300 ' Transactions. — Botany. 



it in compliment to a member of the Institute, Joseph Stevens, 

 Esq., of Christchurch. 



Gymnostomum magnocarpum, nov. sp. Plate XXXVI. 



Plants small, perennial, growing in dense, ohve-green 

 patches. Stem ^Vn., branched. Branches fastigiate, ^in. 

 Leaves closely imbricating, spreading, or erecto-patent, slightly 

 recurving, oblong-lanceolate, acmmnate, occasionally romided 

 to an apiculus, concave. Margins entire, sometimes slightly 

 incurved. Nerve excurrent. Areola, upper dense, loiver 

 oblong-quadrate, crisped when dry. Perichcetial leaves shorter 

 than the stem ones, narrow, lanceolate from a broader base, 

 acuminate. Nerve excurrent. Fruitstalk -^^in., pale, inclined. 

 Capsule ovate -symmetrical. Opercnhim convexo- rostrate, 

 about two-thirds length of capsule. Calyptra cucullate. 



Hah. Damp banks. Governor's Bay. Collected, August, 



1881, by E. B. 



Gymnostomum longirostrum, nov. sp. Plate XXXVII. 



Plants small, perennial, growing in dense yellowish-green 

 patches. Stem short, yV^^-» branched. Brandies fastigiate. 

 Leaves crowded, erecto-patent, linear-lanceolate, acuminate or 

 apiculate, concave, keeled. Margins entire. Nerve pellucid, 

 continuous or excurrent. Areola, loiver half oblong-quadrate, 

 upper dense, crisped when dry. Perichcetial about the same 

 length as the upper leaves, nearly erect. Fruitstalk pale, 

 slender, inclined, lin. long. Capsiile ovate, unsymmetrical, 

 narrowed towards the mouth. Operculmn oblique, slender, 

 conico-rostrate, as long as the capsule, sometimes longer. 

 Calyptra long, cucullate. 



Hah. Damp banks, on Port Lyttelton Hills, 1873 ; and in 

 the Valley of the Clinton, 1889 ; fruiting from December to 

 February. Collected by E. B. 



Gymnostomum wrightii, nov. sp. Plate XXXVII. 



Plants small, perennial, growing in dense patches. Stems 

 jigin., branched. Branches jqItci., fastigiate. Leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, obtuse or acute, apiculate, concave. Margins 

 entire. Nerve excurrent. Areola, upper dense, loiver oblong- 

 quadrate, crisped when dry. Perichcetial leaves longer than 

 the stem ones, linear-laiiceolate, acuminate. Nerve excurrent. 

 Fruitstalk ^in. long, no longer than the leaves. Capsule 

 very oblique. Operculum oblique, conico-rostrate, about two- 

 thirds length of capsule. Calyptra cucullate. 



Hah. Damp banks. Broken Eiver, West Coast Eoad, 1891. 



Var. A. 



A variety near the Eiver Heathcote, collected by E. B. in 



1882. Has a stouter operculum and the leaves longer. 



