316 Mi\ Hooker's Descriptions of nezv Mosses from Nepal. . 



undique foliosi, siccitate incurvi et crispatuli. Folia lu- 

 tescentia, nitida, laxiusculk imbricata, marginibus ab apice 

 ad medium usque serrata; caulina majora, horizontalia, 

 plana vel paullum undulata, cordato-subrotunda, breviter 

 apiculata, basi obsolete bistriata ; ramea minora, concava, 

 erecto-patula, siccitate magis appressa, ovata, mutica, 

 prorsus enervia; perichatialia albicantia, lanceolata, longe 

 acuminata, reflexa, apice modo serrata. Pedkelli in cauli- 

 bus laterales, sesquipollicares, erecti, tenues, Iteves, rubri. 

 Capsula pedicello concolor, reticulata, erecta, oblonga, or& 

 contracts Operculum ejusdem quoque coloris, e basi con- 

 vex& rostratum, rostro curvato, capsuM triplo brevius. Pe- 

 ristomium breve, flavum, striatum. • 



Though I have named this plant from its very thin stem and 

 branches, it has a peculiarity still more remarkable in the twist- 

 ing of the branches when dry, in which I believe that no other 

 species of Neckera participates with it. It belongs to the same 

 division as that last mentioned, and is consequently immediately 

 distinguishable from every other. 



Tab. XXVII. Fig. 3. 



a. Neckera tenuis, natural size. 



b. part of a stem and branch, magnified. 



c. stem leaf. 



d. leaf of the branch. 



e. perichatial leaf 



f. capsule. 



g. operculum. 



11. Bar- 



