Musci Exorictr.—Burchelliani. 
LESKEA MARITIMA., 
Leskea caule erecto subsimplice, foliis undique imbri- 
catis arcte appressis late ovatis acuminulatis concavis 
enervibus integerrimis, seta elongata, capsula cylin- 
dracea erectiuscula. (Tas. CLXVI.) 
Leskea maritima. Burchell’s MSS. 
Has. Terrestris, in fruticetis arenosis in littore Sinus Pletten- 
bergii in territ. colon. C. Bonz Spei, copiose. D. Burchell. 
Caules dense czspitosi, erecti, paululum flexuosi, simplices vel 
subdichotome divisi. Folia nitentia, flavo-viridia, undique im- 
bricata, erecta, appressa, valde concava, late ovata, acuminu- 
lata, margine omnino integerrima, enervia. Perichetialia mi- 
nuta. Perichetium hirsutum. Seta lateralis, elongata, gra- 
cilis, flexuosa, pallide flavo-rufescens. Capsula gracilis, cy- 
lindracea, paululum inclinata. Peristomium flavum 3 ext. den- 
tibus 16, lanceolatis, linea media longitudinali notatis ; int. 
membrana 16-dentatum. 
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The very erect and thickly-tufted mode of growth of this moss 
is very remarkable. In the disposition of the leaves it resembles 
Hypnum moniliforme, H. trifarium, H. Jlexile, and Leskea eri- 
coides ; and near the latter it will naturally enough rank. The 
whole plant is very brittle, but particularly the fruitstalk, 
Fig. 1, plants, nat. size. Fig, 2, single plant. Fig. 3, 
leaves. Fig. 4, perichetium, Fig. 5, leaf of ditto, Fig. 6, cap- 
sule. Fig. 7, outer, and Fig, 8, inner, teeth of peristome.— 
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