BY L. KODWAY. 11& 



capsule oblong, tapering below, strongly ribbed, 2 m.m., 

 mouth narrow ; lid conic or shortly rostrate ; calyptra very 

 hairy ; exostonic teeth pale, broad, truncate, partially se- 

 parating; endostonie processes slender, nearly as long. 



Mt. Wellington. 



ULOTA COCHLEATA, Vent. 



Stems about 1 cm., yellow-brown to green. Leaves 

 patent, closely imbricate, partially crisped when dry, lin- 

 ear, ver}' acute, 2.5 m.m., expanded portion not very 

 broad; margin not thickened, obtusely papillate; nerve 

 vanishing at a distance from the apex, cells larger than in 

 most species, oblong and rotund intermixed, basa.ls linear, 

 with short rectangular ones en the margin. Seta strO'Ug 

 5 m.m. ; capsule oblong, not much tapering at the base, 

 smooth or obscurely ribbed 1.7 m.m., mouth slightl}' con- 

 stricted ; lid nearly flat, shortly umbonate ; caJyptra yel- 

 low, densely hairy ; exostome teeth broad at the base, slen- 

 der, acute, and connected by cross-bars above, apex se- 

 parating ; endostome processes shorter, very slender . 



Mt. Wellington. 



ULOTA ANCEPS, Vent. 



Rather small, in dense tufts ; stems seldom 1 cm.,, 

 green or brownish. Leaves spreading, nearly straight 

 when dry. lanceolate, acute, the broadish portion not well 

 developed, gradually tapering, 1.5 m.m., smooth, margin 

 plain, recurved in the middle ; nerve rather broad, vanish- 

 ing at a distance from the apex ; cells mostly rotund, in- 

 crassate, slightly convex, linear towards the base with a 

 bread band of quadrate colourless cells on the margin. 

 Seta 5 m.m. ; capsule oblong, ribbed, except at tapering 

 base, L5 m.m. lid shortly rostrate; calyptra narrow, cam- 

 panulate, brown, with numero'Us erect shining hairs; ex- 

 ostome teeth broad, truncate ; endostome processes short, 

 slender. 



Mt. AVellington. 



ULOTA VIRIDIS, Vent. 



Small, greenish yellow or brown ; stems usually under 

 1 cm. Leaves erectoi-patent. slightly crisped when dry, 

 gradually linear-lanceolate from a slightly expanded base, 

 very acute, 1.2 m.m.; margin not thickened, plain below, 



