POTTIACEAE. 151 
Hab.—On trees, with Orthotricha, &c.; bank of Waipoua River, 
Masterton, Wairarapa ; Nov. 1914; W. Gray, No. 213. 
very distinct, minute species, with somewhat the habit of the 
smaller species of Zygodon; but the basal areolation, the papillae of 
the cells, and the nerve section undoubtedly indicate Tortula, The 
peculiar abruptly truncate nerve mucro is reminiscent of the proboscoid 
abnormal le 
noteworthy, and oeeey similar to those of T. pagorum (Milde) De Not. 
(ef. Paste Laubm. i, fig. 186), but nd larger in proportion to the 
leave 
