Musci Exoric:.—Menziesiant. 
HYPNUM MENZIESII. 
iTypnum caule erecto, apice dense fasciculatim ramoso, 
ramis deflexis, foliis undique imbricatis ovatis mucro- 
nulatis apice serratis, nervo excurrente dorso denticu- 
lato, capsula cylindracea pendula, operculo conico 
acuto. (Tas. XXXII.) 
Hap. In sinu Dusky Bay dicto, in Nova Zeelandia. D. Men- 
ztes, 1791 
Radix repens, tomentosa, fusea. Caulis palmaris et ultra, eree- 
tus, crassiusculus, nigro-fuscus, rigidus, inferne simplex nu- 
dusque, squamis foliaceis Sparsim vestitus, superne fasciculatim 
ramosus, proliferus, ramis densis, iterum divisis, deflexis, vix 
seg subcompressis. Fodia undique — prt 
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mucrovem breviusculum producto, instructa. Perichetiala 
lanceolata, longe attenuata, subserrata, enervia, plicato-striata, 
flavescentia, basi aurantia. Set@ 4 vel plures, subaggregate, 
3-unciales, flesuose, rubre. Capsula cylindracea, fusca, cer- 
nua vel etiam pendula. Operculum conicum, acutum. Pe- 
vist. ext, dentibus latis, fulvis: inf. membrana 16-laciniata, 
flava, laciniis longis valde attenuatis, basi perforatis, cillis duo- 
bus his alternantibus. 
This truly magnificent species I dedicate with peculiar pleasure 
to its discoverer, Archibald Menzies, Esq., who has with so much 
liberality permitted me to publish the eryptogamic treasures he 
collected during his voyage round the world. Of the value and 
extent of this collection I need not speak, since this work is de- 
stined to contain figures and descriptions of all such as are new, 
and a list will be given towards its close of such as have already 
been described by former authors, 
Although so strikingly distinet from every other species, it may 
not be amiss to observe that the present plant will rank near to 
Hi. alopecurum. 
Fig. 1, plants nat. ~— Fig. 2, leaf seen in front. Fig. 3, 
Fie view of ditto. Fig. 4, pericheetium. Fig. 5, leaf of ditto. 
Fig. 6, capsule. Fig. 5, teeth of external peristome. Fig. 8. 
portion on of inner peristome.— magn. 
