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NECKERA PLANIFOLIA.
Neckera caule erecto pinnato, foliis bifariam imbricatis
late ovatis acutis enervibus serrulatis, seta longe exserta,
capsula cylindracea, operculo subulato. (T a b . XXIII.)
Neckera planifolia. Hedw. Sp. Muse. /. 4 8 . / . 1— 3.
H a b . Insulae Australes. Hedivig. In sinu Dusky Bay dicto.
D. Menzies, 1791.
Caulis digitalis vel palmaris, inferne repens, ferrugineo-tomento-
sus, demum erectus, rigidus, basi apiceque indivisus, medium
versus pinnatim ramo.sus, ramis simpiicibus, compressis, planis.
Folia majuscula, pallide viridia, nitentia, bifariam imbricata,
late ovata, acuta, planiuscula, serrulata, enervia vel basi solummodo
obsoletissime uninèrvia, indistincte striata vel pli-
cata. Perichcetialia his multo minora, margine serrulata,
enervia; e xt. ovata, brevi-acuminata, concava; int. longe
acuminata, vaginata. Seta perichaetialibus multo longior, sub-
uncialis, erecta vel curvata. Capsula erecta, cylindracea, intense
fusca. Operadum .subulatum, capsula plusquam dimi-
dio brevius. Calyptra subulata, dimidiata. Peristomii dentes
ext. 16, longi, filiformes, transversim striati, rubri; int. toti-
dem, setacei, flavi, hic illic denticulati, basi membrana connexi.
The very perfect state of the specimen of this plant gathered
by Mr. Menzies has induced me to figure it, although already
represented by Hedwig in his Species Muscorum. But there
the leaves are erroneouslv given entire, and the peristome appears
to have been unknown to the author.
Fig. 1, plant nat. .size. Fig. 2, 2, leaves. Fig. 3, perichae-
tium and calyptra. Fig. 4, e xt. perichaetial leaf. Fig. 5, int.
ditto. Fig. 6, capsule and operculum. Fig. 7, portion of ext.
peristome. Fig. 8, portion of int. ditto.—magn.
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