Brown. — On New Zealand Musci. 487 



Operculum oblique, conico-subulate, nearly half the length of 

 the capsule. Galyptra cucuUate. 



Hab. Damp rocks, Port Lyttelton Hills; September, 1888. 

 Collected by R. B. Named in honour of Mr. W. Binus. 



11. T. repandifoliuvi, sp. nov. 



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

 ^in. high, green. Stems simple or branched. Bra?iches short, 

 fastigiate. Leaves inserted all round the stem, closely imbri- 

 cating, erecto-patent, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, flexuous, 

 recurving near the apex. Margins entire, slightly ci-isp, con- 

 cave. Nerve slightly excurrent. Leaves all very similar in 

 outline ; lower ones smallest, crisp when dry. Areola : upper, 

 dense ; lower, oblong. Perichcetial flexuous, narrow, linear- 

 lanceolate, nerved, apocarpous. Seta slender, erect, ^in. long. 

 Capsule inclined, cylindric, recurved. Peristome single, 

 slender, granulate, united near the base by a very short tube. 

 Operculum narrow, subulate, longer than half the length of the 

 capsule. Gahjptra cucullate. 



Hab. Damp rocks, Weka Pass ; November, 1886. Col- 

 lected by R. B. 



12. T. contortifoliuvi, sp. nov. 



Plants monoecious, growing in patches, ^in.-j-^gin. high, 

 pale-green. Stems branching at the base. Leaves inserted 

 all round the stem, imbricating, erecto-patent, upper and 

 middle ones oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, flexuous, concave. 

 Margins entire. Nerve keeled, pellucid, disappearing at the 

 apex, crisp when dry. Areola : upper, dense ; lower, oblong. 

 Perichcetial leaves smaller, narrow, linear-lanceolate, erect or 

 recurved, nerved. Margins entire, apocarpous. Seta erect, 

 j?gin. long. Capsule cylindric, oblique. Annulus persistent. 

 Peristome slender, single, granulate. Operculum conico-subu- 

 late, one-third the length of the capsule. Galyptra cucullate. 

 Hab. On banks. West Coast Eoad. Collected by R. B. 



13. T. curvitliecum, sp. nov. 



Plants growing in small patches, fin. high, yellowish- 

 green above, reddish-brown below. Stems dichotomously 

 branched. Leaves inserted all round the stem, closely 

 imbricating, erecto-patent or slightly spreading, incurved, 

 upper and middle ones ovate-lanceolate, subacute, minutely 

 toothed at the apex. Nerve continued to the apex, reddish, 

 crisp when dry. Areola : upper, dense ; lower, oblong. Peri- 

 chcetial leaves erect, oblong-lanceolate, subulate, sheathing at 

 the base, nerved to the apex, apocarpous. Seta inclined, red- 

 dish, ^in. long. Capsule cylindric, curved, annulate. Peri- 

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



