Muscr Exorict.—WMenziesiani. 
NECKERA PLANIFOLIA. 
Neckera ae recto eae foliis bifariam imbricatis 
late ovati serrulatis, seta longe exserta, 
capsula cylindracea, operculo pants. (Tas. XXIII.) 
Neckera planifolia. Hedw. Sp. Musc. t. 48. f. 1—3. 
Has. Insule Australes. Hedwig. In sinu Dusky Bay dicto. 
D. Menzies, 1791. 
Caulis digitalis vel palmaris, inferne repens, ferrugineo-tomento- 
sus, demum erectus, rigidus, basi apiceque indivisus, medium 
versus pinnatim ramosus, ramis simplicibus, compressis, planis, 
Folia majuscula, pallide viridia, nitentia, bifariam imbricata, 
late ovata, acuta, planiuscula, serrulata, enervia vel basi so- 
lummodo obsoletissime uninervia, indistincte striata vel pli- 
cata. Perichetialia his multo minora, margine serrulata, 
enervia; ext. ovata, brevi-acuminata, concava; int. longe 
acuminata, vaginata. Seta perichetialibus multo longior, sub- 
uncialis, erecta vel curvata. Capsula erecta, cylindracea, in- 
tense fusca, Operculum subulatum, capsula plusquam dimi- 
dio brevius. Calyptra subulata, dimidiata. Peristomii dentes 
ext, 16, longi, filiformes, transversim striati, rubri; iné. toti- 
dem, setacei, flavi, hic illic denticulati, basi membrana con- 
nexi, 
The very perfect state of the specimen of this plant gathered 
by Mr. Menzies has induced me to figure it, although already 
represented by Hedwig in his Species Muscorum. But there 
the leaves are erroneously given entire, and the peristome appears 
to have been unknown to the author. 
Fig. 1, plant nat, size. Fig. 2,2, leaves. Fig. 3, periche- 
tium and ecalyptra. Fig. 4, ext. perichetial leaf. Fig. 5, int. 
ditto. Fig. 6, capsule and operculum. Fig. 7, portion of ext. 
peristome. Fig. 8, portion of int, ditto.—magn. 
