Musci Exortici.—Gardneriani. 
NECKERA ACUMINATA, 
Neckera caule erectiusculo ramoso inferne subsimplice, 
foliis undique imbricatis erectis late ovatis valde con- 
cavis acuminatis subintegerrimis nervo brevi, seta bre- 
vi, capsula ovato-oblonga. (Tas. CLI.) 
Has. In Nepal. Hon. D. Gardner. 
Radizx lignosus, repens. _ Caules erecti vel decumbentes, ruf, in- 
ferne subsimplices, superne vage pinnatim ramosi, ramis cras- 
siusculis, Folia pallide viridia, basi aurantiaca, undique im- 
bricata, erectiuscula, late ovata, valde concava, acuminata, 
acumine subserrulata, nervo circa medium evanescente instruc- 
ta; substantia tenera, pulcherrime sed tenere reticulata. Pe- 
richetialia seta dimidio brevia, lanceolata, vaginata, enervia. 
Seta brevis, curvata. Capsula ovato-oblonga, intense fusca, 
Peristomium imperfectum, sed videtur ut in Neckera, 
I know of no species of Neckera at all resembling this in the 
form of the leaves, which are not much unlike those of Swartz’s 
Hypnum diaphanum.. 
Fig. 1, plants, mat, size. Fig. 2, leaves. Fig. 3, periche- 
tium and capsule. Fig. 4, perichetial leaf, Fig. 5, imperfect 
portion of the peristome.—magn. 
