276 Dr. Smith's Characters of Hookeria. 



Angl. Shining Hookeria. 



In udis umbrosis et palustribus. y . 



Most frequent in the northern counties of England. Dill. 

 In dark shady woods in Scotland, but not common. Light/. In 

 Sussex. Dickson. On Holt heath, Norfolk, in wet places among 

 grass. Mr. W. J. Hooker. At Islington near Dartmoor, Devon- 

 shire. Miss Filmore. In Germany. Ehrhart, and Weber. At Noot- 

 ka sound, on the west coast of North America. Mr. A. Menzies. 



Herba succosa, tenerrima, glaberrima, pellucida, pallide yi? 

 rens. Caules biunciales, caespitosi, adscendentes, radicantes, 

 simplices vel ramosi, undique foliosi, teretes. Folia verticalia, laxe 

 imbricata, subdisticha, at triplici serie plerumque digesta, sessilia, 

 elliptica, obtusiuscula, plana, integerrima, avenia, etenervia, un- 

 dique pulcherrime reticulata, interstitiis oblongiusculis; apice 

 quandoque radicantia. Perichatia lateralia, solitaria velgemina, 

 foliolis ovatis, acuminatis, enervibus, concavis. Pedicelli solitariij 

 erecti, foliis quintuplo longiores, rubri, basi bulbosi, apiceque pau- 

 lulumincrassati. Capsula plus minus cernua,ovata,bre vis, saturate 

 fusca, nitida, undique concinne reticulato-punctata. Operculum 

 longitudine fere capsular, subulatum, rectiusculum, reticulatum, 

 rufum, basi fimbriatum et annulatum. Peristomium exterius e den- 

 tibus 16, basi latioribus, extus fulvis. intus crebre denticulatis : 

 interius membranaceum, reticulatum, plicatum, pallide fuscumsive 

 lutescens, ad medium usque aequaliter dentatum, dentibus 16, 

 subulatis, carinatis, pertusis, emarginatis. Calyptra vix oper- 

 culo major, ampullaceo-conoidea, recta, mucronulata, albida, 

 undique pulchre reticulata, siccitate cellulosa; basi crenulata, 

 at semper indivisa, et integra e fructu maturo secedens. 



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