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NECKERA SETOSA.
JS eckera, c aule e re c to ram o so , foliis co n fe rtissim is e la ta
b a si su b u la to -s e ta c e is nervosis, se ta p e rich ie tio d u p lo
lo n g io re , cap su la o b lo n g a e re c ta , o p ercu lo ro s tra to .
( T a b . V i l i . )
A n ic ta n g ium s e to sum . H c d w . S p . M u s e . p . 4 3 . t. 5.
Schwcr.gr. S a p p i, p . 3 7 .
Hab. l u s u l i E Australes. Hedw. In sinu Dusky Bay dicto legit
B . Menzies, 1791.
Caules digitales ve! palmares, erecti, flexnosi, sub-pinnatim ra--
mosi, ramis simpiicibus saepe curvatis, iriferne denudati. Folta
coiiferti.ssima, e lata basi subulato-setacea, serrata, subsecunda,
lutescentia, nervo tenui fusco percursa. Perichcclialìa bis
multo minora, vix serrata. Selce perichaetio vix duplo longi-
ores, lineas duas longae, flexuos», saspe quatuor ad sex prope
apicem caulis ramorurnque sitae. Capsula oblonga, erecta,
rufo-fusca. Operculum longe rostratum, rostro curvato. Peristomium
duplex : ext. dentibus erectis, lineari-.subulatis, di-
stantibus, rubris ; int. ciliis 16, flavis, e membrana perbrevi
ortis, Calyptra deest.
Among the splendid productions of New Zealand Mr. Menzies
bad the good fortune to discover this fine plant in so perfect a
state as to enable us to remove it from Anictangium, where it
has long held a place, to its proper germs, among which indeed
there is none with which it can be confounded. I possess no
specimen with a calyptra, but the teeth are truly those of an
Hedwigian Neckera.
Fig. 1, leaves. Fig. 2, seta, perichffitium, capsule, and operculum.
Fig. 3, perichaetial leaves. Fig. 4, portion of the peristome.—
All masn.