper trapezoid, quadrate below ; fiexuous when dry. Peri- 

 chatial leaves small, inner deltoid, outer ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, nerved to the apex ; acrocarpous. Fruitstalk 1 in.- 

 1-| in. long, curved at the apex. Gapsule stout, pyriform, curved 

 near the base, tapering into the fruitstalk. Peristome double ; 

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

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

 Calyptra cucullate. 



Hah. Swampy ground, Mount Torlesse ; January, 1886. 

 Collected by E. B. 



38. B. maudii, sp. nov. Plate XLIII., fig. 50. 



Plants monoecious, growing in dense patches l-|in. high. 

 Stem lin., radiculose ; innovations fertile, fin.-lin. high. 

 Leaves loosely imbricating round the stem, erecto-patent, 

 concave ; upper oblong-lanceolate, acute ; middle ones ovate- 

 lanceolate ; nerve excurrent, aristate ; margins entire, re- 

 curved, bordered with long narrow cells. Innovatioji leaves 

 broadly ovate, acute. Areola : Upper trapezoid, oblong 

 below ; twisted when dry. Perichcetial leaves small, subulate- 

 lanceolate, acute ; margins recurved ; acrocarpous. Fruitstalk 

 2h in. long, curved at the apex, slender. Capsule long, pyri- 

 form, tapering into the fruitstalk. Peristome double: outer 

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

 middle into 16 processes, alternate with the outer. Oper- 

 culum conico-rostrate. Calyptra not found. Antheridia 

 terminal on innovations. 



Hab. Marshy ground near Lake Manapouri. 



39. B. traillii, sp. nov. Plate XLIII., fig. 51. 



Plants dioecious, growing in dense tnits 2 in. high, yel- 

 lowish-green. Stem fin.; innovations fertile, fin., on the 

 apex of which are developed the archegonia, which is re- 

 peated by each succeeding innovation, giving a moniliform 

 appearance to the plants. Leaves imbricating closely round 

 the stem, nearly erect ; upper ones ovate-lanceolate or broadly 

 oblong-lanceolate, subacute ; middle ones oval or ovate sub- 

 acute, very concave ; margins entire, plain ; nerve ending at 

 the apex. Areola subtrapezoid to the base. Perichcetial 

 leaves very small, ovate-lanceolate, acute, nerved to the apex ; 

 not found in fruit. 



Hab. Marshy ground. Waterfall Run, Stewart Island. 

 Collected by R. B. 



40. B. huttonii, sp. nov. Plate XLIII., fig. 52. 



Plants growing in loose patches 2-I- in.-3|-in. high, pale- 

 green above, brown below. Stems radiculose, l^in. ; innova- 

 tions fertile, 1 in.-l|^ in., radiculose, fastigiate. Leaves imbricat- 



