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very 



similar structure to those of our plant. 

 ...The flowers have a sickly disagreeable smell, and are sup- 

 posed by the common people to be injurious to the sight. 

 Hence its vernacular name, " Mai de OJosJ' 



WalUch 



previous to its publication, he informed me that he cultivated 

 the plant in the Calcutta Botanic Garden, from seeds sent 

 to him by Dr. Gillies, and that he named tliis charming 



MSS 



its discovery. 



Figf. 1, Persistent base of the calyx, cut through vertically to 

 show the insertion of the stamens and the pistil : — magni- 

 jied. Fig. 2, Legume : — natural size. 



[TAB. XXXV.] 



NECKERA DOUGLASSII. 



Cryptogamia Musci. Nat. Ord. Musci 



Gen. Char. Seta lateralis. ^eristominm duplex: ext. 

 sedecim-dentatum : int. e ciliis 16, basi solummodo mem- 

 brana conhexis. Cahjptra dimidiata. 



Neckera Douglassii ; pinnata bipinnataque, foliis distichis 

 oblongis enerviis apice serrulatis acutis, seta brevi 

 perichaetio immersa, capsula exserta ovali. (Tab. 

 XXXV.) 



Hab. In rupibus et apud arborum truncos ad plagam occi- 

 dentalem Americse septentrionalis, prope flumen Colum- 

 bia. Menzies. Douglas. Scoukr. 



