Andreæa wrightii, sp. nov. Plate XXII.

Plants small, densely tufted, ¼in. long, nearly naked below, fastigiately branched. Leaves closely imbricating, erecto-patent, lower scale-like, middle small, varying from subulate-lanceolate to narrow ovate-lanceolate, acute, upper larger, concave, nerveless, papillose, margins entire; perichætial large, erect, semi-convolute, outer and inner pair sheathing two-thirds of their length, oblong-lanceolate and narrowed into an obtuse cucullate apex, nerveless, appressed when dry. Capsule ovate-apiculate.

Hab. Rocks, Moa Creek; June, 1885. Dedicated to Mr. Thomas G. Wright, of Christchurch, an earnest cryptogamic botanist.

Andreæa mutabilis, Hook. f. and Wils. (Enlarged and revised description.) Plate XXII.

Plants densely tufted. Stem ¼in. to 1in. high, branched. Leaves dark red-brown, erecto-patent, lower deltoid-subulate, acute, middle ovate-lanceolate, tapering into an acute point, upper ovate-subulate, acute, concave, margins entire, nerveless, papillose on the back, often falcate, appressed when dry; perichætial larger, erect, sheathing, convolute, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, nerveless, incurving near the apex.

Var. β. All the upper-stem leaves hamulose.

Hob. Port Hills; Craigieburn Range, Arthur's Pass, Moa Creek. Var. β. Clinton Valley, Otago.

Andreæa flexuosa, sp. nov. Plate XXIII.

Plants densely tufted. Stem from ¼in. to ¾in. long, fastigiately branched. Branches short. Leaves erecto-patent, imbricating, dark-brown, flexuous, sheathing near the base, linear-lanceolate, acute, concave, margins entire, nerveless, appressed when dry; perichætial erect, sheathing, convolute, obliquely ovate-subulate, obtuse, slightly cucullate at the apex, nerveless.

Hab. Arthur's Pass, on rocks; June, 1884. Moa Creek; June, 1885.

Andreæa huttoni, sp. nov. Plate XXIII.

Plants growing in small loose tufts. Stems from ¼in. to ½in. long, branched. Leaves red-brown, closely imbricating, erecto-patent, lower small, ovate - subulate, obtuse, oblique, middle ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, oblique margin incurved above the middle, cucullate at the apex, upper larger, nerveless, margins entire, concave; perichætial erect, large, sheathing nearly three-fourths of their length, convolute, narrowed into an obtuse cucullate apex, nerveless, closely appressed when dry. Capsule small.

Hob. Rocks, Moa Creek; 1885. Named in honour of Professor Hutton, of Christchurch.

Andreæa aquatica, sp. nov. Plates XXIII. and XXIV.

Plants growing in large loose tufts from 1in. to 4in. long. Branches flexuous, long. Leaves large, spreading, very crisp, brownish - green, glossy, middle broadly-ovate or subrotund, upper broadly ovate-acuminate, concave, margins entire, nerveless, scarcely altered when dry; perichætial very large, erect, outer lanceolate, acuminate, concave, inner sheathing, convolute, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, incurved from the middle, nerveless. Capsule very large.

Hab. Growing submerged in water on stones in a small stream on Kelly's Hill, Westland, at an altitude of 3,500ft.; November, 1889.

The most beautiful of all the New Zealand Andreæas, being finely crisped, and of a shining brown and green colour.

Andreæa dicranioides, sp. nov. Plate XXV.

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Plants growing in dense tufts, fastigiate, 1/3in. to ¾in. long. Leaves red-brown, imbricating, secund, strongly falcate, base concave, narrowly-ovate or linear, tapering rapidly into a long slender point four-fifths of the length of the leaves, nerve slender, sometimes nearly absent. Specimen not in fruit.

Hab. Rocks on side of small tarn below Lake Mintaro, Clinton Valley; 1889.

Andreæa ovalifolia. sp. nov. Plate XXV.

Plants growing in dense tufts from ¼in. to 2in. long. Stems slightly fastigiately branched. Leaves spreading, large, darkbrown, scale-like at the base, middle oval, upper oval, shortly acute or broadly ovate-acute, concave, nerve broad ending about middle, margins entire, appressed when dry; perichætial large, erect, broadly-ovate, ending in a small point, margins entire, nerveless.

Hab. Port Hills, on rocks; October, 1883. Mount Torlesse; January, 1886. Waimakariri glaciers; 1890. Mount Bosquet; 1888.

Andreæa apiculata, sp. nov. Plate XXVI.

Plant loosely tufted, from 1in. to 1.½in. long, slightly branched. Branches slender, fastigiate. Leaves erectopatent, brownish-green, shining, lower scale-like, middle ovateoblong or obovate, rounded into a short acute point, concave, nerve disappearing near the middle, margins entire, upper very large, broadly-lanceolate, acute, nerve disappearing at the middle, margins entire, very concave, appressed when dry;

perichætial erect, large, sheathing, convolute, cucullate at apex. Capsule large.

Hab. Precipitous rocks forming one side of a small tarn below Lake Mintaro, Clinton Valley; January, 1890.

Andreæa cockaynei, sp. nov. Plate XXVII.

Plants growing in dense tufts. From ½in. to 1in. long, fastigiately branched. Leaves erecto-patent, densely imbricating, yellow-brown at the tips of the branches, dark-brown below, lower minute, ovate-subulate or ovate-cordate, falcate, nerved to the apex, concave, margin entire, middle and upper leaves oblong-lanceolate, tapering rapidly into a long slender point, slightly falcate, concave, nerveless. Immediately outside the perichætial are a few large leaves, oblong-ovate, rounded into a short or long point, concave, nerveless, appressed when dry; perichætial leaves erect, sheathing, oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, convolute, nerveless. Capsule small.

Hab. Rocks side of small tarn below Lake Mintaro, Clinton Valley, Otago. Named in honour of Mr. L. Cockayne, my botanical companion in many rough journeys among the mountains.

Andreæa jonesii, sp. nov. Plates XXVIII. and XXIX.

Plants densely tufted, from ¼in. to ½in. long. Stems flexuous, simple or slightly branched, fastigiate. Leaves erecto-patent, red-brown, closely imbricating, middle ovatelanceolate, rapidly tapering into a long slender point for about two-thirds the length of the leaf, upper large, broadly oblonglanceolate, rapidly tapering into a long point for one-third the length of the leaf, straight or slightly falcate, margin entire, concave, nerved; perichætial, inner pair elliptic-lanceolate, gradually tapering into a slender point, convolute, sheathing, outer larger, oblong-lanceolate, rapidly constricted into a slender point, convolute. Diœcious, leaves of male plant strongly falcate.

Hob. On rocks, Moa Creek; June, 1885.

Var. β. Upper leaves shorter in the blade and the point longer in proportion; perichætial larger and the capsule smaller than in the type.

Hab. Rocks on Mount Torlesse; January, 1886. Rocks above Robinson's Bay, Banks Peninsula. Named after the late F. Jones, Esq., M.H.R.

Andreæa clintoniensis, sp. nov. Plate XXIX.

Plant densely tufted, from ½in. to lin. long. Stems simple or sparingly branched, fastigiate. Leaves yellow-brown near apex of branch, dark-brown below, erecto-patent, slightly incurved, lower linear-lanceolate, acute, upper ovate or oblong-