482 Transactions. — Botany. 



6. T. buchanani, sp. nov. 



Plants growing in dense patches, ^iu. high, yellowish- 

 green above, brown below. Steins simple or branched. 

 Leaves inserted all round the stem, erecto-patent or slightly 

 secund ; upper ones, lower half linear-lanceolate, upper taper- 

 ing into a slender point minutely toothed at the apex, semi- 

 convolute ; middle smaller, but very similar in outline. Nerve 

 continued to the apex, crisp when dry. Areola small, 

 quadrate below, linear above. Perichcetial leaves erect, 

 cylindric, sheathing, tapered into an acuminate point, one- 

 third the length of the sheathing portion, apocarpous. 

 Seta erect or inclined, slender, ^in.— |in. long. Capsule small, 

 ovate-oblong, slightly narrowed to the mouth. Other parts 

 °not found. 



Hab. Damp banks, old bed of Eiver Waimakariri; Sep- 

 tember, 1883. Collected by E. B. (Named after Mr. John 

 Buchanan, of Dunedin.) 



7. T. filiforjnifolium, sp. nov. 



Plants dioecious, growing in dense tufts, yellowish-green, fin. 

 to lin. high, very slender, and but slightly branched. Leaves 

 inserted all round the stem, loosely imbricating; upper leaves, 

 lower portion oblong, erect, sheathing, suddenly contracted 

 into a slender hair-point, two to three times longer than the 

 sheathing portion, minutely toothed at the apex, erecto-patent 

 or spreading, nerved ; middle ones similar to the upper ; 

 lower, small, erect, oblong, sheathing, suddenly contracted 

 into a slender hair-point, two to two and a half times longer 

 than the lower portion. Areola small, linear. Leaves erect, 

 and spirally twisted at the apex when dry. Perichatial leaves 

 slightly longer. Base cylindric, sheathing, suddenly tapered 

 into a long slender hair-point, two and a half times longer 

 than the base. Fruit terminal. Fruitstalk slender, lin. long, 

 erect. Capstde ovate-oblong, slightly narrowed towards the 

 mouth. Other plants have been destroyed by insects after 

 collection. 



Hah. Damp banks, on Eiver Teremakau ; February, 1889. 

 Collected by E. B. 



Var. f3 : Hab. At the Eiver Bealey. Collected by E. B. 



8. T. hallii, sp. nov. ( ? Tortula). 



Plants monoecious, growing in dense tufts, 2iin. high, 

 yellowish-green above, pale-green below. Stems branched, 

 radiculose. Leaves inserted all round the stem, subsecund ; 

 upper ones with a short sheathing ovate or obovate base, 

 tapering into a long slender point, four and a quarter times 

 the length of the base ; middle, shortly ovate, tapenng 



