232 BRITISH M088E8. 



Fig. 4. Neckeea ceispa. 

 Crisped Nechera (a) . 



Colour. Brownisli green. 



Stems. Pinnate, many inches long ; gi-owing horizontally. 



Leaves (b) . Much waved, ovate-oblongj apiculate, faintly nerved. 



Floivers and Fruit. Dioicons ; seta long, capsule ovate, large. Winter. 



Locality. Rocks and trunks of trees in mountainous districts. 



Fic4. 5. Neckeea Philippeana. 



Bright Green Neclcera (a) . 

 Colour. Bright green. 



Stems. Pinnate, branched much on one side. 



Leaves {h) . Waved, ovate-apiculate, serrulate above, faintly nerved, point long. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous ; capsule immersed. 

 Locality. Trunks of trees. Very rare. 



Fig. 6. Neckeea pumila. 



Dwarf Neclcera (a) . 

 Colour. Grey green. 

 Stems. Pinnate, branches short. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-apiculate, waved, serrated, margin recurved, base two-nerved. 

 Floivers and Fruit. Dioicous ; seta very short, capsule elliptical. 

 Locality. Trunks of trees. 



Fig. 7. Neckeea pennata. 



Feathered Neckera {a) . 

 Colour. Yellow green. 

 Stems. Pinnate, branches short. 

 Leaves (b) . Ovate-acuminate, more curved on the upper than on the lower side, 



entire, nerveless. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous ; capsule immersed. 

 Locality. Trunks of trees. Very rare. 



