NECKERA. 



463 



vers N. fusccscentis socia. Collibus " Naga," altitudinis 

 circiter 1000-petalis nuperius legimus, fructifera vers nobis 

 ignota. Inter Churra Punjee et Nunklow. 



Flos masculus axillaris, gemmiformis, cinctus foliis perigoniali- 

 bus conniventibus, valde concavis ; exterioribus ovato-rotun- 

 datis, muticis vel breviter apiculatis ; interioribus majoribus, 

 acuminatis, rectiusculis. Paraphyses copiosaa, breviusculae, 

 antheras longitudine paullo excedentes, hyalinae, filiformes. 

 Antheraa breviter stipitata3, majusculaa, 12-25, oblongo-cylin- 

 draceae, areolis subquadratis reticulata?, apice dehiscentes. 



Var. A. Statura multo minore, vena longiore, infra apicem 

 evanida. 



Flores faaminei gemniifornies, axillares. Folia perichsetialia foliis 

 perigonialibus supra descriptis subsimilia, acuminibus scabris 

 saepius rectis : interioribus minoribus lanceolatis, acuminibus 

 denticulatis ; intimis minimis, setiformibus scabris. 



Paraphyses paucissimae, hyalinaa, filiformes, articulis ssepe alter- 

 natim compressis. Pistilla pauca 8- 10, stipitata. 



An ita distincta a planta Hookeriana cujus folia perichaetialia 

 " obtusa, emerginata, atque pilo longo sub-flexuoso terminata, 

 nerve obscuro ; intra hsec folia paraphyses numerosse. 



Hab, Loci Assamorum editi, Negrogam vicini. 



13. Neckera dentata, Gr. PL LXXXVIII. Fig. II. 



1. Capsule and perichaetium. 



2. Portion of ditto and of outer peristome. 



3. Portion of inner peristome. 



4. Operculum. 



5. Calyptra. 



6. Cauline leaf. It. Ass. 492 



14. Neckera spectabilis, PL LXXXVIII. Fig. III. 



1. Capsule. 



2. Portion of capsule and of both peristomes viewed in- 

 ternally. 



3. Cauline leaf. 



4. Perichaetial leaf. //, Ass. 587. 



