difference in the fructification in the latter which would put it into that genus, are a group of very similar plants, differentiated mainly by the leaf shape and marginal curving, or want of it, so it seems advisable to draw attention to the leaf shape in this plant by describing it as a variety. 10. Ptilidium hodgsoniae Allis. This species was described from plants collected from Lake Wakatipu (Allison, 1950). Two collections have since been made by D. Scott, both from the Godley River Valley above Lake Tekapo, in November, 1958. No. 181 is from shady wet rock at 4,500ft, the other, No. 192, from subalpine scrub on a south aspect at 4,000ft. No fertile plants have yet been found. 11. Sphenolobus perigonialis (Tayl.) Steph. This very slender small plant was collected by D. Scott on shady wet rock at 4,500ft in the Upper Godley River Valley, above Lake Tekapo. It is probably commoner in mountain localities than the few recorded gatherings indicate. 12. Tylimanthus cinerascens (L. & L.) Allison & Hodgson comb. nov. Acrobolbus cinerascens (L. & L) Steph. Marsupia terminal, 1–15×0.6–0.8 mm, when young, green and shortly oblong, rounded at apex, when old, pale coloured and narrowed to the apex making it oblong-obconic, rather sparsely hairy. Capsules wanting. This plant was found with marsupia by Dr. J. Murray, at 650ft on Secretary Island. Fiordland, in February, 1959. Mrs. Hodgson, who recently described the male inflorescence of this species (Hodgson, 1958), remarked in the introduction to the paper that it was very close to Tylimanthus. The discovery of the marsupia confirms this, for they are in fact, quite typical of Tylimanthus. being comparatively short and broad, whereas those of Acrobolbus are long and slender and buried in the ground. Acknowledgments Grateful acknowledgements are made to the late Mr. G. O. J. Sainsbury, of Wairoa and Havelock for much sympathetic help, and especially for sending the Brachythecium to Mr. E. B. Bartram and Dr. Le Roy Andrews of the U. S. A. and to these two authorities for their reports and specimens; to Dr. H. Persson, of Sweden, for specimens and advice, to Dr. Th Herzog, of Jena University, Germany, for naming specimens and for much recent literature to Mrs E. A. Hodgson, who has always given me so freely of her time, specimens and advice to the collectors, Dr. J. Murray and Mr. D. Scott, of Otago University, and Mr. W. Martin, of Dunedin. Literature Consulted Allison, J. W., 1950. New Species of New Zealand Bryophytes, Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z., 78:1, 93–96. Dixon, H. N., 1913–28. Studies in the Bryology of New Zealand, Bull. N.Z. Inst. No. 3, pts. 1–6. Herzog, Th., 1951. Revision der Lebermoos Gattung Lembidium Mitt. Arkiv f. Bot., l:13, Sweden Hodgson, E. A., 1946. New Zealand Hepaticae V, Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z., 76, 1:68–86. — 1958 New Zealand Hepaticae × Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z., 85, 565–584 Hooker, Sir J. D., 1867. Handbook of New Zealand Flora, ii:London Martin, W, 1950. The Bryophytes of Stewart Island pt. 2. Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z., 78, 4, 497. Sainsbury G. O. K., 1955. A. Handbook of the New Zealand Mosses. Bull. Roy. Soc. N.Z., No. 5. K. W. Allison, 9 Delta Street. Roslyn, Dunedin.