282 Transactions. — Botany. 



siccitate curvata et laxo crispata, humiditate erecto-patentia 

 ex ovata basi longe lanceolata, carinata, 3'33mm. longa, apice 

 plus ixiinusve acuminata, margine ad apicem usque recurvo, 

 nervo in apice soluto. Areolatio superne rotundato-hexagona, 

 parietibus baud incrassatis, papillis prominentibus, simplici- 

 l3us vel bifurcatis ornata ; inferne cellulae elongate, angustae, 

 cum parietibus baud incrassatis basin conficiunt. FoHa peri- 

 chsetii intima minora, margine plana. Inilorescentia monoica, 

 lateralis ; gemmulae masculse parvulae, antheridia pauca, ova- 

 to-oblonga, pedicellata, eparaphysata. Vaginula cylindracea, 

 parce pilosa, ochrea distincta pedicello adhaerens. Pedicellus 

 emergens, 3-20mm. longius siccitate torquescens. Capsula 

 cum collo brevi, cito defluente ovato-cylindrica, l-75mm. 

 longa. Striae ad medium sporangii productae, e 4-5 seriebus 

 cellularum latiorum compositae, siccitate prominentes et cap- 

 sulam ad medium usque sulcatam efficientes. Stomata emersa, 

 in parte inferiore sporangii. Annulus bi-tri-seriatus, persistens. 

 Peristomii dentes externi 8, rufi, siccitate laxe recurvi, bi- 

 geminati, integri, ad apicem obtusum crura counata, articulata, 

 articulis brevissimis, densissime papillosis. Cilia 8, breviora, 

 obtusa, papillosa, dimidiam dentium et ultra attingentes ex 

 3-4 articulis conflata. Sporae 24-26 micromill. diametro 

 metientes. Patria, Tasmania, ad arbores (W. A. Weymouth, 

 n. 895 et n. 897). Species 0. tasmanico, H. f. and W., 

 affinis, sed statura multo majore, striis distinctis aliisque notis 

 satis superque distincta." — " On some New Species of Austra- 

 lian Mosses," by V. F. Brotherus, Helsingfors. 



Ortliotriclium fasciculatum, Mitt., MSS. — Otago; Bu- 

 chanan, Diamond Jjake; W.Bcll. Ortliotriclium beclcettii, CM., 

 MSS. — On stems of Discaria toicmatou, Mount Torlesse ; April, 

 1892 ; No. 382 ; Arthur's Pass, Selwyn Gorge ; T. W. N. B. 



In 1889 Mr. William Bell sent this moss to Mr. Mitten, 

 who decided that it was new, and wrote : "I have marked a 

 part of Buchanan's specimen of 0. tasmanicum, 0. fascicula- 

 tinn, but it wants more observation. It seems to have a tuft 

 of short branches at the top of its stems with many smaller 

 fruits. The calyptra I am not sure about. Its leaves seem 

 narrower." 



It was amongst the mosses I sent to Dr. Miiller last year, 

 and he honoured me by calling it 0. heckettii. As, however, 

 these names are in MSS. only, Dr. Venturi's name takes pre- 

 cedence. I have to thank Mr. Weymouth for authentic 

 specimens. 



Orthotrichum hortense, Boswell. 



"Habitus 0. affinis, sed laxior irregulariter ca3spitosum; 

 caulis dichotome innovans ramosus. Folia erecto-patentia et 

 recurvata, in statu sicco erecta laxe contorta, e basi dilatata 



