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HYPNUM SPININERVlUM,
Hypnum caule erecto fasciculato, foliis laxis bifariis
ovatis denticulatis, nervo dorso denticulato ad apicem
attingente, capsula sulcata cylindracea cernua,
(Tab. XXIX.)
H a b . In sinu Dusky Bay dicto, apud Noyam Zeelandiam. jD.
Menzies, 1791.
Caules 2 -3 -unciales, erecti, basin versus plerumque dichotome
divisi, apice fasciculatim ramosi, ramis subsimplicilms. Folia
laxa, bifariam imbricata, disticha, ovata, acuta, planiuscula,
obscure viridia, substriata, margine denticulata, nervo dorso
superne denticulato ad apicem attingente instructa. Perichoe-
tialia oyata, longe-acuminata, nervo distincto. Setw plurimae
ex eodem caule, biunciales, flexuosæ, rubræ. Capsula cylin-
clracea, intense fusca, profonde sulcata. Peristomii dentes ext.
lutei, ìnt. flavi.
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This species will range with H. fasciculatum and arcuatum,
differing however in many points from both, and particularly in
the toothed back of the nei ye. The capsule resembles that of
JT, undulaturn in its cylindrical shape and deep furrows. The
palyptra and operculum 1 have not seen.
Fig. 1, plant nat. size. Fig 2, leaves of the stem. Fig. 3,
single ditto seen on the back. Fig. 4, periehaetium. Fig. 5 and 6,
perichaetial leaves. Fig. 7, capsule. Fig. 8, outer teeth of the
peristome. Fig. 9, inner ditto.—magn.
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