!: ! Ï'
hi E Í
' l l F ;
1 : 4 ,
h
E' • Ni
',. 1; ■, : , ;
-4A
a! ; i
■' ir
7/D JU¿m</JlA
Û/J/UtlM J/^L^
NECKERA FUSCESCENS.
Neckera caule longissimo filiformi péndulo pinnatim
ramoso, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis serrulatis substriatis,
nervo ante medium evanescente, seta brevissima,
capsula oblonga perichætio immersa, calyptra pilosa.
(T a b . CLVII.)
Hab. In Nepal, arboribus. Hon. D. Gardner.
Caules e ramis arborum pendentes, longissimi, filiformes, flexuosi,
molles, pinnatim ramosi, ramis iteruraque pinnatis, pm-
imlis brevibus plerumque simplicibus. Folia fusco-viridia, undique
imbricata, erecta, vel erecto-patentia, lanceolata, acuminata,
vix concava, substriata, margine ad apicem serrata, nervo
brevi ante medium evanescente instructa. Perichcetialia longiora,
magis angusta, flavescentia, enervia. Sela perbrevis,
recta. Capsula oblonga, fusca. Calyptra brevis, conico-acu-
minata, pallide fusca, pilosa, bine longitudinaliter fissa. Operculum
conico-subulatum. Peristomii dentes ext. 16, ciliis
flavescentibus setaceis bis alternantibus.
This plant came intermixed vvith Neckera fdamenlosa, and
like that grows pendent from the branches and trunks of trees.
It ranks naturally with N . heieromalla a n d //ifo rm ij of Hedwig,
and I should have expected that, like them, it would have had a
mitriform calyptra, and thus have come into the genus Daltonia.
Such, however, does not appear to be the case.
Fig. 1, plant, nat. she. Fig. 2, portion of a branch with fructification.
Fig. 3, leaf. Fig. 4, perichætial leaves. Fig. 5, capsule.
Fig. 6, calyptra. Fig. 7, teeth of peristom e.-m ag n .