Muscr ExorTtict.—Menziesiani. 
NECKERA AFFINIS. 
Neckera caule ramoso, ramis pinnatis, foliis undique im- 
bricatis erectis lanceolato-acuminatis longe binervibus, 
seta perbrevi, capsula erecta cylindracea. (Tas. 
Neckera composita, var. 8. Schwaegr. Sp. Muse. v. 2. 
p- 156? : 
Has. Ex insula Sancti Vincentii, a. D. Menzies communicata. 
Caules 3-4-unciales, vage ramosi. Rami erecti, eleganter pin- 
natim divisi, pinnis erecto-patentibus, breviusculis, simplicibus, 
attenuatis. Folia fusco-viridia, undique imbricata, erecta vel 
-erecto-patentia, lanceolato-acuminata, parum concava vel ca-- 
rinata, margine plana, inferne precipue, omnino integerrima, 
apice sepe torta, binervia, nervis validis, fuscis, folio parum 
brevioribus atque dorso apicibus eminentibus. Perichetialia 
lanceolato-subulata, squarrosa, basi solummodo binervia. Seta 
perbrevis, erecta vel curvula. Capsula cylindracea, erecta, in- 
tense fusca. Perisiomii dent. ext. pallide rufescentes : cilia 
setacea, pallida. . 
This I received from Mr. Menzies marked as the Neckera com- 
posita of Hedwig, and I believe it to be the var. 8. of that plant 
of Schwaegrichen. T’o me, however, it appears to differ speci- 
fically, not only in its larger size and less compound ramification, 
but also more strikingly in its leaves, which are much larger and 
narrower. 
Fig. 1, plant, nat. size. Fig. 2, portion of the stem with fruc- 
tification. Fig. 3,3, leaves, Fig. 4, perichetium and capsule. 
Fig. 0, leaf of the perichetium. Fig. 6, portion of the peri- 
stome.—magn. 
