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HYPNUM MENZIESII.
Hypnum cimle erecto, apice dense fasciculatim ramoso,
ramis deflexis, foliis undique imbricatis ovatis mucro-
nulatis apice serratis, nervo excurrente dorso denticulato,
capsula cylindracea pendula, operculo conico
acuto. ( T a b . XXXIII.)
Hvb. In sinu Dusky Bay dicto, in Nova Zeelandia. D . Menzies,
1791.
Radix repens, tomentosa, fusca. Caulis palmaris et ultra, erectus,
crassiusculus, nigro-fuscus, rigidus, inferne simplex nu-
dusque, squamis foliaeeis sparsim vestitus, superne fasciculatim
ramosus, proliferus, ramis densis, iterum divisis, deflexis, vix
attenuatis, subcompressis. Folia undique sublaxe imbricata,
erecta, flavo-viridia, niteiitia, ovata, parum concava, apicem
versus spinoso-serrata, nervo, dorso superne denticulato, in
mucronem breviusculum producto, instructa. Perichoelialia
lanceolata, longe attenuata, subserrata, enervia, plicato-striata,
flavescentia, basi aurantia. Setoe 4 vel plures, subaggregata-,
3-unciales, flexuosæ, rubræ. Capsula cylindracea, fusca, cer-
ima vel etiam pendula. Operculum conicum, acutum. Pe-
rist. ext. dentibus latis, fulvis : int. membrana 16-Iaciniata,
flava, laciniis longis valde attenuatis, basi perforatis, ciliis duo-
bus bis alternantibus.
This truly magnificent species I dedicate with peculiar pleasure
to its discoverer, Archibald Menzies, Esq., who has with so much
liberality permitted me to publish the cryptogamie treasures he
collected during his voyage round the world. Of the value and
extent of this collection I need not speak, since this work is destined
to contain figures and descriptions of all such as are new,
and a list will be given towards its clo.se of such as have already
been described by former authors.
Although so strikingly distinct from every other species, it may
not be amiss to observe that the present plant will rank near to
PI. alopecurum.
Fig. 1, plants nat. size. Fig. 2, leaf seen in front. Fig. 3,
side view of ditto. Fig. 4, perichætium. Fig. 5, leaf of ditto.
Fig. 6, capsule. Fig. 7, teeth of external peristome. Fig. 8,
portion of inner peristome.—magn.
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