Muscti Exotici.—Srowniani. 
LESKEA SCIUROIDES. 
Leskea caule decumbente, ramis compressis curvatis, 
foliis undique insertis patulis ovato-acuminatis ser- 
rulatis substriatis enervibus, seta breviuscula, capsula 
oblonga erecta sulcata, (Tas. CLXXYV.) 
Has, In Insula Van Diemen. D.R. Brown. 
Caules tri-quadriunciales, inferne procumbentes, apicibus ra- 
misque insigniter curvatis, compressis. Folia undique inserta, 
flavo-viridia, nitida, patula, ovato-acuminata, paululum flex- 
uosa, mollia, submembranacea, margine apicem versus preci- 
pue serrata, enervia sed paululum striata. Seéa brevis, vix 
unciam longa, erecta. Capsula erecta, oblonga, pallide fusca, 
longitudinaliter sulcata, Peristomium imperfectum. Calyptra 
operculumque desunt. : 
—— 
This moss, without having any one particularly striking fea~ 
ture, is not likely, that I know of, to be confounded with any 
other. The fruit is small for the size of thé plant, and the cap- 
sule is, like that of Leskea sulcata, strongly furrowed. The teeth 
are very much injured, so that it is by habit alone that I guess at 
its genus. 
Fig. 1, plant, nat. size. Fig. 2, portion of astem with leaves. 
Fig. 3, single leaf. Fig. 4, capsule,—magn, 
