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16, irregularly bifid for one-third of their length, and irregu- 

 larly perforated. Operculum oblique or nearly straight, stout, 

 conico-rostrate, shorter than the capsule. Calyptra cucullate. 



Hab. Limestone rocks, Weka Pass, Canterbury. Col- 

 lected by R. B. ; November, 1886. 



This plant grows in situations similar to D. tasmanicwn, 

 and is rare. 



5 Dicraniim schrelDeri,* Hedwig, Handb. N.Z. Fl., p. 411. 



6. Dicranum cockaynii, sp. nov. 



Plants grown in dense patches, congested with brown 

 fibrils below, darkish-green above, from iin.-2in. high. Stems 

 nearly simple, branching by innovations. Branches few, 

 slender, erect. Leaves inserted all round, spreading or erecto- 

 patent, flexuous, subulate from a broad erect oboval sheathing- 

 base, about one-third of the length of the leaves, semi-convo- 

 lute. Nerve scarcely discernible in the subulate portion, 

 papillose on margins and back. Upper areola small, dense; 

 loicer oblong, crisped when dry. PerichcBtial leaves erect, 

 subulate from a broad sheathing-base, papillose on the mar- 

 gins and backs. Friutstalk terminal, \m. long, red. Capsules 

 ovate. Peristome single, 16, bifid for one-third of their length, 

 united near the base. Operculum oblique, conico-rostrate, 

 shorter than the capsule. Calyptra cucullate. 



Hah. Limestone rocks, dripping with water, head-waters 

 of the Eiver Conway, near Palmer's Pass. Collected by R. B. ; 

 February, 1894. 



7. Dicranum del)il"am, sp. nov. 



Plants small, gregarious, yellowish, ^Xi'\^. high. Stem 

 slender, sparsely branched. Leaves inserted all round the 

 stem, erecto-patent, subulate from a broad erect sheathing- 

 base half the length of the leaves, concave. Margins entire. 

 Nerve ending below the apex. Upper areola oblong; loioer 

 slightly larger, erect when dry. Perichcetial leaves erect, 

 about the same size as the upper leaves and similar in all 

 other respects. Fruit terminal. Fruit stalk rein, long, in- 

 clined. Capsule small elliptic. Peristome single, 16, bifid for 

 one-third of their length, united at the base. Operculum very 

 oblique, conico-rostrate, as long as the capsule. Calyptra not 

 found. 



Hab. Calcareous banks, Paterson's Creek, Otarama. Col- 

 lected by E. B. ; December, 1894. 



8. Dicranum papillosum, sp. nov. 



Plants growing large, in dense patches, yellowish-green 

 above, from lin.-ljin. high. Stems nearly simple, slender, 

 congested with brown fibrils, branching by innovations. 



