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round at the apex ; nerve ending below the apex. Areola : 

 Upper subquadrate, lower oblong ; leaves twisted and erect 

 when dry. Perichcetial leaves erect, slightly broader, other- 

 wise similar to the others ; acrocarpous. Fruitstalk fin. long. 

 Capsule ■s>mdA\, erect, pyriforro, curved, gibbous on the back, 

 rounded at the base, mouth slightly oblique ; apophysis 

 cuneate. Other parts not found. 



Hah. Marshy ground near Lake Te Anau. Collected by 

 E. B. 



2. M. craigiehurnensis , sp. nov. Plate XLIV., fig. 61. 



Plants monoecious, growing in small dense patches -I in. 

 high. Stems y^in., gemmiform ; innovations -^^ in.-j^^ in., 

 slender, gemmiform, subfastigiate. Leaves erecto-patent, im- 

 bricating all round, oblong, rounded at the apex, subacute, 

 concave ; margins entire, plain ; nerve disappearing below the 

 apex. Innovation leaves smaller, otherwise similar to the 

 upper ones. Areola trapezoid near the apex, oblong below ; 

 leaves erect when dry. Perichattial leaves nearly as large as 

 the upper ones, ligulate ; nerve disappearing below the apex ; 

 acrocarpous. Fruitstalk erect, ^iu.-^ in. long. Capsule erect, 

 small, clavato-pyriform, unequal, constricted at the apophysis, 

 which is short, oblong, round at the base ; mouth scarcely 

 oblique. Peristome double ; outer teeth 16, short, irregular 

 in outline, linear-lanceolate, obtuse ; inner, very fragile or 

 imperfect, half the length of the outer, and alternate with 

 them. Operciilum conic. Cali/ptra not found. 



Hab. Marshy ground near Broken Eiver; 1887. Collected 

 by K. B. 



3. M. buchanani, sp. nov. Plate XLIV., fig 62. 



Plants monoecious, growing in very large patches 2^ in. 

 high, yellow above, brown below. Stems radiculose, If in. ; 

 innovations slender, -I in. -1^ in., fastigiate. Leaves erecto- 

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

 at the apex ; middle ones smaller, otherwise similar to the 

 upper, concave ; margins entire, plain ; nerve stout below, 

 disappearing below the apex, hmovation leaves subulate, 

 round at the apex, nerve disappearing. Areola narrow ; leaves 

 twisted and erect when dry. Perichcetial leaves slightly 

 larger, similar to the others ; acrocarpous. Fruitstalk slender, 

 1 in. long. Capsule erect, clavato-pyriform, curved, con- 

 stricted at the apophysis, gibbous at the base. Peristome 

 double : having been destroyed by insects, full description 

 cannot be given of it. Operculum oblique, subconic. Galijp- 

 tra small, cucullate. 



Hab. On wet rocks, Kennedy's Bush, Port Lyttelton 

 hills; January, 1882. Collected by E. B. 



