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 BRYUM MENZIESII. 



Cryptogamia Musci. Nat. Ord. Musci. 



Gen. Char. Sc/fl terminalis. Peristo7niwn duplex: ^j:/. 16-dentatum; 

 int. e membrana 16-laciniata, nunc ciliis interpositis. Cali/ptra 

 dimidiata. 



Bryum Mcnziesii ,- caule erecto subdenudato apice prolifero-ramoso, 

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

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



Hab. Nootka. D. Me?izies. — In loco " Obsei'vatory Inlet" dicto, in 

 ora occidental! Americee Septentrionalis. Z). Scolder. 



Radix longe descendens atque subrepens, dense ferrugineo-tomentosa. 

 Caides gregatim crescunt, erecti, tripollicares et idtra, simplices, 

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

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

 inferne praecipue remota, parva, superne multo majora, erecta 

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

 cida, subconcava, nervo ad apicem attingente, margine nervoque 

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

 lima sed minora magisque viridia. Perichcetialia magis lanceolata 

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

 masadini caulem terminantes, conspicui, foliis ovatis acutis stel- 

 latim patentibus breviter acuminatis rufonervosis circumdati. 

 AnthercE oblongse, sessiles, reticulatas, filis articulatis immixtae. 

 Seta nunc solitariaj nunc duae aut tres aggregatae, ex eodem peri- 

 chaetio, semper ex apice caulis vel trunci, duas uncias longae, 

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

 culum conicum, obtusiusculum. Pcristomiicm ext. dentibus lonijius- 

 culis aurantiacis, int. membrana reticulata fulva, sedecim laciniata, 

 laciniis marginibus denticulatis, ciliis his interpositis. 



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

 estimable discoverer, whose friendship to me has been so 

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



