442 Transactions. — Botany. 



Bah. On hark of Myoponim latum, near the sea, Kaikoura • 

 December, 1889. T. W. N. B., No. 504. Determined by Dr! 

 V. F. Brotherus. 



Grimmia mutica, Hampe. 



" Laxe pulvinata, rufo-fusco-nigricans, fere unciaHs; eaulis 

 adscendens, basi nudiusculus, superne dense-foliosis, sterilis 

 cuspidatus, fertihs clavatus ; foha sicca appressa, humida 

 recurvato-patentia, carinata, margine reflexo, nervo ad apicem 

 prodixcto, ovato-lanceohxta, obtusiuscula, mutica ; celluHs sub- 

 rotundis minimis densioribus, fusco-lutescentia, vel opaca, 

 perichsetiaha latiora erecta; theca deoperculata ovato-elliptica 

 nnmersa brunnea; dentibus peristomii lauceolatis subintegris 

 ferrugineis." — "LinnaBa," 1859-60, p. 631. 



Hab. On exposed rocks, Ben More, Canterbury; 

 T. W. N. B., No. 509 : on boulders in river, Waimate, South 

 Canterbury; T. W. N. B., No. 497. Determined by Dr. V. F. 

 Brotherus. 



Macromitrium (Goniostoma) we3anouthii, Broth. 



" Gracile, prostratum, intertexum, laete viride, demum 

 ferrugineum ; cauhs longe repens, vage ramosus, ramis densis- 

 sime ramulosis, ramuhs brevibus, strictis vel curvatulis, dense 

 foliosis ; folia sicca adpressa, apice incurva spiraliter contorta, 

 humida erecto-patentia oblongo-lanceolata, acuta, marginibus 

 inferne plus minusve revolutis, integerrimis, nervo lutesceute, 

 infra apicem evanido, cellulis basilaribus elongatis, valde 

 incrassatis, lumine angustissimo, supra medium folii rotun- 

 datis, valde incrassatis, lumine minutissimo, omnibus pellucidis, 

 laevissiniis ; bracteee perichsetii erectae, majores acuminatae ; 

 seta erecta, curvato-flexuosa, 8 -15mm. alta, lutea, laevissima ; 

 theca erecta, ovalis, evacuata ore plicata, microstoma, badia ; 

 peristomium simplex ; exostomii dentes infra orificium orundi, 

 breves, grisei, papillosi ; operculum rostratum, rostro dimidiam 

 partem thecae vix superans ; calyptia sordide lutea, apice 

 ferruginea, glabra. Patria : Tasmania. 



"A M. scottia, C. Miill., proximo foliis acutis nervo infra 

 apicem evanido nee non cellulis minoribus prima scrutatione 

 differt. An M. scotticB, Mitt., Austr. Moss, e Tasmania? " — 

 V. F. Brotherus, " New Species of Australian Mosses," in 

 Ofversigt af Fmska Vet. Soc. Fohr, Helsingfors, 1895. 



Hah. On trees, junction of Bealey and Waimakariri Elvers ; 

 altitude, 2,040ft.; T. W.N.B., No. 329: determined by Dr. 

 Brotherus. On trees. Little Kowai Eiver, Mount Torlesse ; 

 T. W. N. B., No. 394. 



Macromitrium eucalyptorum, C. Miill. and Hampe. 



" Monoicum Macromitr'mm tenui simillima sed folia caulina 

 angustius lanceolata acutiora glabriora ad basin minus con- 



