Musct Exorici.—Jfenziesiant. 
HYPNUM SUBBASILARE, 
Hypnum, caule suberecto ; foliis bifariam imbricatis ob- 
longo-lanceolatis serratis, nervo sub summum apicem 
evanescente, capsula oblonga pendula. (Tas. X.) 
Haz. Staten Land, prope Cape Horn. D. Menzies, 1787. 
Cauits biuncialis, simplex, vel innovationibus ramosus, ascendens, 
basi denudatus atque radicibus tomentosis obsitus. Folia un- 
dique inserta, sed bifariam spectantia, plerisque horizontalia, 
oblongo-lanceolata, planiuscula, reticulata, subflexuosa, mat- 
gine superne precipue dentato-serrata, nervo tenui sub apicem 
evanescente instructa. Color olivaceo-viridis, nervi fuscescens. 
Perichetialia exigua, enervia. Seta caulis basin versus inserta, 
bi-triuncialis, flexuosa, nitida. Capsula ceruua, oblonga. Pe- 
ristomium exiguum, ext. dentibus flavo-rufescentibus ; 1/- 
meinbrana reticulata, flava, laciniata, segmentis ciliis 2 vel 3 
interpositis, 
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The general habit of this moss resembles that of Hypnum 
spiniforme, and that of the leaves, at least as far as regards their 
insertion and direction, may be compared to that of H. ripa- 
rium ; the plant, however, is totally different from either. The 
leaves are reticulated, but not so much soas in the genus Splach- 
num. The fruitstalk, which is long, flexuose, and shining, arises 
from near the base of the stem; the capsule is very drooping ; 
the peristome small, and the inner one that of a Hypnum. 
Fig. 1, part of the stem magn. Fig, 2,2, leaves. Fig. 3, 
capsule, Fig. 4, exterior peristome, F ig. 5, interior ditto,—All 
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