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LESKEA MARITIMA.
Leskea caule erecto subsimplice, foliis undique imbricatis
arcte appressis late ovatis acuminulatis concavis
enervibus integerrimis, seta elongata, capsula cylindracea
erectiuscula. (Tab. CLXVI.)
Leskea marítima. Burchell's M S S .
Hab. Terrestris, in fruticetis arenosis in littore Sinus Pletten-
bergii in territ. colon. C. Bonæ Spei, copiose. D . Burchell.
Caules dense cæspitosi, erecti, paululum flexuosi, simplices vel
subdichotome divisi. Folia nitentia, flavo-viridia, undique imbricata,
erecta, appressa, valde concava, late ovata, acuminulata,
margine omnino integerrima, enervia. Perichætialia minuta.
Perichætium hirsutiim. Seta lateralis, elongata, gracilis,
flexuosa, pallide flavo-rufescens. Capsula gracilis, cylindracea,
paululum inclinata. Peristomium flavum ; ext. dentibus
16, lanceolatis, linea media longitudinali notatis; ini.
membrana l6-dentatum.
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very erect and thickly-tufted mode of growth of this moss
is very remarkable. In the disposition of the leaves it resembles
Hypnum moniViforme, H. irifarium, H. fle x ile , zwà Leskea ericoides;
and near the latter it will naturally enough rank. The
whole plant is very brittle, but particularly the fruitstalk.
Fig. 1, plants, nat. size. Fig. 2, single plant. Fig. 3,
leaves. Fig. 4, perichætium. Fig. 5, leaf of ditto. Fig. 6, capsule.
Fig. 7, outer, and Fig. 8, inner, teeth of peristome.—
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