HYPNOIDEAE. | HoOKERIA. 201 
minata falcata, enervia, concava, obsolete denticulata, 
cellulis elongatis, summis fere linearibus; perich. longiora 
integerrima; theca in ped. mediocri glabro apice curvato 
horizontalis v. rarius nutans, parvula, oblonga aequalis 
badia, calyptra glabra, basi pluries plicata crenulata; pe- 
rist. externi d. dense trabeculati linea media tenui exa- 
rati, int. breviores. 7. 
Patria. Jamaica: Swartz. 
Inter Lepidopila pertinens? 
Sectio II. Eriopus Brid. Il. p. 339. — Cellulae densae v. 
laxae elongatae laeves; folia undique inserta , sparsa remota 
magna, haud distiche imbricata, nervis tenuibus, haud callosis, 
interdum nullis; caulis repens, ramis ascendentibus erectis, haud 
complanatis. 
A Lepidopilis primo visu ramis erectis haud compla- 
natis plantae refugientes. 
Subsectio L x Pterygophyllum Brid. Plantae subcompla- 
natae. 
a. Folia enervia.. 
32. M. lucens Sm. (Trans. of Linn. soc. IX. p. 275.); 
dioica ; latissime cespitosa ascendens parce ramosa robu- 
stissima, albide viridescens amoene lucens, folia caulina 
laxissime conferta latissime ovata oblongo - obtusata, an- 
gustate subligulata , planissima , enervia, integerrima, 
cellulis magnis laxissimis robustissimis elongate rhom- 
boideis, basi longissimis, parietibus tenuibus albidis, utri- 
culo primordiali granulate chlorophylloso praeditis; apice 
folii paucis minoribus, cellulis magnis margine inclusa ; 
perich. lanceolato - acuminata , multo minora, cellula api- 
culi solitaria magna terminata, externa minuta angustis- 
sima; theca in ped. crassiusculo longiusculo glabro incli- 
nata horizontalis. turgide ovalis brevis brunnea, ore pa- 
rum constricta, operc. conico recte acuminato, calyptra 
parum longiore albida obtecto; perist. dentes ext. longis- 
simi maxime trabeculati linea media tenuissima exarati, 
int. illos aeguantes, flavidi valde carinati pertusi. 
