﻿TAB. XXV. 



POLYTRICHUM DENDROIDES, 



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Xilatutn comosuni, foliis elongatis lineari-subulatis serratis sicci- 

 tate tortilibiis, seta termlnali (vel ob innovationibus laterali), 

 capsula pyriformi-ovali tereti incllnata exapophysata. 



Polytrichum dendroides. Hedw. Sp. Muse. Suppl. L 2. p. 346. 



^/. 2. p. 2. ^. 151./ 1. Brid. Muse, Bee. II. P. I. p. 101. 

 t. 5./. 6. 



Hab. First found in the Straits of Magellan by Commerson. 

 South part of Terra del Fuego. C. Darwin, Esq. («. 465). 

 On the highest maritime mountains between Valdivia and 



Chil 



the river Toltea, S. Chili. Mr. Beymlds («. 41). Island of 

 oe. Cuming {n. 1441). Dusky Bay, New Zealand. 



A. MenzieSf Esq. 



This is certainly one of the finest species of a very fine Genus; 

 some of my specimens being full 9 inches in length. All bear 

 their branches at the extremity of the stem in a singularly tufted 

 or dendroid manner. The fruit seems to be especially rare : of 

 the two authors who have figured the plant, neither had seen the 

 fructification ; and amongst all the specimens that I possess, or 

 have examined, not one had a capsule but that which is here 

 represented, gathered by Mr. Cuming in Chiloe ; nor was there 

 a calyptra or operculum, which are yet unknown to authors. 



^'"g. 1. Leaf. / 2. CsL^^ivX&'.—magniJied. 



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