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into a point four and a quarter times the length of the 

 base. Nerve disappearing below the toothed apex, scarcely 

 altered when dry. Areola linear, oblong. Alar cells quad- 

 rate. Perichatial leaves with a short convolute, sheathing- 

 base, suddenly contracted into a long slender point, two and 

 a half times the length of the sheath, apocarpous. Fruit- 

 stalk slender, erect or inclined, Ifin. long, pale. Capsule 

 ovate-oblong, narrowing to the mouth. Other parts not 

 found. 



Hah. On decaying wood. South Fiord, Lake Te Anau ; 

 January, 1890. Collected by E. B. (Named after W. Y. H. 

 Hall, Esq., solicitor, Invercargill.) 



9. T. moretonii, sp. nov. ( ? Tortula). 



Plants monoecious, yellowish above, pale-brown below, 

 l^in. high. Stem subdichotomously branched, radiculose. 

 Leaves inserted all round the stem, flexuous, imbricating ; 

 upper ones, base erect, adpressed, oblong or oblong-obovate, 

 tapering into a subulate point, recurved or incurved ; middle, 

 broader at the base, shortly ovate-lanceolate, tapered into a 

 subulate apex. Nerve disappearing at the apex. Margins 

 entire, very crisp when dry. Areola : upper, small, quadrate ; 

 lower, oblong. Perichcetial leaves long, erect, innermost 

 longest, convolute, sheathing, suddenly contracted into a 

 slender point, shorter than the convolute portion, apo- 

 carpous. Fruitstalh 2in. long, slender, pale. Capsule ovate- 

 oblong, narrowing to the mouth. Peristome broken and im- 

 perfect. Ojyercjihwi and calyptra not found. 



Hab. Decaying wood, head of South Fiord, Lake Te Anau ; 

 January, 1890." Collected by E. B. 



This plant is described from a small patch found growing 

 in the middle of a tuft of T. liallii of this paper. 



10. T. clongatum, Hook. f. and Wils. 



Hah. Port Lyttelton Hills ; damp banks. Collected by 

 E. B. 



11. T. setosum, Hook. f. and Wils. 



Hah. Port Lyttelton Hills ; damp banks. Collected by 

 E. B. 



Var. /?. Capsules smaller and leaves longer. Collected by 

 E. B. 



12. T. laxifolium, Hook. f. and Wils. 



Hab. Damp banks, Lake Te Anau ; West Coast ; Banks 

 Peninsula ; and in the North Island. Collected by E. B. 



