NECKERA. 



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Peristomiumutrumque album, fere hyalinum, humoie connivens, 



ori capsular arete cohaarens. 

 Exterioris dentes 16, subulato-setacei, linea longitudinali sub- 



inconspicua transversisque crebris conspicuis exsculpti. 

 Interioris cilia alternantia, breviora submoniliforraia, carinata, 



interdum obsolete perforata, basi unita in membranam bre- 



vem, hyalinam, retioulatam. 

 Columella apiculata, inclusa. 



Operculum e basi convexiuscula oblique subulatum, capsula 



paullo brevius 

 Calyptra dimidiata, laevis. 



Affinis videtur N. acuminata?, Hook. Muse. Exot. 2. 15. t. 151. 



1. Flant magnified. 



2. Cauline leaf. 

 2a. Lateral leaf. 



3. Perichaetium seta and capsule. 



4. Portion of capsule and both peristomes seen internally. 



5. Sporula. 



6. Operculum. 



7. Operculum, long section of. 



8. Calyptra separated, with operculum. 



9. Neckera aurea, Griff. PL LXXXVII. Fig. 11. 



Caule repente, saepius longissime pendulopinnatim ramoso, r foliis 

 undique imbricatis e basi lanceolata acuminatissimis serrulatis 

 mediatenus-veniis, seta brevissima, capsula subexserta ob- 

 longo-urceolata, operculo conico-subulato recto, calyptra 

 mitraeformi glabra. 



Hab. Pineta Maamloo et Moflong. Margines sylvse Mumbre, 

 ubi frequentissima aliorumque Muscorum Jungermanniarum- 

 que socia. 



Fusco-aurea, squarrosa. Caules longitudinis variae, paullo clon- 

 gati copiose fructiferi, vel longissimi, pedales quin fere 

 sesquipedales, saepiusque steriles. Rami plerumque simplices, 

 unciamque vix excedentes, Folia sicca subdisticha, madida pa- 

 tentissima, oblique torta, margine uno basin versus involuto, 

 plus minus undulata, areolis angustissimis, partium attenuata- 



