Muscti Exorici.—WMenziesiani. 
HYPNUM FLEXILE, 
Hypnum caule elongato flexuoso ramoso, foliis imbrica- 
tis late-ovatis valde concavis obtusis integerrimis ener- 
vibus, capsula ovato-cylindracea erecta. (Tas. CX.) 
Hypnum flexile. Swartz F7. Ind. Occ. p. 1830. 
Leskea flexilis. Hedw. Sp. Muse. p. 234. t. 58. 
Schwaegr. Suppl. p. 168. 
Hookeria flexilis. Smith in Linn. Trans. v. 9. p. 281. 
Has. In montibus summis Jamaice australis. Swarfz. Insinu 
Dusky bay dicto apud Novam Zeelandiam. D. Menzies, 
1791. 
Caules elongati, decumbentes vel e ramis arborum pendentes, 
flexuosi, ramosi } +} Se Ot] ee | ° ‘ 
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acutiusculis. Folia nitida, flavo-viridia, subarcte imbricata, 
erecto-patentia, subundulata, late ovata, valde concava, mar- 
gine integerrima, apice obtusa, omninoenervia. Perichetialia 
cylindracea, acuta, Sefa uncialis. Capsula erecta, ovato-cy- 
_ lindracea. Peristomium Hypni. 
caine aplendiiigilinelesciens 
Sir James Smith considers the capsule of this moss as cer- 
nuous ; and so it is in some degree from the inflexion of the fruit- 
stalk in a dry state, but when moist it will be found to be erect. 
From the same learned botanist I also beg leave to differ respect- 
ing the genus of this plant. [ must however confess, that I have 
not seen its calyptra, and that my opinion is therefore formed 
merely from its habit, which approaches in many points that of 
Leskea ericoides. (Tas, XXVIII.) 
Fig. 1, plant, nat. size. Fig. 2, branch, with fructification, 
Fig. 3, leaf. Fig. 4 and 5, perichetial leaves. Fig. 6, teeth of 
_ outer peristome, Fig. 7, portion of inner ditto.—magn. 
