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NECKERA ACUMINATA. •
Neekera caule erectiusculo ramoso inferne subsimplice,
foliis undique imbricatis erectis late ovatis valde concavis
acuminatis subintegerrimis nervo brevi, seta brevi,
capsula ovato-oblonga. (Tab. GLI.)
Hab. In Nepal. Hon. D. Gardner.
Radix lignosus, repens. Catdes erecti vel clecumbentes, rufi, inferne
subsimplices, superne vage pinnatim ramosi, ramis cras-
siusculis. Folla pallide viridia, basi aurantiaca, undique imbricata,
erectiuscula, late ovata, valde concava, acuminata,
acumine subserrulata, nervo circa medium evanescente instruct
a ; sulsianlia tenera, pulcherrime sed tenere reticulata. Pe-
richceiìalia seta dimidio brevia, lanceolata, vaginata, enervia.
Seta brevis, curvata. Capsula ovato-oblonga, intense fusca.
Peristomium imperfeetum, sed videtur ut in Neckera.
W’I
I know of no species of Neckera at all resembling this in the
form of the leaves, which are not much uxilike those of Swartz’s
Hypnum diaphanum.
Fig. 1, plants, nat. size. Fig. 2, leaves. Fig. 3, perichætium
and capsule. Fig. 4, perichætial leaf. Fig. 5, imperfect
portion of the peristome.—magn.
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