Brown. — On Ncto Zealand Musci. 459 



15. Dicranum gnlliverii, sp. nov. 



Plants growing in dense patches lin.-l^in. high. Stems 

 nearly simple, erect, branching by innovations. Branches 

 few, slender, fastigiate. Leaves inserted all round the stem, 

 imbricating, erecto-patent, straight, lower ones acicular, 

 middle and upper ones ovate-lanceolate, tapering into a long 

 slender point, longer than the lower portion. Margins entire. 

 Nerve continuous, semi-convolute. Areola small, dense ; loiver 

 oblong, without alar cells, nearly erect when dr3^ Perichcetial 

 leaves convolute, sheathing for two-thirds of their length, upper 

 third subulate, nerved to the apex. Fr^iit terminal. Fruitstalk 

 nearly erect or slightly flexuous, red, fin. long. Capsule ovate- 

 oblong, slightly oblique, narrowing to the mouth. Peristome 

 single, rather membranous, irregularly bifid, perforated or 

 united. Opercuhim oblique, conico-rostrate, about half the 

 length of the capsule. Calyptra cucullate. 



Hab. Wet limestone rocks near Greymouth, West Coast. 

 Collected by W. J. Gulliver; 1894. This plant is named after 

 the finder. 



16. D. guUiverii, var. yS. ? 



17. Dicranum clintonensis, sp. nov. 



Plants growing in tufts from |-in. high, brownish-green. 

 Stems erect, branched by innovations. Branches fastigiate. 

 Leaves inserted all round the stem, spreading from a short 

 sheathing-base, then contracted into a stout subulate apex ; 

 upper portion of the leaf about one and a half times longer than 

 the lower, semi-convolute. Margins serrated towards the apex. 

 Nerve ending at the apex. Upper areola linear ; loiver oblong, 

 crisped when dry. PerichcBtial leaves longer than the stem 

 ones, with an erect, sheathing, convolute base, and the upper 

 portion subulate, stout, spreading. Margins serrated towards 

 the apex. Nerve continuous. Fruit terminal. Fruitstalk 

 erect. Capsule broadly ovoid. Mouth wide. Operculum 

 oblique, convexo-rostrate, as long as the capsule. Calyptra 

 not found. 



Hah. Eocks, Clinton Glen, head of Lake Te Anau. Col- 

 lected by E. B. ; January, 1889. The peristomes of this plant 

 were all destroyed by insects before I had an opportunity of 

 drawing them. 



18. Dicranum rupestre, sp. nov. 



Plants dioecious, growing in dense tufts l^in. high, of a 

 brownish-yellow or bronzy colour. Stems slender, fastigiately 

 branched. Branches short. Leaves inserted all round the 

 stems, strongly secund, circinate, middle ones shortly linear- 

 lanceolate, tapering into a long slender point from four to five 

 times longer than the base, sheathing, semi-convolute, upper 



