NECKERA. 



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XXI. Neckera. 

 Hedw. ex pte. Bridel. Bryol. Univ. 2. 226, ex pte. 



1. Neckera curvata, Griff. PI. LXXXVI. Fig I. 



Caule repente pinnatim ramoso, ramis apice attenuatis curvatis, 

 foliis undique imbricatis late ovatis ovatisve-breviter acumina- 

 tis minutissime denticulatis saepius aveniis, capsula erectius- 

 cula cylindracea leuiter arcuata, operculo conico subulate 



Hab, Rupestris prope torentem Bogapanee collium Khasiyano- 

 rum. 



Caulis elongatus. Rami siccitate filiformes, madidi subcylindra- 

 cei. Folia subquadrifariam imbricata, siccitate adpressa, hu- 

 more ascendentia, concaviuscula, sub-lente forti minute den- 

 ticulata, aveni-i vel basi brevissime bivenia (potius bistriata,) 

 fusco-tincta, caulinia late-ovata, acuminata, ramena ovata, 

 acuta vel breviter acuminata. 



F. Periehaetialia exteriora conforma, recurva, interiora majora, 

 oblongo-lanceolata, valde acuminata, recta, subintegra. 



Seta lateralis, ancialis vel paullo longior, rubro — sanguiuea sicca 

 torta. 



Vagiuula oblongo— cylindracea pallida. Paraphyses hyalini, 



filiformes, plures. Pistilla pauca. 

 Capsula obliquiuscula, leviter arcuate, anguste cylindracea, fer- 



rugineo-brunnea. 

 Membrana interna libera, stipitata : 



Peristomiuin utrumque cum membrana interna secedens, exterius 

 e dentibus 16, plano-subulatis, binatim compositis, solidis, 

 rigidis, fragilibus, conniventibus, etrabeculatis, infra medium 

 rufis, supra idem lutescentibus. Interius e ciliis totidem al- 

 ternantibus, brevioribus, setaceis, binatim compositis, solidis, 

 pallide lutescentibus, diaphanis, basi unitis in membranam 

 perbrevem 



Columella subcylindracea, apiculo persistente exerto. 



Sporula viridescentia, globosa, laevia mixta cum massis ovatis, 



aliquoties majoribus, compositis, in membrana hyalina in- 



clusis. 



Operculum conicum, obtusum, capsula fere 4-plo brevius. 



