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NECKERA FILAMENTOSA.
Neckera caule longissimo péndulo pinnatim ramoso, foliis
squarrosis ovatis concavis undulatis acuminatis,
pilo longo flexuoso terminatis, nervo paulo ultra medium
evanescente, seta mediocri, capsula cylindracea,
calyptra mitriformi (?) pilosa. (T a b . CLVIII.)
Hab. In Nepal, arboribus, legit Hon. D. Gardner.
Caules e ramis longe pendentes, flexuosi, pinnatim divisi, ramis
non raro iterum pinnatis, crassis. Folia fuscescentia, júniora
fiavo-viridia, patentia, squarrosa, ovata, concava, margine in-
tsgerrlma, undulata, apice acuminata, atque pilo valde longo
insignite!- flexuoso terminata, nervo ultra medium evanescente
instructa. Perichcetialia reliquis multo minora, ovata, concava,
obtusa, emarginata, atque pilo longo subflexuoso terminata,
nervo obscuro ; intra hæc folia paraphyses numerosæ.
Capsula suberecta, oblongo-cylindracea, pallide fusca. Calyptra
junior mitriformis, alba, pilis longis obsita. Operculum
conico-rostratum, parum obliquum. Peristomii dentes flavescentes,
ext. 16 ; int. ciliis totidem his alternantibus.
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This fine Moss is very distinct in habit from any with which
I am acquainted, except indeed some sterile plants given to Dr.
Taylor and myself by Mr. Dickson, without a habitat, which are
called by him N. iumida, and whicli, as far as can be discovered
in so imperfect a state, differ only in having the leaves obtuse instead
of the cirrhose extremities observable on our present plant.
Fig. 1, plant, nat. size. Fig. 2, leaf. Fig. 3, perichætium.
Fig. 4, leaf of ditto. Fig. 5, capsule. Fig. 6, calyptra. Fig. 7,
teeth of the peristome.—magn.
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