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NECKERA ABIETINA.
N e c k e r a , c aule e recto piiiiiato , foliis u n d iq u e im b ric a tis
ap p re ssis s tria tis su b iiiie g e rrim is a cum iiia tis, caulinis
o v a to -d e lto id e is, ram e is ovatis, se ta ex se rta , cap su la
o v a to -cy lin d ra c e a , op ercu lo su b u la to . (T a b . V IL )
H a b . In plaga occidentali Amcricse Borealis. D. Mewxier, 1792.
Caules plures ex eadem radice, spitham»! et ultra, erecti, vel
curvati, flexuosi, rigidi, inferné indivisi, subaphylli, superne
pinnatim ramosi, ramis vix uncialibus, simpiicibus, attenuatis.
Folia ámame viridia, undique imbricata, erecto-appresssa,
integerrima, vel, sub lente multum augente solummodo, serrulata,
striata, nervo satis valido ad apicem attingente percursa,
margine paululum recurvo ; caulina ovato-deltoidea, acuminata,
ramea ovata, subacuminata. PerìchcBiialia omnino integerrima,
enervia, exteriora ovato-rotundata, brevi-acuminata,
valde concava, interiora longiora, pedicellum vaginantia.
Seta brevis, foliis perichaetialibus sub-duplo longior, erecta vel
curvata. Capsula ovato-cyliiidracea, erecta, flavo-fusca. Operculum
subulatum. Perislomii dentes ext. 16, rubri, transversim
striati; int. 16, filiformes, flavi, hic illic per trabes
uniti, atque basi membrana reticulata connexi.
This plant is a Neckera of Hedwig. Should the calyptra,
which I have not had the opportunity of seeing, prove mitriform,
it will be Daltonia of the Muse. B rit. It is a truly magnificent
species, and very unlike any thing with which I am acquainted.
Fig. 1, plants nat. size. Fig. 2, cauline leaf. Fig. 3, ramal
leaf. Fig. 4, point of a leaf. Fig. 5, perichaetiura and capsule.
Fig. 6, outer perichastial leaf. Fig. 7, inner ditto. Fig. 8, portion
of the peristome.
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