Beckett. — On New Zealand Mosses. 287 



Anisothecium gracillimum, sp. no v. Plate XXXc. 



Dioicous, small, simple, densely gregarious. Leaves erect, 

 patent, somewhat secund ; stem leaves small, base not vagi- 

 nant, tapering evenly and gradually to the apex, margins quite 

 entire ; perichsetial leaves semi-vagiuant, from near the base 

 narrowing rapidly into a long subulate apex, which is almost 

 entirely occupied by the nerve. Cells large, long, pellucid. 

 Seta red. Capsule erect, regular, short, turbinate, not stru- 

 mose. Operculum broadly conical, erect, and longer than the 

 capsule. Male plants shorter. Infl. terminal, an innovation 

 frequently springing from below the bracts. 



Hab. On clay. Pine Hill, Dunedin ; W. Bell (named by 

 Dr. Karl Miiller). On damp earth, Patterson Creek, Mount 

 Torlesse ; No. 396 ; T. W. N. B. 



Distinguished by its erect capsule, by its non-vaginant 

 leaves, and by the narrow bases of the perichaetial leaves. This 

 species belongs to the group containing Anisothecium schreheri, 

 A. cavipylopliyllum, and A. jamesoni, " an intricate series of 

 forms," as they are designated in the Flora of New Zea- 

 land. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES XXIX.-XXXc. 



Plate XXIX. 



Campyloptcs hicolor. 



Fig. 1. Comal leaf, x 32. 

 Fig. 2. Stem leaf, x 32. 

 Pig. 3. Base of leaf, x 70. 

 Fig. 4. Cells of leaf, x 270. 



Plate XXX. 



Campylo'pus kirhii. 



Fig. 1. Comal leaf, x 32, 



Fig. 2. Stem leaf, x 32. 



Fig. 3. Base of leaf, x 70. 



Fig. 4. Cells, X 270. 



Fig. 5, Perichsetial leaf (outer), x 32. 



Fig. 6. Capsule, x 32. 



Fig. 7. Operculum, x 32. 



Plate XXXa. 



Dicnemon obsoletmerve, Hp. and CM. 



Fig. 1. Perichfetium and fruit, slightly magnified. 



Fig. 2. Capsule and operculum, x 32. 



Fig. 3. Leaf, x 32. 



Fig. 4. Apex of leaf, x 32. 



Fig. 5. Base of leaf, x 32. 



Fig. 6. Cells of leaf, x 270. 



Fig. 7. Apex of perichsetial leaf, x 32. 



