Musct Exortci.—WMensziesiani, 
HYPNUM ELEGANS. 
Hypnum, caule procumbente ramoso, foliis distichis 
ovato-lanceolatis enervibus apice subineurvis compres- 
sis, seta basilari, capsula cernua ovata, operculo co- 
nico-acuminato. (Tas. IX.) 
Apud Nootka, in plaga occidentali Americe Borealis, legit 
D. Menzies, 1787. 
Caulis sesquiuncialis, procumbens, vage ramosus. Folia flavo- 
virescentia, subnitida, bifaria, disticha, compressa, horizonta- 
liter patentia, ovato-lanceolata, concava, enervia, apice solum- 
modo serrulata, secunda. Perichetialia ovata, longe acumi- 
nata. Seta caulis inferiore parte inserta, vix unciam longa, 
erecta, flexuosa, apice incurva. Capsula ovata, cernua. Oper- 
culum conico-acuminatum. Peristomii dentes ext, rubri; 
- int, flavi, segmentis ciliis interpositis. 
ana RR en 
A species in habit bearing no inconsiderable resemblance to 
H. pulchellum (Leskea, Sp. Muse.) and Silesianum, but differ- 
ing from ‘the former in the leaves being serrated at the points ; 
and from the latter in the points alone being serrated, and from 
both by the singularly drooping capsules, 
Fig. 1, branch magn. Fig. 2, leaves. Fig. 3, perichetium. 
Figs. 4 and 5, leaves of ditto. Fig. 6, setaand capsule. Fig. 7, 
operculum, Fig, 8, exterior peristome. Fig. 9, interior ditto, 
