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BRYUM MENZIESII. 



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Cryptogamia Musci. Nat. Ord. Musci. 



Gen» Char. Seta terminaVis. Peristomzum duj^lexi exL 16-dentatum; 



inf. e membrana 16-laciniata, nunc ciliis interpositis. Calyptra 

 dimidiata- 



■"Brynm Menziesii ; caule erecto subdenudato apice prolifero-ramoso, 



foliis ovato-lanceolatis, marginibus nervoque serratis, setis aggre* 

 . . gatisj capsula pyriformi pendula, (Tab. XIX.) 



Hab/ Nootlca. Z). Meiizies. — In loco " Observatory Inlet"' dicto, in 



ora occidentali Amerlcae Septentrionalis. D. Scolder, 



IRadix longe descendens atque subrepens, dense femigineo-tomentosa. 



Ccndes gregatim crescunt, erecti, tripollicares et ultra^ simpHces, 

 foliis fere denudatij paululum flexuosi, rubri, apice prolifero-ra- 

 mosi, ramis unciam longis gracilibus iterum divisis. Folia caulina^ 

 inferne praecipue remota, parva, superne multo majora, erecta 

 seu erecto-appressa, ovato-lanceolata, acuta, rigidiuscula, pellu- 

 cida, subconcava, nervo ad apicera attingente, margine nervoque 

 dorso distincte serrata, pallide fusco-viridia ; ramorum his simil- 

 lima sed minora magisque viridia. PericJicEtialia magis lanceolata 

 caulinis majora, atque longe acuminata, sed minus serrata. Flares 

 mascidini caulem terminantes, consplcui, foliis ovatis acutis stel- 

 latim patentibus breviter acuminatis rufo-nervosis circumdati. 

 Antlierae oblongae, sessiles, reticulatae, filis articulatis imraixtae* 

 SetiC nunc solitariae nunc duae aut tres aggregatse, ex eodem pen- 

 chsetio, semper ex apice caulis vel trunci, duas uncias longa?> 

 , erectae, flexuosEe. Capsida pyriformis, pendula, rufo-fusca. Oper- 

 culum conicuiDj obtusiusculum. Peristomium ext, dentibus longius- 

 cnlis aurantiacis, int. membrana reticulata fulva, sedeclm laclniat-^j 

 lacinlis marginibus dentlculatis, ciliis his interpositis. 





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I HAD long ago in MS. dedicated this heautiful moss to its 

 estimable discoverer^ whose friendship to me has been so 



often mentioned in the volumes of my Musci Exotki ; and I 



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