Musci Exoric:.—WMenziesiani. 
LESKEA CONCINNA., 
Leskea stipulata, caule erecto bipinnato inferne nudo, 
foliis bifariis verticalibus stipulisque oblongis brevi- 
acuminatis marginatis apice serratis, nervo attin- 
gente, seta brevi, capsula erecta, operculo subulato. 
(Tas. XXXIV.) | 
Has. In sinu Dusky Bay dicto, in Nova Zeelandia. D, Menzies, 
1791. 
Radix repens, dense tomentosa. Caulis quadriuncialis et ultra, 
erectus, flexuosus, inferne denudatus, demum pinnatim ramo- 
sus, ramis horizontalibus, simplicibus vel iterum pinnatis. Fo- 
lia bifariam inserta, disticha, patentia, verticalia, pallide luteo- 
Viridia, oblonga, brevi-acuminata vel quandoque submucro- 
nulata, margine incrassata, superne spinoso-dentata, nervo 
sub summum apicem evanescente instructa. Stipule (vel si 
velis folia intermedia minora, et tune folia trifaria) foliorum 
figura sed duplo minores, caulis facie posteriore orte, erecte 
atque ei appresse. Perichetialia circa setam arcte convoluta, 
ovato-lanceolata, longe attenuata, vix serrata, enervia, immar- 
ginata. Setasubtrilinearis, Capsula ovato-cylindracea. Oper- 
culum subulatum, capsule subsque longum. Peristomium 
eskex, 
This elegant plant, to which the name of concinna seems to be 
so peculiarly applicable, cannot be mistaken for any hitherto 
known species of Moss, Its habit is like that of many Neckere ; 
but the peristome is that of a Leskea 3 and this circumstance, 
together with the direction of the leaves, and the presence of the 
stipules, will bring it near to the Leskea pennata, Jiliculeformis, 
and rotulata, 
Fig. 1, plant nat. size, Fig. 2, portion of ditto with the cap- 
sule showing the stipules. Fig. 3, leaf. Fig. 4, pericheetial ditto. 
Fig. 5, operculum. Fig. 6, teeth of outer peristome, Fig. 7, 
portion of inner ditto.—magn. : 
