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twisted spirally when dry. Capsule ovate-oblong. Peristome 

 single, immature. Opercuhim oblique, conico-rostrate, one- 

 third shorter than the capsule. Calyptra not found. 



Hab. Damp rocks, near Lake Te Anau ; January, 1890. 

 Collected by E. B. 



8. T. cockaynii, sp. nov. 



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

 dark-brown. Stems branched, branches very short. Leaves 

 inserted all round the stem, densely imbricating, erecto- 

 patent, slightly recurved, small ; upper ones linear-lanceolate, 

 acuminate ; middle, shorter lanceolate, acuminate, concave. 

 Nerve linear, continued to the apex, reddish, keeled. Margins 

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

 oblong. Perichcetial leaves smaller than the upper leaves, 

 linear - lanceolate, acute, nerved to the apex, apocarpous. 

 Seta slender, |-in. long. Capsule cylindric, gibbous. Peri- 

 stome single, teeth free to the base, granulate. Operculum 

 and calyptra not found. 



Hah. Crevices of rocks. Broken Eiver, West Coast Road ; 

 March, 1891. CoUected by R. B. 



9. T. gracile, sp. nov. 



Plants dioecious, growing in dense patches, Jin. high, 

 green. Stems branched, branches short. Leaves inserted all 

 round the stem, imbricating, spreading or erecto-patent, all 

 very similar m outline, but increasing in size towards the apex 

 of the stem, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, concave. Nerve 

 keeled, disappearing at the apex. Margins entire, crisp when 

 dry. Areola dense above, quadrate below. Perichcztial leaves 

 narrower, linear -lanceolate, acuminate, erect, apocarpous. 

 Seta Jin. -fin. long, erect, reddish, slightly flexuous. Capside 

 elliptic. Peristome single, united at the base by a short tube, 

 granulate. Operculum oblique, subulate, about two-thirds 

 the length of the capsule. Calyptra cucuUate. 



Hah. Damp rocks. Port Lyttelton Hills ; July, 1882. Col- 

 lected by R. B. 



10. T. binnsii, sp. nov. 



Plants growing in small dense patches, -lin.— fin. high, 

 pale-green. Stems simple or slightly branched. Leaves 

 inserted all round the stem, closely imbricating, erecto- 

 patent, ovate-lanceolate, acute, slightly flexuous ; upper ones 

 longest. Margins entire, concave. Nerve keeled, excurrent as a 

 minute apiculus, crisp when dry. Areola : upper, dense ; lower, 

 oblong near the base. Perichcetial leaves flexuous, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute. Nerve continued to the apex, apocarpous. 

 Seta fin. long, red. Capsule slightly inclined, elliptic, 

 oblique. Peristome single, united close to the base, granulate. 



