Musci Exorici1.—Zenziesiani. 
HYPNUM SPININERVIUM. 
FTypnum caule erecto fasciculato, foliis laxis bifariis 
ovatis denticulatis, nervo dorso denticulato ad api« 
cem attingente, capsula sulcata cylindracea cernua, 
(Tas. XXIX.) 
Han, In sinu Dusky Bay dicto, apud Novam Zeelandiam. D. 
Menzies, 1791. 
Caules 2-3-unciales, erecti, basin versus plerumque dichotome 
divisi, apice fasciculatim ramosi, ramis subsimplicibus. Folia 
laxa, bifariam imbricata, disticha, ovata, acuta, planiuscula, 
obscure viridia, substriata, margine denticulata, nervo dorso 
superne denticulato ad apicem attingente instructa, Periche- 
tialia ovata, longe-acuminata, nervo distincto. Sef@ plurime 
ex eodem caule, biunciales, flexuose, rubre. Cupsula cylin- 
dracea, intense fusca, profunde suleata, Peristomit dentes ext. 
lutei, int. flavi. 
This species will range with H. fasciculatum and arcuatum, 
differing however in many points from both, and particularly in 
the toothed back of the nerve. The capsule resembles that of 
Hi. undulatum in its cylindrical shape and deep furrows. The 
calyptra and operculum I have not seen, 
Fig. 1, plant nat. size. Fig. 2, leaves of the stem. Fig. 3, 
single ditto seen on the back. Fig. 4, perichetium. Fig. 5 and 6, 
perichetial leaves, Fig. 7, capsule. Fig. 8, outer teeth of the 
peristome, Fig, 9, inner ditto.—magn. 
