Dr. Smith's Characters of Hookeria, 277 



2. H. quadrifaria, foliis quadrifariis obovatis subintegerrimis 



uninervibus; intermediis utrinque brevioribus adpressis. 



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Tab. XXIII. Fig. 1. 

 In Australasia. %, 

 At Dusky bay, New Zeeland. Mr. A. Menzies. 



Cairfes triunciales, subdivisi, adscendentes, undique foliosi. 

 Folia quadrifariam imbricata, obovata, obliqua, mutica, fere in- 

 tegerrima, vel apice tantura aliquatenus denticulata, pulcher- 

 rime reticulata, interstitiis orbiculatis, ultra medium uninervia, 

 nervo subinde bifurco ; majora disticbe patentia ; minora dupld 

 breviora, rotundiora, adpressa, subalterna, seriem intermediam 

 utrinque constituentia. Perichcetia axillaria, solitaria, foliolis 

 lanceolatis. Pedkelli solitarii, erecti, foliis sextuplo longiores, 

 atro-purpurei, basi bulbosi. Capsula cernua, atro-purpurea, an- 

 guste ovata, ore dilatata, undique reticulato-punctulata. Peri- 

 stomium exterius aureum : interius citrinum. Operculum et ca- 

 lyptra mihi ignota, nee peristomii structura ex unico exeraplari 

 erui potuit. 



A, A. Folia quadruplo aucta. 



3. H. pennata, foliis trifariis mucronulatis serrulatis ; intermediis 

 dupld brevioribus orbiculatis; reliquis lanceolatis pedicellos 

 superantibus. 



Leskea pennata. Labiuardiere Nov* Holl. t. 253. f. 1. 

 Anictangium bulbosum. Hedw, Sp. Muse, 45. t. 6,f. 1 — 5. 



In Australasia. % . 



In New Holland. M, Labillardiere, At Dusky bay, New Zee- 

 land. Mr, A. Menzies, 



Radices implexae, rcpentes, dense tomentosae, nigro-ferrugi- 



neae, 





