Musei Exoric:.—WMenciesiani. 
HYPNUM MENZIESII. 
fIypnum caule erecto, apice dense fasciculatim ramoso, 
ramis deflexis, foliis undique imbricatis ovatis mucro- 
nulatis apice serratis, nervo excurrente dorso denticu- 
lato, capsula ecylindracea pendula, operculo conico 
acuto. (JT'as. XXXIII.) 
Has. In sinu Dusky Bay dicto, in Nova Zeelandia. D, Men- 
wies, 1791. 
Radix repens, tomentosa, fusca. Caulis ee et ultra, erec- 
tus, crassiusculus, nigro-fuscus, Tigidus, inferne simplex nu- 
dusque, squamis foliaceis Sparsim vestitus, superne fasciculatim 
ramosus, proliferus, ramis densis, iterum divisis, deflexis, vix 
attenuatis, subcompressis. Folia undique sublaxe imbricata, 
mucronem breviusculum producto, instructa, Pertchetialia 
lanceolata, longe attenuata, subserrata, enervia, plicato-striata, 
devencsiviek: basi aurantia. Sete 4 vel xin subaggregate, 
3 -unciales, flexuose, rubra. ie gs cylindracea, fusca, cer- 
nua vel etiam pendula. Operculum eto acutum.  Pe- 
rist, ext. dentibus latis, fulvis: iv¢. membrana 16-laciniata, 
flava, Jaciniis longis valde attenuatis, basi perforatis, ciliis duo- 
bus his alternantibus. 
This truly magnificent species I dedicate with peculiar pleasure 
to its discoverer, Archibald Menzies, Esq., who has with so much 
liberality permitted me to publish the cryptogamic treasures he 
collected during his voyage round the world. Of the value and 
extent of this collection I need not speak, since this work is de- 
stined to contain figures and descriptions of all such as are new, 
and a list will be given towards its close of such as have already 
been described by former authors. 
Although so strikingly distinct from every other species, it may 
not be amiss to observe that the present plant will rank near to 
HA, alopecurum. 
Fig. 1, plants nat. size. Fig. 2, leaf seen infront. Fig. 3, 
side view of ditto. Fig. 4, perichatium. Fig. 5, leaf of ditto. 
Fig. 6, capsule. Fig. 7, teeth of external peristome. Fig. 8, 
portion of inner peristome.—magn. 
