HYPNOIDEAE. ' HOOKERIA. 197 
ext. linea media opaca exarati, int. in membrana brevis- 
sima positi. ++. 
Patria. Ad truncos arborum, in sylvis prope Es- 
meraldos Andium Quitensium, alt. 3000: W. Jameson. 
Cui affinis? 
22. H. chloroneura Tayl. (Lond. Journ. of bot. 1846, 
p. 61.); laxe cespitosa debilis procumbens subramosa 
elongata; folia laxa tenuia patentia, oblonga acuta ser- 
rata, scariosa viridia, nervis intense viridibus; theca in 
ped. scabro brevissimo flexuoso inclinata turbinata mi- 
nuta, operc. recte rostrato, calyptra basi laciniata. +. 
Patria. Monte Pichincha prope Quito: W. Ja- 
meson. 
Ex animadv. Wilsoni (l. c. p. 452.) H. subenervi si- 
millima et forsan forma gracilior, nervis perfectius evo- 
lutis, quod non putamus. 
23. H. erectiuscula Tayl. (Lond. Journ. of bot. 1846. 
p. 60.); laxe cespitosa, erectiuscula biuncialis complanata 
pallide olivacea, subramosa; folia laxe imbricata patentia 
tenuia oblongo - ovata apiculata serrata, basi binervia, 
sübstriata flexuosa; sicca contorta; theca in ped. scabro' 
subunciali erecta elongate obconica; perist. d. ext. an- 
gusti opaci, interni in membrana profunde fissa. +. 
Patria. Ad ramos arborum prope Esmeraldos An- 
dium, alt. 6000: W. Jameson 1827. in Hb. Grevill. 
Ex animadv. Wilsoni (1. c. p. 452.) H. subenervi af- 
finis, sed pedunculo longiore foliisque latioribus magis 
symmetricis differt. 
B. Pedunculus glaber. 
24. H. Utacamundiana Mont. (Ann. d. sc. nat. 1842. 
p. 247.); dioica; latiuscule complanata, parce divisa, pal- 
lide viridis, dein purpurascens; folia caulina laxe con- 
ferta, sicca parum flexuosa, e basi symmetrica late ovata 
concavà lanceolato-acuminata, margine hic illic parum 
reflexo, basi obsolete denticulato , apicem versus inaequa- 
liter serrato, nervis longis ultra medium productis palli- 
