Muscti Exorici.—Menziesianz. 
HYPNUM NECKEROIDES. 
Hypnum caule erecto inferne denudato, sursum pinnato, 
foliis undique imbricatis laxis ovatis obtusis apice 
serrulatis, nervo ante apicem evanescente, capsula ob- 
longo-ovata inclinata. (Tas. LVIII.) 
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Has. In sinu Dusky Bay dicto, apud Novam Zeelandiam. 
D. Menzies, 1791. 
Caulis digitalis vel palmaris, inferne repens, ferrugineo-tomen- 
tosus, demum erectus, basi apiceque indivisus, medium versus 
pinnatim ramosus, ramis simplicibus, attenuatis. Folia laxe 
imbricata, patentia, mollia, ovata, obtusa, concava, apice mi- 
nute serrulata, nervo satis valido, dorso denticulato, ante api- 
cem evanescente instructa. Perichetialia acuminata, enervia. 
Sete subaggregatz, vix unciam longe, crassiuscule, fusce. 
Capsula ovato-oblonga, intense fusca, inclinata. Neque oper- 
culum neque calyptram vidi. Peristomii dentes flavi ; int. 
perforati, processubus filiformibus duobus his interjectis. 
According to the fructification, this plant must be considered 
as a Hypnum, although in general habit it accords best with the 
genus Neckera, and particularly with that species which I have 
denominated N, planifolia (Tas. XXIII.). Here however the 
stems are not at all compressed, the leaves are decidedly nerved, 
and the capsules of the two plants are widely different. 
Fig. 1, plant nat. size. Fig.2, portion of the stem and leaves. 
. Fig. 3, leaves, Fig. 4, perichetial leaves, Fig. 5, capsule. Figs. 
6, 7, portions of peristome.—ma gn. 
