348 13. HOOKERIE. [ Hookeria. 
bus stratu externo angusto vix tertiam latitudinis stratus interioris tegente, 
internum processibus obscuris, ultra apices dentium circiter 4 eorum lon- 
gitudinis exsertis. 
Sect. 5. Stenodictyon. 
36. H. niripa (Mitt.). Dioica; rami elongati, pinnatim ramosi. Folia 
subcompressa, imbricata, ad apices ramorum in cuspidem congesta, patentia, 
ovalia, cochleariformi-concava, obtusa, acumine angusto brevi flexuoso ter- 
minata, nervis sub apice evanidis, marginibus integerrimis, cellulis angustis 
elongatis, basi paucis subhexagonis flavidis ; perichzetialia parva, lanceolata. 
Theca in peduneulo apice scabro, ovalis, horizontalis nutansve, peristomii 
dentibus laminis externis internisque equilatis, interni processibus carinatis 
pertusis, in membrana usque ad tertiam dentium externi longitudinis ex- 
serta insidentibus; calyptra paulo infra basin operculi descendens, lzvis, 
basi lobis latis fissa. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, in monte Tunguragua, loco Mapa-yacu, ad terram 
(10,000 ped.), Spruce, n. 707. 
Rami 2-unciales, latitudine eum foliis 14-lineares. Folia nitida, aureo- 
fulva. Pedunculus 1i-uncialis. 
Sect 6. Hemiragis, Brid. ii. 334. 
37. H. AUREA (Lam. Dict. iii. 172, Hypnum). Dioica? ; caulis procum- 
bens, pinnatus, ramis assurgentibus simplicibus vel parum ramosis. Folia 
undique dense inserta, erecto-patentia, appressa, plus minus falcata secun- 
daque, inferne oblonga, inde sensim angustata, sublineari-lanceolata, 3-5- 
plicata, nervis tenuibus angustis fere ad apicem productis, margine inferne 
plana superne incurva, remote indistincte serrulata, cellulis angustissimis 
subconflatis; perichztialia caulina baud excedentia, orbiculato-ovata, 
acumine subulato, enervia, subintegerrima. Theca im pedunculo longis- 
simo apice sublzvi inclinata subhorizontalisve, obovata, inzqualis, ore 
magno, operculo convexo longe tenuirostrato, peristomii dentibus lamina 
externa aurantiaca per medium divisa, interni pallide flavi processibus 
pellucidis carinatis, in membrana ad j dentium longitudinis exserta im- 
positis; calyptra longirostra, multifida. 
Leskea striata, Schwegr. t. 86. 
Harpophyllum aureum, Spruce, Cat. 
Hab. Ins. Guadelupe, Richard; Trinidad, Sieber. Andes Quitenses, 
Jameson, in monte Abitagua in ramis, Spruce. 
Caulis parce radicans, ramis 1-3 uncias longis erectis, apicibus foliis 
subrectis vel falcato-secundis. Folia nitida, viridia, aureo-fulvescentia. 
Fructus e caule et e ramis oriundus. Pedunculus li-uncialis, ruber. 
Theca pro magnitudine musci parvula. 
Sect. 7. Callicostella. 
Musci graciles vel robusti, caulibus prostratis vel procumben- 
