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HYPNUM FLEXILE.
Hypnum caule elongato flexuoso ramoso, foliis imbricatis
late-ovatis vakle concavis obtusis inlegerrimis enei'-
vibus, capsula ovato-cylindracea erecta. (Tab. CX.)
Hypnum flexile. Swartz FI. Ind. Occ. p. 1830.
Leskea flexilis. Hediu. Sp. Muse. p. 234. t. 58.
Schwaegr. Suppl. p. 168.
Hookeria flexilis. Smith in Linn. Trans, v. 9. p. 281.
H a b . In montibus summis Jamaicæ australis. Swartz. Insinu
Dusky bay dicto apud Novam Zeelandiam. D . Menzies,
1791.
Caules elongati, decumbentes vel e ramis arborum pendentes,
flexuosi,ramosi,ramis brevibus subsimplicibuscylindraceis apice
acutiusculis. Folia nitida, flavo-viridia, subarcte imbricata,
erecto-patentia, subundulata, late ovata, valde concava, margine
integerrima, apice obtusa, omnino enervia. Perichætialia
cylindracea, acuta. Seta uncialis. Capsula erecta, ovato-cylindracea.
Peristomium Hypni,
Sir James Smith considers the capsule of this moss as cer-
nuous ; and so it is in some degree from the inflexion of the fruitstalk
in a dry state, but when moist it will be found to be erect.
From the same learned botanist I also beg leave to diifer respecting
the genus of this plant. I must however confess, that I have
not seen its calyptra, and that my opinion is therefore formed
merely from its habit, which approaches in many points that of
Leskea ericoides. (T a b . XXVIH.)
Fig. 1, plant, nat. size. Fig. 2, branch, with fructification.
Fig. 3, leaf. Fig. 4 and 5, perichaetial leaves. Fig. 6, teeth of
outer peristome. Fig. 7, portion of inner ditto.— magn.
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