Brown. — Oii New Zealand Musci. 481 



base erect sheathing, ovate, tapering into a slender falcate 

 hair -point, which is about twice the length of the base. 

 Margins entire, nerved ; middle ones similar to the upper ; 

 lower small, but similar in their outline. Areola : lower 

 oblong. Leaves unaltered when dry. Perichcetial leaves base 

 convolute, sheathing, tapering into a slender curved hair- 

 point, about twice the length of the sheathing portion, apo- 

 carpous. Frmtstalk slender, erect or inclined, ^in. long. 

 Capsule ovate, slightly oblique. Other parts not found. 



Hah. Damp ground, near Lake Te Anau; January, 1890. 

 Collected by E. B. 



4. T. hrevirostrum, sp. nov. 



Plants growing in small loose patches, |in. high, yellowish- 

 green. Stems simple. Leaves inserted all round the stem, 

 imbricating, secund, small ; upper ones sheathing at the base, 

 oblong, tapering into a point, shghtly longer than the base. 

 Margins entire, nerved ; middle, shorter, base ovate, tapering 

 into a point, one and a half times longer than the base ; lower, 

 small, tapering from the base to the apex, unaltered when dry. 

 Lower areola oblong. Perichcetial leaves erect, cylindric, 

 sheathing, suddenly contracted into a point, slightly longer 

 than the sheathing portion, apocarpous. St-ta Un. to lin. 

 long, red. Capsule cylindrical, slightly oblique, unequal, 

 annulate. Peristome deciduous, short, single, granulate. 

 Operculum short, conico-rostrate, oblique, a quarter to one- 

 fifth the size of the capsule. Calyptra cucullate. 



Hah. Damp ground, near Lake Te Anau; January, 1890. 

 Collected by E. B. 



T. avoneiise, sp. nov. 



Plants monoecious, growing in small dense patches, ^in.- 

 fin. high, green. Stems simple or slightly branched. 

 Leaves inserted all round the stem closely imbricating, erecto- 

 patent, slightly incurved towards the apex ; upper ones linear- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, minutely apiculate, semi-convolute. 

 Margins entire. Nerve continued to the apex ; middle and 

 lower ones smaller, but similar to the upper ones in outline, 

 crisp when dry. Areola : upper, small, dense; lower, quadrate. 

 Perichcetial leaves smaller than the upper ones, nearly erect, 

 convolute, sheathing, then tapering into an acuminate pointy 

 shorter than the sheath, apocarpous. Seta inclined, slender, 

 ;|-in. long. Capsicle elliptic. Peristome single, granulate. 

 Operculum nearly straight, conico-subulate. Beak slender, 

 nearly two-thirds the length of the capsule. Calyptra cucul- 

 late. 



Hah. Damp ground, plantations near the Eiver Avon ; 

 October, 1881. Collected by E. B. 

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