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Musci Exoric 1.— Menziesiant. 
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BARTRAMIA PENDULA, 
Bartramia caule subpinnatim fasciculatimque ramoso, 
foliis ovato-lanceolatis longe acuminatis serrulatis 
striatis, nervo attingente, seta longa recta demum 
laterali, capsula oblongo-cylindracea suleata pendula. 
(Tas. XXL) | 
Mnium pendulum. Simith in Linn. Trans. v. 7. p. 262. 
Has. In sinu Dusky Bay dicto, in Nova Zeelandia. D. Men- 
xtes, 1791, 
Caules tomento ferrugineo dense obsiti, 3-4 unciales, ramosi, 
ramis sparsis gracilibus apice subfasciculatis, Folia dense 
imbricata, horizontaliter patentia, subrecurva, nitida, flave- 
scentia, ovato-lanceolata, longe acuminata, sub lente serru- 
lata, striata, margine inferne subincrassata, nervo tenui per- 
cursa. Sefa sesquiuncialis, erecta, flexuosa, rubra, termi- 
nalis, demum, per caulis innovationes, lateralis. Capsula 
ovato-cylindracea, rufo-fusca, sulcata, pendula, Operculum 
planiusculum. Peristomii dentes ext. 16, rubri, transversim 
striati; int, membrana 16-laciniata, flava, laciniis transyersim 
striatis, bifidis, 
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This comes under Sir James Smith’s Mnium, as characterized 
in the Linnean Transactions (vol. vii.); but surely it is contrary 
to nature to separate this from the genus of Bartramia tomen- 
tosa and arcuata, merely because of the more oblong form of 
the fruit. With the two species now mentioned this has the 
closest affinity; so much so that I believe no other character 
than the shape of the capsule and relative length and direction 
of the fruitstalk can be found to distinguish them. This, too, 
has truly the peristome of a Bartramia. 
Fig. 1, plant mat. size. Fig. 2, leaf. Fig.3, capsule. Fig. 4, 
portion of ext, and inner peristome. Fig. 5, portion of inner 
ditto, 
