ZJ, CXZM. NECKERA AFFINIS.
Neckera caule ramoso, ramis pinnatis, foliis undique imbricatis
erectis lanceolato-acuminatis longe binervibus,
seta perbrevi, capsula erecta cylindracea. (Ta b .
CXXII.)
Neckera composita, var. /3. Schwaegr. Sp. Muse. v. 2.
p . 156 ?
Hab. Ex insula Sancti Vincentii, a D. Menzies communicata.
Caules 3-4-unciales, vage ramosi. Rami erecti, eleganter pinnatim
divisi, pinnis erecto-patentibus, breviusculis, simplicibus,
attenuatis. Folia fusco-viridia, undique imbricata, erecta vel
erecto-patentia, lanceolato-acuminata, parum concava vel carinata,
margine plana, inferne præcipue, omnino integerrima,
apice sæpe torta, binervia, nervis validis, fuscis, folio parum
brevioribus atque dorso apicibus eminentibus. Perichcetialia
lanceolato-subulata, squarrosa, basi solummodo binervia. Seta
perbrevis, erecta vel curvula. Capsula cylindracea, erecta, intense
fusca. Peristomii dent. ext. pallide rufescentes : cilia
setacea, pallida.
This I received from Mr. Menzies marked as the Neckera composita
of Hedwig, and I believe it to be the var. /3. of that plant
of Schwaegrichen. To me, however, it appears to differ specifically,
not only in its larger size and less compound ramification,
but also more strikingly in its leaves, which are much larger and
narrower.
Fig. 1, plant, nat. size. Fig. 2, portion of the stem with fructification.
Fig. 3 ,3 , leaves. Fig. 4, perichætium and capsule.
Fig. 5, leaf of the perichætium. Fig. 6, portion of the peristome.—
magn.
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