Muscti Exorici.—J/enziesiani. 
HYPNUM SUBBASILARE. 
Hypnum, caule suberecto ; foliis bifariam imbricatis ob- 
longo-lanceolatis serratis, nervo sub summum apicem 
evanescente, capsula oblonga pendula. (Tas. X.) 
Hap, Staten Land, prope Cape Horn, D. Menzies, 1787. 
Cauiis biuncialis, simplex, vel innovationibus ramosus, ascendens, 
basi denudatus atque radicibus tomentosis obsitus, Folia un- 
oine a } + 
g perne p itato-serrata, nervo tenui sub apicem 
i's 
evanescente instructa. Color olivaceo-viridis, nervi fuscescens, 
Perichetialia exigua, enervia. Seta caulis basin versus inserta, 
bi-triuncialis, flexuosa, nitida, Capsula cernua, oblonga. Pe- 
ristomium exiguum, ext. dentibus flavo-rufescentibus ; iné. 
membrana reticulata, flava, laciniata, segmentis ciliis 2 yel 3 
interpositis, 
ee 
The general habit of this moss resembles that of Hypnum 
spiniforme, and that of the leaves, at least as far as regards their 
insertion and direction, may be compared to that of Hi, ripa- 
rium ; the plant, however, is totally different from either, The 
leaves are reticulated, but not so much so as j 
num. The fruitstalk, which is long, 
from near the base of the 
n the genus Splach- 
flexuose, and shining, arises 
stem; the capsule is very drooping ; 
the peristome small, and the inner one that of a Hypnum, 
Fig. 1, part of the stem magn. Fig. 2, 2, leaves, Fig. 3, 
capsule, Fig. 4, exterior peristome, 
magn, 
Fig. 5, interior ditto,—All 
