Muscir Exorict.—Gardneriant. 
NECKERA CRISPATULA. 
Neckera caule longissimo procumbente ramoso, ramis 
pinnatis, foliis faleato-secundis lanceolatis serratis cris- 
patulis substriatis, nervo ante apicem evanescente, 
seta brevi, capsula ovata, operculo rostro curvato. 
(Tas. CLIT.) 
Hypnum crispatulum. Hooker in Linn. Trans. v. 9. 
p- 321. t. 28. 
Has. In Nepal. D. Buchanan et Hon. D. Gardner. 
Caules laxe cespitosi, procumbentes, palmares et ultra, vage Ta- 
mosi, ramis pinnatis, pinnis plerumque simplicibus. Folia au- 
reo-fusca, undique inserta, falcato-secunda, lanceolata, acum!- 
nata, serrata, substriata, supernetransversim undulata, sicci- 
tate crispatula ; nervo tenui ante apicem evanescente instructa. 
Perichetialia magis acuminata, nervo obscuro.. Seta brevis, 
curvata. Capsula late ovata, fusca, ore parvo. Operculum 
rostratum, curvatum. Peristomii dentes ext. 16, valde atte- 
~ nuati flavo-rufi, transversim striati, inf. his alternantes, fili- 
formes albi articulati, articulis sepissime perforatis. 
From specimens, very indifferent and without fructification, I 
had originally described this moss in the 9th volume of the Lin- 
neean Transactions ; but as I now am in possession of very noble 
ones, I am able by means of them clearly to ascertain the genus 
to be that of Neckera, although the habit of the plant much re- 
sembles that of those Hypna which have falcato-secund leaves. 
No Neckera having been hitherto known to have leaves of this 
sort, that circumstance alone would distinguish this species from 
all others, did not their shape, nerve and serratures also furnish 
abundant characters. 
Fig. 1, plants, nat. size. Fig. 2, leaf, Fig. 3, perichetium 
and capsule, Fig. 4, leaf of perichetium, Fig. 5, peristome. 
Fig.6, portion of ditto, Fig. 7, outer and inner tooth of ditto.— 
magn. 
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