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L E S K E A POLYANTHA.
Creeping many-fruited Leskea.
C l a s s a n d O u d e r CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI, im « .— N a t . O r d . M ü SCI, J uss.
G EN E R IC CHARACTER.
Seta lateralis. Peristomium duplex ext. e dentibus 1 6 ; int. membrana l 6-laci-
niata, ciliis nullis. Calyptra dimidiata.
Seta lateral. Peristome double: the outer one of 16 teeth, the inner one
o f a membrane cleft into ■! 6 segments, without ciliary processes. Caly
p tra dimidiate.
S P E C IF IC CHARACTER.
L eskea polyantha ; caulibus repentibus, dense implexis, ramulis suberectis, bre-
mbus,sericAs,Jiliformibus; foliis subsecimdis, imbricatis, erecto-patentibus,
ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, integris, basi obsolete binervibus; selis numerosis,
thecis erectis, oblongo-ovatis, operculo acuto-conico.
L . stems creeping, densely interwoven, branches erect, short, sericeous, filiform;
leaves subsecund, imbricated, erecto-patent, ovate-lanceolate,
acuminate, entire, obscurely 2-nerved a t the base ; fruitstalks numerous ;
capsules erect, oblong-ovate, the lid acutely conical.
L eskea polyantha, Hedw. St. Crypt, v. 4. p. 4. t. 2.—Sp. Muse. p. 229.—
Web. ^ Mohr. Tasch. p. 251. cum Synon. Hedw— Schwaegr. Suppl. 1.
p. 178.—He Cand. Fl. Franç. ed. 3. v. 2. p. 515.—E ftsd . Syn. p. 106.—
Moug. et Nestl. St. Exsicc. No. 39.—Funch, Deutschl. Moose, p. 55. t. 36.
H vpnum polyanthos, Schreb. Spied, p. 97- fide Hedw.
H ad. On the tru n k s o f trees, rare. Near Forfar, Mr D rummond.— I t has
also been found on trees at Darlington in Yorkshire, b y Mr Back-
Stems creeping, in rath e r wide, depressed, and densely interwoven patches,
of a deep and often yellowish-green colour, and conspicuous riot only
from the glossy or even silky character o f the foliage, but, from th e exceedingly
numerous capsules. The stems are two or th re e inches in
length, or more, closely appressed, and p re tty thickly set with short filiform,
suberect, nearly simple branches. Leaves imbricated, subsecund,
erecto-patent, ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, entire, shortly and faintly
2-nerved at the base : those of the perichcctium oblongo-lanceolate and
acuminate, with mostly a few unequal denticulations towards the apex,
2-nerved a t the base, more distinctly th an the cauline ones. Fruitstalk
h a lf to one inch in length. Capsule erect, oblong-ovate, reddish-brown,
the lid conical.
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