Musct Exorict.—Jfenziesiani. 
LESKEA LAXIFOLIA. 
Leskea caule I bent pinnato, foliis laxe imbricatis, 
caulinis subdeltoideis, ramets ovatis, omnibus acumi- 
natis, nervo ante apicem evanescente, seta scabra, 
capsula ovato-globosa, operculo conico-acuminato. 
(Tas. XXX.) 
Has. In plaga occidentali Americ Borealis, D. Menzies, 1791. 
Caules 3-4-unciales, procumbentes, pinnatim ramosi, ramis bre- 
vibus, attenuatis, subsimplicibus. Folia laxe imbricata, serru- 
lata, mollia, sordide viridia, nitoris omnino expertia, areolis 
reticuli minutissimis, nervo obscuro ante apicem evanescente ; 
caulina ovato-deltoidea, brevi-acuminata; ramea ovata, sub- 
longe acuminata. -Pericheticlia oblonga, longe attenuata, con- 
cava, enervia, apice solummodo serrata. Seta vix unciam 
longa, flexuosa, tuberculata. Capsula ovato-globosa, cernua. 
culum conico-acuminatum, apice sensim curvatum. Pe- 
ristomium Leskez. 
Ee te 
Although a true Leskea as far as the peristome can make it so, 
this species has not, what is common to many species in the 
genus, the upright capsule; and in many particulars it comes very 
near the moss figured in the following plate (Hypnum crispifo- 
lium). This species is much the smaller of 
the leaves come to be examined, the directi 
texture will be found to differ in the two. 
it is hard to distinguish this species in word 
aside the difference in the peristome) ; 
that the stems are much lon 
stem particularly, broader, 
more indistinct nerve, 
the two; and when 
on, form, and even 
From H. velutinum 
s (setting of course 
but it may be observed 
ger in our plant; the leaves, of the 
far less rigid, and with a longer but 
Fig. 2, portion of ditto. F ig. 38, cau- 
af. Fig. 5, perichetial leaf. Fig. 6, 
capsule. Fig. 7, teeth of outer peristome, Fig. 8, portion of 
inner ditto.—magn, 
