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fescens, pulcherrime reticulata. Operculum capsulse conco- 

 lor, eaque dimidio brevius, similiter reticulatum, e basi co- 

 nica subulatum, obtusiusculum. Calyptra cylindraceo-co- 

 nica, dilutissime fusca, glabra, nuda, integra secedens. 



Among the Neckerae Bridel enumerates no more than two spe- 

 cies which have leaves imbricated on all sides, and upright pe- 

 dunculated capsules, (N. curtipendula, and N. dcndroides,) both of 

 which are of too common occurrence, and are too easily distin- 

 guished, for there to be any necessity of pointing out the differences 

 that separate them from N. flavescens, here figured, the name of 

 which I have derived from the colour. 



Tab. XXVil. Fig. 2. 



a. Neckera favescens, natural size. 



b. part of a branch, magnified* 



c. leaf. 



d. perichatial leaf 



e. capsule. 



f. operculum. 



g. capsule covered with a calyptra. 



10. Neckera tenuis. 



Neckera caule bipinnato, foliis imbricatis serratis : caulinis cor- 

 dato-subrotundis basi bistriatis, capsula erecta, operculo 

 incurvo. 



Guides procumbentes, repentes, palmares et ultnk, varie flexuosi, 

 caespitosi, implexi, ramosissimi. Rami horizontales, erecti- 

 usculi, distichi, vage pinnati, sub-pollicares,-longitudine 

 tamen incertae, minoribus e&dem ratione dispositis obsiti, 



2 s 2 , undique 



