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BARTRAMIA PENDULA.
Bartramia caule subpinnatim fasciculatimque ramoso,
foliis ovato-lanceolatis longe acuminatis serrulatis
striatis, nervo attingente, seta longa recta demnm
laterali, capsula oblongo-c}dindracea sulcata pendula.
( T a b . XXL)
Mnium pendulum. Smith in Linn. Trans, v . 7 . p . 262.
H a b . In sinu Dusky Ray dicto, in Nova Zeelandia. D. Men-
Ties, 1791.
Caules tomento ferrugineo dense obsiti, 3-d unciales, ramosi,
ramis sparsis gracilibus apice subfasciculatis. Folia dense
imbricata, horizontaliter patentia,, subrecurva, nitida, flavescentia,
ovato-lanceolata, longe acuminata, sub lente serrulata,
striata, margine inferne subincrassata, nervo tenui percursa.
Seta sesquiuncialis, erecta, flexuosa, rubra, termi-
iialis, demum, per caulis innovationes, lateralis. Capsula
ovato-cylindracea, rufo-fusca, sulcata, pendida. Operculum
planiusculum. Perislomii dentes ext. KÍ, rubri, transversim
striati; int. membrana 16-laciniata, flava, laciniis transversim
striatis, bifidisi
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This coiiies under Sir James Smith’s Mnium, as characterized
in the Linnaean Transactions (vol. vii.); but surely it is contrary
to nature to separate this from the genus of Bartramia tomen-
tosa and arcuata, merely because of the more oblong form of
the fruit. With the two species now mentioned this has the
closest affinity; so much so that I believe no other character
than the shape of the capsule and relative length and direction
of the fruitstalk can be found to distinguish them. This, too,
has truly the ]jeristome of a Bartramia.
Fig. 1, plant «a/, «ze. Fig. 2, leaf. Fig. 3, Capsule. Fig.-l,
portion of e xt. and inner peristome. Fig. 5, portion of inner
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