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LEUCODON PALLIDUS.
Leucodon caule procumbente ramoso, foliis ovatis longe
acuminatis concavis integerrimis, nervo pellucido attingente,
seta longa flexuosa, capsula inclinata, oper-
culo longe rostrato. (T a b . CLXXII.)
Hab. In Nova Hollandia.
Caules procumbeptes, ramosi, ramis erectis non raro subpiima-
tiin ratnosis. Folla pallide viridia undique imbricata, sæpe
secunda, ovata, longe acuminata, obtusiuscula, integerrima,
valde concava, nervo pellucido fere ad apicem attingente instructa.
Perichælialia circumvoluta, exteriora caulinis sub-
siinilia; interiora latissima, obtusa, fere enervia, pilo longo
terminata. Seta subbiuncialis, flexuosa. Capsida subliorizon-
taliter inclinata, paululum curvata, ovato-cylindracea. Operculum
rostratum, rostro capsula subæque longo, decurvo. Pe ristomium
c dentibus 16 longis, infra medium fissis.
I had several times received specimens of this moss from my
liberal friend Mr. Dickson, but without any precise h ab ita t; I
was therefore particularly glad to be supplied with it again from
Mr. Hobson of Manchester, along with some other cryptogamic
plants sent to him from the vicinity of Paramatta, New South
Wales. It accords well with the character of Leucodon, (except
indeed in the colour of the teeth, which only proves the badness
of the name,) and will arrange naturally with L. calycinus and
L . rusosus.
Fig. 1, 1, 1, plants, nat. size. Fig. 2, 2, leaves. Fig. 3, perichætium.
Fig. 4, outer perichætial leaf. Fig. 5, inner ditto.
Fig. 6, capsule. Fig. 7, teeth of the peristome.—'«ag?/.