484 . Transactions. — Botany. 



Section II. 

 Leaves not slender. 



1. T. lingulatmn, Hook. f. and Wils. 



Hah. Christchurch Domain ; 1888. Collected by E. B. 



2. T. minutifolmm, sp. nov. 



Plants growing in small dense patches, ^in. high, dark- 

 green. Sterns simple or branched near the base. Leaves 

 small, few, inserted all round the stem, imbricating, spreading; 

 upper ones oblong, rounded to an acute apex, concave. Mar- 

 gins entire, slightly recurved or flat. Nerve stout, keeled, 

 minutely excurrent ; middle, oval, minutely apiculate ; lower, 

 ovate, acute, crisp when dry. Areola small, quadrate, larger 

 towards the base. Pericliatial leaves smaller, the innermost 

 smallest, ovate, acute, nerved to the apex, apocarpous. Fruit- 

 stalk ^in. long, inclined. Cajjsule small, elliptic, inclined. 

 Peristome minute, single, granular, united into a short tube 

 at the base. Operculnm conico-rostrate, oblique, one-third 

 shorter than the capsule. Galyptra cucullate. 



Hah. Damp rocks, gorge of the Eiver Hurunui ; April, 

 1893. Collected by E. B. 



3. T. ajnculatujn, sp. nov. 



Plants moncecious, growing in patches, l-in.-j-^gin. high,, 

 pale-green above, simple or branched near the base. Leaves 

 inserted all round the stem, erect or erecto-patent, closely im- 

 bricating ; upper ones oblong-lanceolate, apiculate, incurved 

 at the apex. Nerve excurrent, concave. Margins entire, re- 

 curved ; middle ones slightly longer and narrower than the 

 upper ones, but otherwise similar ; the lower are smaller, and 

 crisp when dry. Areola : upper, opaque ; lower, quadrate. 

 Pcrichcetial leaves ovate-oblong, apiculate, innermost smallest, 

 apocarpous. Seta ^in. long. Capsule ovate, narrowed to 

 the mouth. Peristome single, small, granular, united by a 

 short tube below. Operculum oblique, conico-rostrate, two- 

 thirds shorter than the capsule. Calyptra cucullate. 



Hah. Damp banks. Port Lyttelton Hills; September, 1882. 

 Collected by E. B. 



4. T. searellii, sp. nov. 



Plants monoecious, growing in dense patches, |-in. to fin. 

 high, green. Stems simple or branched from the base. Leaves 

 inserted all round the stem, imbricating, erecto-patent, oblong, 

 rounded to an acute point, or oblong, tapering into an acute 

 point, concave at the apex. Margins entire, slightly recurved. 

 Nerve keeled, slightly excurrent, crisp when dry. Areola : 

 upper, small, dense ; lower, quadrate. Perichcetial leaves 

 smaller than the upper ones, oblong, acute, rounded at the 



